<P> The first Illinois Constitution, ratified in 1818, provided that a governor be elected every four years for a term starting on the first Monday in the December following an election . The constitution of 1848 moved the start of the term to the second Monday in January . Governors were not allowed to succeed themselves until the 1870 constitution, which removed this limit . </P> <P> The office of lieutenant governor was created in the first constitution, to exercise the power of governor if that office becomes vacant . The 1848 constitution changed this to say the power "devolves" upon the lieutenant governor in case of a vacancy . The current constitution of 1970 made it so that, in the event of a vacancy, the lieutenant becomes governor, and the governor and lieutenant governor are now elected on the same ticket . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> #</Th> <Th_colspan="3"> Governor </Th> <Th> Term in office </Th> <Th> Party </Th> <Th> Election </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Lt. Governor </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Shadrach Bond </Td> <Td> October 6, 1818--December 5, 1822 </Td> <Td> Independent </Td> <Td> 1818 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Pierre Menard </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edward Coles </Td> <Td> December 5, 1822--December 6, 1826 </Td> <Td> Independent </Td> <Td> 1822 </Td> <Td> Adolphus Hubbard </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Ninian Edwards </Td> <Td> December 6, 1826--December 6, 1830 </Td> <Td> Adams - Clay Republican </Td> <Td> 1826 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> William Kinney </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Reynolds </Td> <Td> December 6, 1830--November 17, 1834 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1830 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Zadok Casey (resigned March 1, 1833) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> William Lee D. Ewing </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> William Lee D. Ewing </Td> <Td> November 17, 1834--December 3, 1834 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Vacant </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Joseph Duncan </Td> <Td> December 3, 1834--December 7, 1838 </Td> <Td> Whig </Td> <Td> 1834 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Alexander Jenkins (resigned December 9, 1836) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> William H. Davidson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Thomas Carlin </Td> <Td> December 7, 1838--December 8, 1842 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1838 </Td> <Td> Stinson Anderson </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Thomas Ford </Td> <Td> December 8, 1842--December 9, 1846 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1842 </Td> <Td> John Moore </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Augustus C. French </Td> <Td> December 9, 1846--January 10, 1853 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1846 </Td> <Td> Joseph Wells </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1848 </Td> <Td> William McMurtry </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Joel Aldrich Matteson </Td> <Td> January 10, 1853--January 12, 1857 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1852 </Td> <Td> Gustavus Koerner </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> William Henry Bissell </Td> <Td> January 12, 1857--March 18, 1860 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 1856 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Wood </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Wood </Td> <Td> March 18, 1860--January 14, 1861 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Vacant </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Thomas Marshall </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Richard Yates </Td> <Td> January 14, 1861--January 16, 1865 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 1860 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Francis Hoffmann </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Richard J. Oglesby </Td> <Td> January 16, 1865--January 11, 1869 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 1864 </Td> <Td> William Bross </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John M. Palmer </Td> <Td> January 11, 1869--January 13, 1873 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 1868 </Td> <Td> John Dougherty </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Richard J. Oglesby </Td> <Td> January 13, 1873--January 23, 1873 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 1872 </Td> <Td> John Lourie Beveridge </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Lourie Beveridge </Td> <Td> January 23, 1873--January 8, 1877 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> John Early (term ended January 8, 1875) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Archibald Glenn </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Shelby Moore Cullom </Td> <Td> January 8, 1877--February 5, 1883 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 1876 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Andrew Shuman </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1880 </Td> <Td> John Marshall Hamilton </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Marshall Hamilton </Td> <Td> February 5, 1883--January 30, 1885 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> William Campbell </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Richard J. Oglesby </Td> <Td> January 30, 1885--January 14, 1889 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 1884 </Td> <Td> John Smith </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Joseph W. Fifer </Td> <Td> January 14, 1889--January 10, 1893 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 1888 </Td> <Td> Lyman Ray </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John Peter Altgeld </Td> <Td> January 10, 1893--January 11, 1897 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1892 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Joseph B. Gill </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John R. Tanner </Td> <Td> January 11, 1897--January 14, 1901 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 1896 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> William Northcott </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Richard Yates, Jr . </Td> <Td> January 14, 1901--January 9, 1905 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 1900 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 23 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Charles S. Deneen </Td> <Td> January 9, 1905--February 3, 1913 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 1904 </Td> <Td> Lawrence Sherman </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1908 </Td> <Td> John G. Oglesby </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Edward F. Dunne </Td> <Td> February 3, 1913--January 8, 1917 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1912 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Barratt O'Hara </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Frank O. Lowden </Td> <Td> January 8, 1917--January 10, 1921 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 1916 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John G. Oglesby </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 26 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Len Small </Td> <Td> January 10, 1921--January 14, 1929 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 1920 </Td> <Td> Fred E. Sterling </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1924 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 27 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Louis L. Emmerson </Td> <Td> January 14, 1929--January 9, 1933 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 1928 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 28 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Henry Horner </Td> <Td> January 9, 1933--October 6, 1940 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1932 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Thomas Donovan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1936 </Td> <Td> John H. Stelle </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 29 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John H. Stelle </Td> <Td> October 6, 1940--January 13, 1941 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Vacant </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 30 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dwight H. Green </Td> <Td> January 13, 1941--January 10, 1949 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 1940 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Hugh W. Cross </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1944 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 31 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Adlai E. Stevenson II </Td> <Td> January 10, 1949--January 12, 1953 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1948 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sherwood Dixon </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 32 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> William G. Stratton </Td> <Td> January 12, 1953--January 9, 1961 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 1952 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> John William Chapman </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1956 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 33 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Otto Kerner, Jr . </Td> <Td> January 9, 1961--May 21, 1968 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1960 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Samuel H. Shapiro </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1964 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 34 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Samuel H. Shapiro </Td> <Td> May 21, 1968--January 13, 1969 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Vacant </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 35 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Richard Buell Ogilvie </Td> <Td> January 13, 1969--January 8, 1973 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 1968 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Paul Simon </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 36 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dan Walker </Td> <Td> January 8, 1973--January 10, 1977 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 1972 </Td> <Td> Neil Hartigan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 37 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> James R. Thompson </Td> <Td> January 10, 1977--January 14, 1991 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 1976 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Dave O'Neal (resigned July 31, 1981) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1978 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Vacant </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1982 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> George Ryan </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1986 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 38 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Jim Edgar </Td> <Td> January 14, 1991--January 11, 1999 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 1990 </Td> <Td> Bob Kustra </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 1994 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 39 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> George Ryan </Td> <Td> January 11, 1999--January 13, 2003 </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 1998 </Td> <Td> Corinne Wood </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 40 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Rod Blagojevich </Td> <Td> January 13, 2003--January 29, 2009 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td> 2002 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Pat Quinn </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2006 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 41 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Pat Quinn </Td> <Td> January 29, 2009--January 12, 2015 </Td> <Td> Democratic </Td> <Td_colspan="2"> Vacant </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Sheila Simon </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 42 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bruce Rauner </Td> <Td> January 12, 2015--Present </Td> <Td> Republican </Td> <Td> 2014 </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Evelyn Sanguinetti </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> #</Th> <Th_colspan="3"> Governor </Th> <Th> Term in office </Th> <Th> Party </Th> <Th> Election </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Lt. Governor </Th> </Tr>

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