Illinois Governors
Since Illinois was admitted to the Union on 3 December 1818, there have been 43 people who have served as governor.
For governors prior to statehood, refer to United States Territorial Governors.
- Shadrach Bond
- Edward Coles
- Ninian Edwards
- John Reynolds
- William Lee D. Ewing
- Joseph Duncan
- Thomas Carlin
- Thomas Ford
- Augustus C. French
- Joel Aldrich Matteson
- William Henry Bissell
- John Wood
- Richard Yates
- Richard J. Oglesby
- John M. Palmer
- Richard J. Oglesby
- John Lourie Beveridge
- Shelby Moore Cullom
- John Marshall Hamilton
- Richard J. Oglesby
- Joseph W. Fifer
- John Peter Altgeld
- John Riley Tanner
- Richard Yates Jr.
- Charles S. Deneen
- Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne
- Frank Orren Lowden
- Len Small
- Louis Lincoln Emmerson
- Henry Horner
- John Henry Stelle
- Dwight H. Green
- Adlai Stevenson II
- William Stratton
- Otto Kerner Jr.
- Samuel H. Shapiro
- Richard B. Ogilvie
- Dan Walker
- James R. Thompson
- Jim Edgar
- George Ryan
- Rod Blagojevich
- Pat Quinn
- Bruce Rauner
- J. B. Pritzker