Lieutenant Governor of Illinois

The Lieutenant Governor of Illinois is the second highest office of the State of Illinois. As of January 14, 2019, the lieutenant governor is Juliana Stratton.

Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
Great Seal of the State of Illinois
Incumbent
Juliana Stratton

since January 14, 2019
Term length4 years, no term limits
Inaugural holderPierre Menard
Formation1818
Website

Voting

In Illinois, the lieutenant governor and governor run on a joint ticket, and are directly elected by popular vote. Candidates for lieutenant governor run separately in the primary from candidates for governor.[1]

Duties

When the Governor of Illinois becomes unable to discharge the duties of that office, the lieutenant governor becomes acting governor. If the Governor dies, resigns or is removed from office, the lieutenant governor becomes governor. Under the Illinois Constitution, the Attorney General, currently Lisa Madigan, is next in line of succession to the Governor's office after the lieutenant governor, but does not succeed to the Lieutenant Governor's office. Historically, the lieutenant governor has been from either the Democratic Party or Republican Party.

List

#Lt. governorPartyCommission dateEnd dateGovernorPartyTerm
1 Pierre Menard Democratic-
Republican
October 6, 1818 December 5, 1822 Shadrach Bond Democratic-
Republican
18181822
2 Adolphus Hubbard Democratic-
Republican
December 5, 1822 December 6, 1826 Edward Coles Democratic-
Republican
18221826
3 William Kinney Democratic December 6, 1826 December 9, 1830 Ninian Edwards Democratic-
Republican
18261830
4 Zadok Casey Democratic December 9, 1830 March 1, 1833 John Reynolds Democratic 18301834
5 William Lee D. Ewing Democratic March 1, 1833 December 5, 1834
Office vacant November 17, 1834 December 5, 1834 William Lee Davidson Ewing Democratic 1834
6 Alexander Jenkins Democratic December 5, 1834 December 9, 1836
Resigned
Joseph Duncan Democratic 18341838
7 William H. Davidson Democratic December 9, 1836
Acting
December 7, 1838
8 Stinson Anderson Democratic December 7, 1838 December 8, 1842 Thomas Carlin Democratic 18381842
9 John Moore Democratic December 8, 1842 December 9, 1846 Thomas Ford Democratic 18421846
10 Joseph Wells Democratic December 9, 1846 January 8, 1849 Augustus C. French Democratic 18461853
11 William McMurtry Democratic January 8, 1849 January 10, 1853
12 Gustavus Koerner Democratic January 10, 1853 January 12, 1857 Joel Aldrich Matteson Democratic 18531857
13 John Wood Republican January 12, 1857 March 20, 1860 William Henry Bissell Republican 18571860
14 Thomas Marshall Democratic January 7, 1861 January 14, 1861 John Wood Republican 18601861
15 Francis Hoffmann Republican January 14, 1861 January 16, 1865 Richard Yates Republican 18611865
16 William Bross Republican January 16, 1865 January 11, 1869 Richard J. Oglesby Republican 18651869
17 John Dougherty Republican January 11, 1869 January 13, 1873 John M. Palmer Republican 18691873
18 John Lourie Beveridge Republican January 13, 1873 January 23, 1873
Succeeded Oglesby
Richard J. Oglesby Republican 1873
19 John Early Republican January 23, 1873
Acting
January 8, 1875 John Lourie Beveridge Republican 18731877
20 Archibald Glenn Democratic January 8, 1875
Acting
January 8, 1877 John Lourie Beveridge Republican 18731877
21 Andrew Shuman Republican January 8, 1877 January 10, 1881 Shelby Moore Cullom Republican 18771883
22 John Marshall Hamilton Republican January 10, 1881 February 6, 1883
Succeeded Cullom
23 William J. Campbell Republican February 6, 1883
Acting
January 30, 1885 John Marshall Hamilton Republican 18831885
24 John Smith Republican January 30, 1885 January 14, 1889 Richard J. Oglesby Republican 18851889
25 Lyman Ray Republican January 14, 1889 January 10, 1893 Joseph W. Fifer Republican 18891893
26 Joseph B. Gill Democratic January 10, 1893 January 11, 1897 John Peter Altgeld Democratic 18931897
27 William Northcott Republican January 11, 1897 January 9, 1905 John R. Tanner Republican 18971901
Richard Yates Republican 19011905
28 Lawrence Sherman Republican January 9, 1905 January 18, 1909 Charles S. Deneen Republican 19051913
29 John G. Oglesby Republican January 18, 1909 February 3, 1913
30 Barratt O'Hara Democratic February 3, 1913 January 8, 1917 Edward F. Dunne Democratic 19131917
31 John G. Oglesby Republican January 8, 1917 January 10, 1921 Frank O. Lowden Republican 19171921
32 Fred E. Sterling Republican January 10, 1921 January 9, 1933 Len Small Republican 19211929
Louis L. Emmerson Republican 19291933
33 Thomas Donovan Democratic January 9, 1933 January 4, 1937 Henry Horner Democratic 19331940
34 John H. Stelle Democratic January 4, 1937 October 6, 1940
Succeeded Horner
Office vacant October 6, 1940 January 13, 1941 John H. Stelle Democratic 19401941
35 Hugh W. Cross Republican January 13, 1941 January 10, 1949 Dwight H. Green Republican 19411949
36 Sherwood Dixon Democratic January 10, 1949 January 12, 1953 Adlai E. Stevenson II Democratic 19491953
37 John William Chapman Republican January 12, 1953 January 9, 1961 William G. Stratton Republican 19531961
38 Samuel H. Shapiro Democratic January 9, 1961 May 21, 1968
Succeeded Kerner
Otto Kerner, Jr. Democratic 19611968
Office vacant May 21, 1968 January 13, 1969 Samuel H. Shapiro Democratic 19681969
39 Paul Simon Democratic January 13, 1969 January 8, 1973 Richard Buell Ogilvie Republican 19691973
40 Neil Hartigan Democratic January 8, 1973 January 10, 1977 Dan Walker Democratic 19731977
41 Dave O'Neal Republican January 10, 1977 July 31, 1981
Resigned
James R. Thompson Republican 19771991
Office vacant July 31, 1981 January 10, 1983
42 George H. Ryan Republican January 10, 1983 January 14, 1991
43 Bob Kustra Republican January 14, 1991 July 1, 1998
Resigned
James Edgar Republican 19911999
Office vacant July 1, 1998 January 11, 1999
44 Corinne Wood Republican January 11, 1999 January 13, 2003 George H. Ryan Republican 19992003
45 Pat Quinn Democratic January 13, 2003 January 29, 2009
Succeeded Blagojevich
Rod R. Blagojevich Democratic 20032009
Office vacant January 29, 2009 January 10, 2011 Pat Quinn Democratic 20092015
46 Sheila Simon Democratic January 10, 2011 January 12, 2015
47 Evelyn Sanguinetti Republican January 12, 2015 January 14, 2019 Bruce Rauner Republican 20152019
48 Juliana Stratton Democratic January 14, 2019 Incumbent J.B. Pritzker Democratic 2019Present

References

  1. Karen Hawkins (January 9, 2010). "Candidates line up for lieutenant governor — but why?". The Telegraph. Retrieved May 20, 2012.

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