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Lieutenant Governor of Illinois

second highest ranking official of the state government of the state of Illinois

The lieutenant governor of Illinois is the second highest constitutional office of the executive branch of the state government of the U.S. state of Illinois It is the second highest ranking official in the state government.

Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
Seal of Illinois
Incumbent
Juliana Stratton
since January 14, 2019
Government of Illinois
StyleThe Honorable
Madam Lieutenant Governor
AppointerGovernor of Illinois
Popular election
Term length4 years, no term limits
Constituting instrumentConstitution of Illinois
Inaugural holderPierre Menard
Formation1818
Websiteillinois.gov

The lieutenant governor is to serve as the acting governor in their absence or to become the governor if the governor dies, resigns, or is impeached from office.

Juliana Stratton is the 48th and current lieutenant governor of Illinois, in office since January 2019.

Duties

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The lieutenant governor of Illinois handles a variety of responsibilities which include serving as chairperson of the Governor's Rural Affairs Council, Chairman of Rural Bond Bank of Illinois, Head of the Main Street Program and chairperson of the Illinois River Coordinating Council.

The lieutenant governor is also a member of the National Lieutenant Governor's Association.

Eligibility and requirements

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Under the Constitution of Illinois, a person must be:

• Be at least 25 years old

• a United States citizen

• a resident of Illinois for at least 3 years

List of lieutenant governors

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# Image Lieutenant Governor Party Commission date End date Governor Party Term
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 – 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
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