Governors of Illinois, 1818-2019(May beincomplete!)
ShadrachBond 1818-22EdwardColes 1822-26NinianEdwards 1826-30JohnReynolds 1830-34WilliamL. D. Ewing 1834JosephDuncan 1834-38ThomasCarlin 1838-42ThomasFord 1842-46AugustusC. French 1846-53JoelA. Matteson 1853-57WilliamH. Bissell 1857-60JohnWood 1860-61RichardYates 1861-65RichardJ. Oglesby 1865-69JohnM. Palmer 1869-73RichardJ. Oglesby 1873JohnLourie Beveridge 1873-77ShelbyM. Cullom 1877-83JohnM. Hamilton 1883-85RichardJ. Oglesby 1885-89JosephW. Fifer 1889-93JohnP. Altgeld 1893-97JohnR. Tanner 1897-1901RichardYates 1901-05CharlesS. Deneen 1905-13EdwardF. Dunne 1913-17FrankO. Lowden 1917-21LenSmall 1921-29LouisL. Emmerson 1929-33HenryHorner 1933-40JohnStelle 1940-41DwightH. Green 1941-49AdlaiE. Stevenson 1949-53WilliamG. Stratton 1953-61OttoKerner 1961-68SamuelH. Shapiro 1968-69RichardB. Ogilvie 1969-73DanielWalker 1973-77JamesR. Thompson 1977-91JamesEdgar 1991-99GeorgeH. Ryan 1999-2003RodBlagojevich 2003-09PatQuinn 2009-15BruceRauner 2015-19J.B. Pritzker 2019- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1822 Aug 5:EdwardColes, elected;JosephPhillips, defeated;ThomasC. Browne, defeated;JamesB. Moore, defeated. 1826 Aug 7:NinianEdwards, elected;ThomasSloo, Jr., defeated;AdolphusF. Hubbard, defeated. 1830 Aug 2:JohnReynolds, elected;WilliamKinney, defeated. 1834 Aug 4:JosephDuncan, elected;WilliamKinney, defeated;RobertK. McLaughlin, defeated;JamesAdams, defeated. 1838 Aug 6:ThomasCarlin (Dem), elected;CyrusEdwards (Whig), defeated. 1842 Aug 1:ThomasFord (Dem), elected;JosephDuncan (Whig), defeated;CharlesW. Hunter (Liberty), defeated. 1846 Aug 3:AugustusC. French (Dem), elected;ThomasM. Kilpatrick (Whig), defeated;RichardEels, defeated. 1852:E.B. Webb, defeated. 1856:WilliamA. Richardson, defeated. 1860:JamesC. Allen, defeated. 1860 Mar 18:WilliamH. Bissell, died in office. 1864:JamesC. Robinson, defeated. 1868:JohnRice Eden, defeated. 1872:GustavusKoerner, defeated. 1876:LewisSteward, defeated. 1880:LymanTrumbull (Dem), defeated. 1883 Feb 5:ShelbyM. Cullom, resigned. 1884:CarterHenry Harrison, defeated. 1888 Nov 6:JohnM. Palmer (Dem), defeated;JosephW. Fifer (Rep), elected. 1892:RichardYates (Rep), defeated;JosephW. Fifer, defeated. 1896:WilliamS. Forman (Gold Democratic), defeated. 1900:SamuelAlschuler (Dem), defeated. 1904:LawrenceBeaumont Stringer, defeated. 1904 Nov 8:JohnCollins (Socialist), defeated. 1908 Aug 8:AdlaiE. Stevenson (Dem), nominated;J.Hamilton Lewis (Dem), defeated in primary;DouglasPattison (Dem), defeated in primary;JohnP. McGoorty (Dem), defeated in primary;CharlesF. Gunther (Dem), defeated in primary;JamesO. Monroe (Dem), defeated in primary;EugeneKimbrough (Dem), defeated in primary. 1908 Aug 8:CharlesS. Deneen (Rep), nominated;RichardYates (Rep), defeated in primary. 1908 Aug 8:JamesH. Brower (Socialist), nominated unopposed. 1908 Aug 8:DanielR. Sheen (Prohibition), nominated;EugeneW. Chafin (Prohibition), defeated in primary. 1908 Nov 3:CharlesS. Deneen (Rep), elected;AdlaiE. Stevenson (Dem), defeated;DanielR. Sheen (Prohibition), defeated;JamesH. Brower (Socialist), defeated;GeorgeW. McCaskrin (Independence), defeated;GusA. Jenning (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1912 Nov 5:EdwardF. Dunne (Dem), elected;CharlesS. Deneen (Rep), defeated;FrankH. Funk (Progressive), defeated;JohnC. Kennedy (Socialist), defeated;EdwinR. Worrell (Prohibition), defeated;JohnM. Francis (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1916 Nov 7:FrankO. Lowden (Rep), elected;EdwardF. Dunne (Dem), defeated;SeymourStedman (Socialist), defeated;JohnR. Golden (Prohibition), defeated;JohnM. Francis (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1920:BarrattO'Hara (Dem), defeated in primary. 1920:JohnG. Oglesby (Rep), defeated in primary. 1920 Nov 2:LenSmall (Rep), elected;J.Hamilton Lewis (Dem), defeated;AndrewLafin (Socialist), defeated;JohnE. Walker (Farmer-Labor), defeated;JamesH. Woertendyke (Prohibition), defeated;JohnM. Harlan (Harding-Coolidge Republican), defeated;JohnM. Francis (Socialist Labor), defeated;HarrisonParker (Co-operative), defeated;LewisD. Spaulding (Single Tax), defeated;ParkeLongworth (Liberal), defeated. 1924:CharlesM. Borchers (Dem), defeated in primary. 1924 Nov 4:LenSmall (Rep), elected;NormanL. Jones (Dem), defeated;AndrewLafin (Socialist), defeated;WilliamF. Dunne (Workers), defeated;FredSkoch (Socialist Labor), defeated;JamesA. Logan (Independent Republican), defeated;MorrisLychenheim (Commonwealth Land), defeated. 1928 Nov 6:LouisL. Emmerson (Rep), elected;FloydE. Thompson (Dem), defeated;GeorgeKoop (Socialist), defeated;WilliamF. Kruse (Workers), defeated;J.E. Procum (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1932:BruceA. Campbell (Dem), defeated in primary. 1932:OscarE. Carlstrom (Rep), defeated in primary;OmerN. Custer (Rep), defeated in primary. 1936 Nov 3:HenryHorner (Dem), elected;C.Wayland Brooks (Rep), defeated;WilliamHale Thompson (Union Progressive), defeated;JohnFisher (Socialist), defeated;HarmonW. Reed (Prohibition), defeated;O.Alfred Olson (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1940 Oct 6:HenryHorner, died in office. 1940 Nov 5:DwightH. Green (Rep), elected;HarryB. Hershey (Dem), defeated;ArthurG. McDowell (Socialist), defeated;ClayF. Gaumer (Prohibition), defeated. 1944:OscarE. Carlstrom (Rep), defeated in primary. 1944 Nov 7:DwightH. Green (Rep), elected;ThomasJ. Courtney (Dem), defeated;CharlesStorm (Socialist Labor), defeated;WillisRay Wilson (Prohibition), defeated. 1952:SherwoodDixon (Dem), defeated. 1956:LarDaly (Rep), defeated in primary. 1956 Nov 6:WilliamG. Stratton (Rep), elected;RichardB. Austin (Dem), defeated;EdwardC. Gross (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1964:LarDaly (Rep), defeated in primary. 1964:CharlesH. Percy (Rep), defeated. 1968:WilliamG. Stratton (Rep), defeated in primary. 1972:PaulSimon, defeated for nomination. 1972:ThomasA. Foran (Dem), defeated in primary. 1978 Nov 7:MelvinKlenetsky (U.S. Labor), defeated. 1982:AdlaiE. Stevenson III, defeated. 1986:AdlaiE. Stevenson III, defeated. 1994:RolandW. Burris (Dem), defeated in primary. 1994:DawnClark Netsch, defeated. 1994 Mar 15:SheilaA. Jones (Dem), defeated in primary. 1998:RolandW. Burris (Dem), defeated in primary. 1998:GlennPoshard (Dem), defeated. 1998 Nov 3:GeorgeH. Ryan (Rep), elected;LawrenceRedmond, defeated. 2002:RolandW. Burris (Dem), defeated in primary. 2002 Mar 19:RodBlagojevich (Dem), nominated. 2002 Mar 19:JimRyan (Rep), nominated. 2002 Nov 5:RodBlagojevich (Dem), elected;JimRyan (Rep), defeated. 2006 Mar 21:RodBlagojevich (Dem), nominated. 2006 Nov 7:RodBlagojevich (Dem), elected;JudyBaar Topinka (Rep), defeated. 2010 Feb 2:JimRyan (Rep), defeated in primary. 2014:DanRutherford (Rep), defeated in primary. 2014:BruceRauner (Rep), elected. 2018:BruceRauner (Rep), defeated. 2018 Nov 6:J.B. Pritzker (Dem), elected. | |
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