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Hall of Governors


Shadrach Bond
1818-1822

Home 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


George Ryan
1999-2003

Home County: Kankakee
Born: Feb. 24, 1934
Maquoketa, IA