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.
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Term length | 4 years, no term limits |
Inaugural holder | Pierre Menard |
Formation | 1818 |
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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. governor | Party | Commission date | End date | Governor | Party | Term |
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1 | Pierre Menard | Democratic- Republican |
October 6, 1818 | December 5, 1822 | Shadrach Bond | Democratic- Republican |
1818–1822 |
2 | Adolphus Hubbard | Democratic- Republican |
December 5, 1822 | December 6, 1826 | Edward Coles | Democratic- Republican |
1822–1826 |
3 | William Kinney | Democratic | December 6, 1826 | December 9, 1830 | Ninian Edwards | Democratic- Republican |
1826–1830 |
4 | Zadok Casey | Democratic | December 9, 1830 | March 1, 1833 | John Reynolds | Democratic | 1830–1834 |
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 | 1834–1838 |
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 | 1838–1842 |
9 | John Moore | Democratic | December 8, 1842 | December 9, 1846 | Thomas Ford | Democratic | 1842–1846 |
10 | Joseph Wells | Democratic | December 9, 1846 | January 8, 1849 | Augustus C. French | Democratic | 1846–1853 |
11 | William McMurtry | Democratic | January 8, 1849 | January 10, 1853 | |||
12 | Gustavus Koerner | Democratic | January 10, 1853 | January 12, 1857 | Joel Aldrich Matteson | Democratic | 1853–1857 |
13 | John Wood | Republican | January 12, 1857 | March 20, 1860 | William Henry Bissell | Republican | 1857–1860 |
14 | Thomas Marshall | Democratic | January 7, 1861 | January 14, 1861 | John Wood | Republican | 1860–1861 |
15 | Francis Hoffmann | Republican | January 14, 1861 | January 16, 1865 | Richard Yates | Republican | 1861–1865 |
16 | William Bross | Republican | January 16, 1865 | January 11, 1869 | Richard J. Oglesby | Republican | 1865–1869 |
17 | John Dougherty | Republican | January 11, 1869 | January 13, 1873 | John M. Palmer | Republican | 1869–1873 |
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 | 1873–1877 |
20 | Archibald Glenn | Democratic | January 8, 1875 Acting |
January 8, 1877 | John Lourie Beveridge | Republican | 1873–1877 |
21 | Andrew Shuman | Republican | January 8, 1877 | January 10, 1881 | Shelby Moore Cullom | Republican | 1877–1883 |
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 | 1883–1885 |
24 | John Smith | Republican | January 30, 1885 | January 14, 1889 | Richard J. Oglesby | Republican | 1885–1889 |
25 | Lyman Ray | Republican | January 14, 1889 | January 10, 1893 | Joseph W. Fifer | Republican | 1889–1893 |
26 | Joseph B. Gill | Democratic | January 10, 1893 | January 11, 1897 | John Peter Altgeld | Democratic | 1893–1897 |
27 | William Northcott | Republican | January 11, 1897 | January 9, 1905 | John R. Tanner | Republican | 1897–1901 |
Richard Yates | Republican | 1901–1905 | |||||
28 | Lawrence Sherman | Republican | January 9, 1905 | January 18, 1909 | Charles S. Deneen | Republican | 1905–1913 |
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 | 1913–1917 |
31 | John G. Oglesby | Republican | January 8, 1917 | January 10, 1921 | Frank O. Lowden | Republican | 1917–1921 |
32 | Fred E. Sterling | Republican | January 10, 1921 | January 9, 1933 | Len Small | Republican | 1921–1929 |
Louis L. Emmerson | Republican | 1929–1933 | |||||
33 | Thomas Donovan | Democratic | January 9, 1933 | January 4, 1937 | Henry Horner | Democratic | 1933–1940 |
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 | 1940–1941 | ||
35 | Hugh W. Cross | Republican | January 13, 1941 | January 10, 1949 | Dwight H. Green | Republican | 1941–1949 |
36 | Sherwood Dixon | Democratic | January 10, 1949 | January 12, 1953 | Adlai E. Stevenson II | Democratic | 1949–1953 |
37 | John William Chapman | Republican | January 12, 1953 | January 9, 1961 | William G. Stratton | Republican | 1953–1961 |
38 | Samuel H. Shapiro | Democratic | January 9, 1961 | May 21, 1968 Succeeded Kerner |
Otto Kerner, Jr. | Democratic | 1961–1968 |
Office vacant | May 21, 1968 | January 13, 1969 | Samuel H. Shapiro | Democratic | 1968–1969 | ||
39 | Paul Simon | Democratic | January 13, 1969 | January 8, 1973 | Richard Buell Ogilvie | Republican | 1969–1973 |
40 | Neil Hartigan | Democratic | January 8, 1973 | January 10, 1977 | Dan Walker | Democratic | 1973–1977 |
41 | Dave O'Neal | Republican | January 10, 1977 | July 31, 1981 Resigned |
James R. Thompson | Republican | 1977–1991 |
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 | 1991–1999 |
Office vacant | July 1, 1998 | January 11, 1999 | |||||
44 | Corinne Wood | Republican | January 11, 1999 | January 13, 2003 | George H. Ryan | Republican | 1999–2003 |
45 | Pat Quinn | Democratic | January 13, 2003 | January 29, 2009 Succeeded Blagojevich |
Rod R. Blagojevich | Democratic | 2003–2009 |
Office vacant | January 29, 2009 | January 10, 2011 | Pat Quinn | Democratic | 2009–2015 | ||
46 | Sheila Simon | Democratic | January 10, 2011 | January 12, 2015 | |||
47 | Evelyn Sanguinetti | Republican | January 12, 2015 | January 14, 2019 | Bruce Rauner | Republican | 2015–2019 |
48 | Juliana Stratton | Democratic | January 14, 2019 | Incumbent | J.B. Pritzker | Democratic | 2019–Present |
References
- Karen Hawkins (January 9, 2010). "Candidates line up for lieutenant governor — but why?". The Telegraph. Retrieved May 20, 2012.