31 Oct 2018 Richard Yates Jr. RICHARD YATES, JR., son of Illinois' thirteenth governor, Richard Yates, was born in Jacksonville, Illinois, on December 12, 1860. In 1880, he graduated from Illinois College, where he also earned… National Governors Association
31 Oct 2018 Charles Samuel Deneen CHARLES S. DENEEN, Illinois' twenty-fifth governor, was born in Edwardsville, Illinois, on May 4, 1863. He graduated from McKendree College in 1882 and earned a law degree from Union College… National Governors Association
31 Oct 2018 Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne EDWARD F. DUNNE, Illinois' twenty-sixth governor, was born in Waterville, Connecticut, on October 12, 1853. His education was attained through the public school system in Peoria, Illinois. He graduated from… National Governors Association
31 Oct 2018 Frank Orren Lowden FRANK O. LOWDEN, Illinois' twenty-seventh governor, was born in Sunrise, Minnesota, on January 26, 1861. In 1868, his family moved to Iowa and settled in Point Pleasant, where Lowden was educated… National Governors Association
31 Oct 2018 Lennington Small LENNINGTON SMALL, Illinois' twenty-eighth governor, was born in Kankakee, Illinois, on June 16, 1862. He was educated in the public school system of Kankakee and later attended Northern Indiana Normal… National Governors Association
31 Oct 2018 Louis Lincoln Emmerson LOUIS L. EMMERSON, Illinois' twenty-ninth governor, was born in Albion, Illinois, on December 27, 1863. After completing his education in the Albion public school system, Emmerson moved to Mount Vernon… National Governors Association
31 Oct 2018 Henry Horner HENRY HORNER, Illinois' thirtieth governor, was born in Chicago, Illinois, on November 30, 1879. His education was attained at Chicago Manual Training School, the University of Chicago, and Chicago-Kent College… National Governors Association
31 Oct 2018 John Henry Stelle JOHN H. STELLE, Illinois' thirty-first governor, was born in McLeansboro, Illinois, on August 10, 1891. He attended Western Military Academy and earned a law degree from Washington University in St.… National Governors Association
31 Oct 2018 Dwight Herbert Green DWIGHT H. GREEN, Illinois' thirty-second governor, was born in Ligonier, Indiana, on January 9, 1897. From 1915 to 1917, Green attended Wabash College, however, his education was interrupted with the… National Governors Association
31 Oct 2018 Adlai Ewing Stevenson ADLAI E. STEVENSON, Illinois' thirty-third governor, was born in Los Angeles, California, on February 5, 1900. He graduated from Princeton University in 1922, earned a law degree from Northwestern University… National Governors Association
31 Oct 2018 William Grant Stratton WILLIAM G. STRATTON, Illinois’ thirty-fourth governor, was born in Ingleside, Illinois, on February 26, 1914. After graduating from the University of Arizona in 1934, Stratton established a career in public… National Governors Association
31 Oct 2018 Otto Kerner, Jr. OTTO KERNER, JR. was born in Chicago, Illinois, on August 15, 1908. He received a B.A. from Brown University in 1930, and a J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law… National Governors Association