On three occasions prior to a 1970 change to the state constitution the Lieutenant Governor was of a different political party from the Governor. In each instance a Democratic Lieutenant Governor served under a Republican Governor.
# | 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 | John Reynolds | Democratic | 1830–1834 |
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 | Joseph Duncan | Democratic | 1834–1838 |
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 | Augustus C. French | Democratic | 1846–1853 |
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 |
Shelby Moore Cullom | Republican | 1877–1883 |
23 | William 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 14, 1901 | John R. Tanner | Republican | 1897–1901 |
27 | William Northcott | Republican | January 14, 1901 | January 9, 1905 | 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 | Charles S. Deneen | Republican | 1905–1913 |
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 Sterling | Republican | January 10, 1921 | January 14, 1929 | Len Small | Republican | 1921–1929 |
32 | Fred Sterling | Republican | January 14, 1929 | January 9, 1933 | 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 |
Henry Horner | Democratic | 1933–1940 |
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 | Daniel 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 | James R. Thompson | Republican | 1977–1991 | ||
42 | George H. Ryan | Republican | January 10, 1983 | January 14, 1991 | James R. Thompson | Republican | 1977–1991 |
43 | Bob Kustra | Republican | January 14, 1991 | July 1, 1998 Resigned |
James Edgar | Republican | 1991–1999 |
Office vacant | July 1, 1998 | January 11, 1999 | James Edgar | Republican | 1991–1999 | ||
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 9, 2011 | Pat Quinn | Democratic | 2009–2011 | ||
46 | Sheila Simon | Democratic | January 10, 2011 | current | Pat Quinn | Democratic | 2011– |
As of January 2009[update], six former lieutenant governors were alive. The most recent death of a former lieutenant governor was that of Paul Simon (1969–1973), on December 9, 2003. He is also the most recent serving lieutenant governor to die.
Lt. Governor | Lt. Gubernatorial term | Date of birth |
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Neil Hartigan | 1973–1977 | May 4, 1938 |
Dave O'Neal | 1977–1981 | January 24, 1937 |
George Ryan | 1983–1991 | February 24, 1934 |
Bob Kustra | 1991–1998 | March 21, 1943 |
Corinne Wood | 1999–2003 | May 28, 1954 |
Pat Quinn | 2003–2009 | December 16, 1948 |
Sheila Simon | 2011– | March 13, 1961 |
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