
Shadrach Bond
1818-1822Home
County: St. Clair
Born: Nov. 24, 1773
Fredrickstown, MD
Died: April 12, 1832 - Kaskaskia |

Edward Coles
1822-1826
Home County: Madison
Born: Dec. 15, 1786
Albemarle County VA
Died: July 7, 1868
- Philadelphia |

Ninian Edwards
1826-1830
Home County: Madison
Born: March 17, 1775
Montgomery County MD
Died: July 20, 1833 -
Belleville |

John Reynolds
1830-1834
Home County: St. Clair
Born: Feb. 26, 1788
Montgomery County PA
Died: May 8, 1865 -
Belleville |

William L. D. Ewing
1834
Home County: Fayette
Born: Aug. 31, 1795
Logan County KY
Died: March 25, 1846 -
Springfield |

Joseph Duncan
1834-1838
Home
County: Morgan
Born: Feb. 22, 1794
Paris, KY
Died: Jan 15, 1844 -
Jacksonville |

Thomas Carlin
1838-1842
Home County: Greene
Born: July 18, 1789
Fayette County KY
Died: Feb. 14, 1852 -
Carrollton |

Thomas Ford
1842-1846
Home County: Ogle
Born: Dec. 5, 1800
Uniontown, PA
Died: Nov. 3, 1850 -
Peoria |

Augustus C. French
1846-1849,1849-1853
Home County: Crawford
Born: Aug. 2, 1808
Hill, NH
Died: Sept. 4, 1864 -
Lebanon |

Joel Aldrich Matteson
1853-1857
Home County: Will
Born: Aug. 8, 1808
Watertown, NY
Died: Jan. 31, 1873 -
Chicago |

William H. Bissell
1857-1860
Home County: Monroe
Born: April 25, 1811
Painted Post, NY
Died: March 18, 1860 -
Springfield |

John Wood
1860-1861
Home County: Adams
Born: Dec. 20, 1798
Moravia, NY
Died: June 11, 1880 -
Quincy |

Richard Yates
1861-1865
Home County: Morgan
Born: Jan 18, 1815
Warsaw, KY
Died: Nov. 27, 1873 -
St. Louis, MO |

Richard J. Oglesby
1865-1869
Home County: Macon
Born: July 25, 1824
Oldham County KY
Died: Apr 24, 1899 - Elkhart |

John
M. Palmer
1869-1873
Home County: Macoupin
Born: Sept. 13, 1817
Eagle Creek, KY
Died: Sept. 25, 1900 -
Springfield |

Richard J. Oglesby
1873
Home County: Macon
Born: July 25, 1824
Oldham County KY
Died: Apr 24, 1899 -
Elkhart |

John L. Beveridge
1873-1877
Home County: Cook
Born: July 6, 1824
Greenwich, NY
Died: May 3, 1910 -
Hollywood, CA |

Shelby Moore Cullom
1877-1883
Home County: Sangamon
Born: May 22, 1829
Wayne County KY
Died: Jan. 28, 1914
- Washington, DC |

John M. Hamilton
1883-1885
Home
County: McLean
Born: May 28, 1847
Union County OH
Died: Sept. 23, 1905 - Chicago |

Richard J. Oglesby
1885-1889
Home County: Macon
Born: July 25, 1824
Oldham County KY
Died: Apr 24, 1899 -
Elkhart |

Joseph W. Fifer
1889-1893
Home County: McLean
Born: Oct. 28,1840
Staunton, VA
Died: August 6, 1938 |

John P. Altgeld
1893-1897
Home County: Cook
Born: Dec 30, 1847
Felters, Germany
Died: March 12, 1902 -
Joliet |

John R. Tanner
1897-1901
Home County: Clay
Born: April 4, 1844
Warrick County IN
Died: May 23, 1901 -
Springfield |

Richard Yates
1901-1905
Home County: Morgan
Born: Dec. 12, 1860
Jacksonville
Died: April 11, 1936 -
Springfield |

Charles S. Deneen
1905-1913
Home County: Cook
Born: May 4, 1863
Edwardsville
Died: Feb. 5, 1940 -
Chicago |

Edward F. Dunne
1913-1917
Home County: Cook
Born: Oct 12, 1853
Waterville, CT
Died: March 24, 1937 -
Chicago |

Frank O. Lowden
1917-1921
Home County: Ogle
Born: Jan 26, 1861
Sunrise, MN
Died: March 20, 1943 -
Tucson, AZ |

Len Small
1921-1929
Home County: Kankakee
Born: June 16, 1862
Kankakee
Died: May 17, 1936 -
Kankakee |

Louis L. Emmerson
1929-1933
Home County: Jefferson
Born: Dec. 27, 1863
Albion
Died: Feb. 4, 1941 -
Mt. Vernon |

Henry Horner
1933-1940
Home County: Cook
Born: Nov. 30, 1879
Chicago
Died: Oct 6, 1940 -
Winnetka |

John H. Stelle
1940-1941
Home County: Hamilton
Born: Aug. 10, 1891
McLeansboro
Died: July 5, 1962 -
St. Louis, MO |

Dwight H. Green
1941-1949
Home County: Cook
Born: Jan. 9, 1897
Ligonier, IN
Died: Feb. 20, 1958 -
Chicago |

Adlai E. Stevenson
1949-1953
Home County: Lake
Born: Feb. 5, 1900
Los Angeles, CA
Died: July 14, 1965 -
London, UK |

William G. Stratton
1953-1961
Home County: Grundy
Born: Feb. 26, 1914
Ingleside
Died: March 2, 2001 |

Otto Kerner
1961-1968
Home County: Cook
Born: Aug. 15, 1908
Chicago
Died: May 9, 1976 -
Chicago |

Samuel H. Shapiro
1968-1969
Home County: Kankakee
Born: April 25, 1907
Estonia
Died: March 15, 1987 -
Kankakee |

Richard B. Ogilvie
1969-1973
Home County: Cook
Born: Feb. 22, 1923
Kansas City, MO
Died: May 10, 1988 -
Chicago |

Daniel Walker
1973-1977
Home County: Lake
Born: Aug. 6, 1922
Washington, D.C. |

James R. Thompson
1977-1991
Home County: Cook
Born: May 8, 1936
DeKalb County |

Jim Edgar
1991-1999
Home County: Coles
Born: July 22, 1946
Oklahoma |