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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Illinois: Governors</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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D. Ewing</a> 1834 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/duncan.html#643.13.98">Joseph Duncan</a> 1834-38 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carfield-carll.html#736.11.01">Thomas Carlin</a> 1838-42 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ford.html#738.24.89">Thomas Ford</a> 1842-46 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/french-frensdorf.html#062.70.92">Augustus C. French</a> 1846-53 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mathewson-matthaei.html#108.75.49">Joel A. Matteson</a> 1853-57 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bismarck-bjorseth.html#589.57.71">William H. Bissell</a> 1857-60 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wood5.html#404.01.63">John Wood</a> 1860-61 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yates.html#526.01.21">Richard Yates</a> 1861-65 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ogg-ohanlon.html#692.16.62">Richard J. Oglesby</a> 1865-69 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/palmer.html#639.68.63">John M. Palmer</a> 1869-73 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ogg-ohanlon.html#692.16.62">Richard J. Oglesby</a> 1873 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beucher-biddis.html#071.28.06">John Lourie Beveridge</a> 1873-77 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/culler-culpepper.html#098.38.64">Shelby M. Cullom</a> 1877-83 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hamilton.html#025.57.26">John M. Hamilton</a> 1883-85 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ogg-ohanlon.html#692.16.62">Richard J. Oglesby</a> 1885-89 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fiero-finan.html#151.68.90">Joseph W. Fifer</a> 1889-93 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/alt-amersoon.html#461.44.33">John P. Altgeld</a> 1893-97 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tanner.html#343.16.06">John R. Tanner</a> 1897-1901 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yates.html#137.28.15">Richard Yates</a> 1901-05 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dempster-denious.html#654.10.62">Charles S. Deneen</a> 1905-13 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dunnagan-dunwell.html#249.02.28">Edward F. Dunne</a> 1913-17 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lovejoy-lowdermilk.html#648.81.13">Frank O. Lowden</a> 1917-21 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/small.html#058.08.61">Len Small</a> 1921-29 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/emest-engle.html#035.18.28">Louis L. Emmerson</a> 1929-33 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hornbeck-horter.html#864.16.13">Henry Horner</a> 1933-40 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/steiwer-stephen.html#681.13.37">John Stelle</a> 1940-41 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/green2.html#808.35.85">Dwight H. Green</a> 1941-49 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevenson-steward.html#447.89.39">Adlai E. Stevenson</a> 1949-53 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stratton.html#928.50.81">William G. Stratton</a> 1953-61 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kenton-kerns.html#663.55.55">Otto Kerner</a> 1961-68 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/shantz-sharon.html#845.61.47">Samuel H. Shapiro</a> 1968-69 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ogg-ohanlon.html#376.31.05">Richard B. Ogilvie</a> 1969-73 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker2.html#162.17.29">Daniel Walker</a> 1973-77 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thompson5.html#337.20.27">James R. Thompson</a> 1977-91 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#528.70.81">James Edgar</a> 1991-99 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ryan.html#569.86.65">George H. Ryan</a> 1999-2003 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blackwood-blaine.html#691.35.77">Rod Blagojevich</a> 2003-09 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/quinn.html#887.99.71">Pat Quinn</a> 2009-15 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/raub-rawson.html#142.87.85">Bruce Rauner</a> 2015-19 <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/princeton-prociuk.html#220.50.59">J. B. Pritzker</a> 2019- Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!) <li> 1822 Aug 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/colen-collingwood.html#689.20.86">Edward Coles</a>, elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/phillips.html#173.57.23">Joseph Phillips</a>, defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brownback-browner.html#035.47.45">Thomas C. Browne</a>, defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/moore5.html#389.69.28">James B. Moore</a>, defeated. <li> 1826 Aug 7: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards6.html#072.80.69">Ninian Edwards</a>, elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sloane-slusarev.html#564.96.40">Thomas Sloo, Jr.</a>, defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hubbard.html#330.72.95">Adolphus F. Hubbard</a>, defeated. <li> 1830 Aug 2: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reynolds.html#063.77.34">John Reynolds</a>, elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kinney.html#564.00.14">William Kinney</a>, defeated. <li> 1834 Aug 4: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/duncan.html#643.13.98">Joseph Duncan</a>, elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kinney.html#564.00.14">William Kinney</a>, defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mclaughlin-mclay.html#669.75.59">Robert K. McLaughlin</a>, defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/adams5.html#686.06.01">James Adams</a>, defeated. <li> 1838 Aug 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carfield-carll.html#736.11.01">Thomas Carlin</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwards2.html#789.49.67">Cyrus Edwards</a> (Whig), defeated. <li> 1842 Aug 1: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ford.html#738.24.89">Thomas Ford</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/duncan.html#643.13.98">Joseph Duncan</a> (Whig), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hunter.html#231.86.39">Charles W. Hunter</a> (Liberty), defeated. <li> 1846 Aug 3: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/french-frensdorf.html#062.70.92">Augustus C. French</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kilguss-kim.html#956.62.44">Thomas M. Kilpatrick</a> (Whig), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/edwardson-efthemios.html#835.26.47">Richard Eels</a>, defeated. <li> 1852: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/webb.html#752.55.41">E. B. Webb</a>, defeated. <li> 1856: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/richardson.html#017.24.21">William A. Richardson</a>, defeated. <li> 1860: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allen5.html#601.50.78">James C. Allen</a>, defeated. <li> 1860 Mar 18: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bismarck-bjorseth.html#589.57.71">William H. Bissell</a>, died in office. <li> 1864: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/robinson5.html#069.68.94">James C. Robinson</a>, defeated. <li> 1868: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ede-edlin.html#408.28.92">John Rice Eden</a>, defeated. <li> 1872: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kochendorfer-kolski.html#838.06.51">Gustavus Koerner</a>, defeated. <li> 1876: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevenson-steward.html#649.20.76">Lewis Steward</a>, defeated. <li> 1880: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/trumbull.html#679.80.55">Lyman Trumbull</a> (Dem), defeated. <li> 1883 Feb 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/culler-culpepper.html#098.38.64">Shelby M. Cullom</a>, resigned. <li> 1884: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harrison.html#656.69.21">Carter Henry Harrison</a>, defeated. <li> 1888 Nov 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/palmer.html#639.68.63">John M. Palmer</a> (Dem), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fiero-finan.html#151.68.90">Joseph W. Fifer</a> (Rep), elected. <li> 1892: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yates.html#137.28.15">Richard Yates</a> (Rep), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fiero-finan.html#151.68.90">Joseph W. Fifer</a>, defeated. <li> 1896: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/forman.html#169.44.30">William S. Forman</a> (Gold Democratic), defeated. <li> 1900: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/allman-alsop.html#979.27.14">Samuel Alschuler</a> (Dem), defeated. <li> 1904: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/strickler-strom.html#445.63.09">Lawrence Beaumont Stringer</a>, defeated. <li> 1904 Nov 8: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/collins5.html#563.71.54">John Collins</a> (Socialist), defeated. <li> 1908 Aug 8: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevenson-steward.html#602.27.45">Adlai E. Stevenson</a> (Dem), nominated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis5.html#154.42.74">J. Hamilton Lewis</a> (Dem), defeated in primary; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/patteson-pattok.html#326.91.50">Douglas Pattison</a> (Dem), defeated in primary; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcgeehan-mcgoodwin.html#579.15.57">John P. McGoorty</a> (Dem), defeated in primary; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gundry-guthery.html#819.73.91">Charles F. Gunther</a> (Dem), defeated in primary; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/monroe.html#054.50.48">James O. Monroe</a> (Dem), defeated in primary; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kimbark-kinery.html#141.16.45">Eugene Kimbrough</a> (Dem), defeated in primary. <li> 1908 Aug 8: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dempster-denious.html#654.10.62">Charles S. Deneen</a> (Rep), nominated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/yates.html#137.28.15">Richard Yates</a> (Rep), defeated in primary. <li> 1908 Aug 8: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brouillard-browman.html#429.76.85">James H. Brower</a> (Socialist), nominated unopposed. <li> 1908 Aug 8: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sheehe-shelden.html#357.88.64">Daniel R. Sheen</a> (Prohibition), nominated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cavarly-chaka.html#300.42.24">Eugene W. Chafin</a> (Prohibition), defeated in primary. <li> 1908 Nov 3: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dempster-denious.html#654.10.62">Charles S. Deneen</a> (Rep), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevenson-steward.html#602.27.45">Adlai E. Stevenson</a> (Dem), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sheehe-shelden.html#357.88.64">Daniel R. Sheen</a> (Prohibition), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brouillard-browman.html#429.76.85">James H. Brower</a> (Socialist), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mccartney-mccleery.html#177.04.03">George W. McCaskrin</a> (Independence), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jenkinson-jenning.html#326.60.18">Gus A. Jenning</a> (Socialist Labor), defeated. <li> 1912 Nov 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dunnagan-dunwell.html#249.02.28">Edward F. Dunne</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dempster-denious.html#654.10.62">Charles S. Deneen</a> (Rep), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fulwood-fyke.html#105.50.67">Frank H. Funk</a> (Progressive), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kennedy5.html#259.84.40">John C. Kennedy</a> (Socialist), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/woody-worthey.html#626.67.75">Edwin R. Worrell</a> (Prohibition), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/francis.html#282.92.23">John M. Francis</a> (Socialist Labor), defeated. <li> 1916 Nov 7: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lovejoy-lowdermilk.html#648.81.13">Frank O. Lowden</a> (Rep), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dunnagan-dunwell.html#249.02.28">Edward F. Dunne</a> (Dem), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/steck-steel.html#978.72.24">Seymour Stedman</a> (Socialist), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/golan-goldis.html#027.34.62">John R. Golden</a> (Prohibition), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/francis.html#282.92.23">John M. Francis</a> (Socialist Labor), defeated. <li> 1920: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ohara.html#841.04.18">Barratt O'Hara</a> (Dem), defeated in primary. <li> 1920: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ogg-ohanlon.html#701.81.88">John G. Oglesby</a> (Rep), defeated in primary. <li> 1920 Nov 2: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/small.html#058.08.61">Len Small</a> (Rep), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lewis5.html#154.42.74">J. Hamilton Lewis</a> (Dem), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ladislas-lair.html#226.89.99">Andrew Lafin</a> (Socialist), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/walker5.html#156.12.00">John E. Walker</a> (Farmer-Labor), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/witherspoon-woldanski.html#044.17.77">James H. Woertendyke</a> (Prohibition), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/harlan.html#688.34.47">John M. Harlan</a> (Harding-Coolidge Republican), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/francis.html#282.92.23">John M. Francis</a> (Socialist Labor), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/parker4.html#311.35.94">Harrison Parker</a> (Co-operative), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/sparling-spellman.html#227.82.38">Lewis D. Spaulding</a> (Single Tax), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/longan-looker.html#433.75.65">Parke Longworth</a> (Liberal), defeated. <li> 1924: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/boothby-borunda.html#377.02.58">Charles M. Borchers</a> (Dem), defeated in primary. <li> 1924 Nov 4: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/small.html#058.08.61">Len Small</a> (Rep), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones6.html#399.59.59">Norman L. Jones</a> (Dem), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ladislas-lair.html#226.89.99">Andrew Lafin</a> (Socialist), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dunnagan-dunwell.html#303.86.79">William F. Dunne</a> (Workers), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/skipper-slason.html#520.96.39">Fred Skoch</a> (Socialist Labor), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/logan.html#138.47.92">James A. Logan</a> (Independent Republican), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/lutfy-lynam.html#469.74.70">Morris Lychenheim</a> (Commonwealth Land), defeated. <li> 1928 Nov 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/emest-engle.html#035.18.28">Louis L. Emmerson</a> (Rep), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thompson3.html#349.43.57">Floyd E. Thompson</a> (Dem), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kolter-kopriver.html#389.08.58">George Koop</a> (Socialist), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kribbs-krzycki.html#088.20.46">William F. Kruse</a> (Workers), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/procum-pryde.html#938.63.40">J. E. Procum</a> (Socialist Labor), defeated. <li> 1932: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/campbell1.html#218.66.10">Bruce A. Campbell</a> (Dem), defeated in primary. <li> 1932: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carlstrom-carmical.html#776.12.70">Oscar E. Carlstrom</a> (Rep), defeated in primary; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/cushingberry-cuthbertson.html#318.17.78">Omer N. Custer</a> (Rep), defeated in primary. <li> 1936 Nov 3: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hornbeck-horter.html#864.16.13">Henry Horner</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/brooks.html#743.21.78">C. Wayland Brooks</a> (Rep), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/thompson9.html#039.21.52">William Hale Thompson</a> (Union Progressive), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/fisher.html#675.90.08">John Fisher</a> (Socialist), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/reed4.html#998.31.80">Harmon W. Reed</a> (Prohibition), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/olson.html#033.30.50">O. Alfred Olson</a> (Socialist Labor), defeated. <li> 1940 Oct 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/hornbeck-horter.html#864.16.13">Henry Horner</a>, died in office. <li> 1940 Nov 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/green2.html#808.35.85">Dwight H. Green</a> (Rep), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/herring-heslop.html#949.75.35">Harry B. Hershey</a> (Dem), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/mcdowell.html#420.21.88">Arthur G. McDowell</a> (Socialist), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gatewood-gayheart.html#279.28.51">Clay F. Gaumer</a> (Prohibition), defeated. <li> 1944: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/carlstrom-carmical.html#776.12.70">Oscar E. Carlstrom</a> (Rep), defeated in primary. <li> 1944 Nov 7: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/green2.html#808.35.85">Dwight H. Green</a> (Rep), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/courtney.html#309.87.48">Thomas J. Courtney</a> (Dem), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stonebraker-stoughton.html#969.79.06">Charles Storm</a> (Socialist Labor), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/wilson9.html#609.71.11">Willis Ray Wilson</a> (Prohibition), defeated. <li> 1952: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/dixon.html#842.29.04">Sherwood Dixon</a> (Dem), defeated. <li> 1956: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/daly.html#317.58.66">Lar Daly</a> (Rep), defeated in primary. <li> 1956 Nov 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stratton.html#928.50.81">William G. Stratton</a> (Rep), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/austin.html#636.85.06">Richard B. Austin</a> (Dem), defeated; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gross.html#933.12.06">Edward C. Gross</a> (Socialist Labor), defeated. <li> 1964: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/daly.html#317.58.66">Lar Daly</a> (Rep), defeated in primary. <li> 1964: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pennoyer-perk.html#302.04.86">Charles H. Percy</a> (Rep), defeated. <li> 1968: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stratton.html#928.50.81">William G. Stratton</a> (Rep), defeated in primary. <li> 1972: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/simms-simonetti.html#882.16.67">Paul Simon</a>, defeated for nomination. <li> 1972: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/foraker-forbes.html#927.91.47">Thomas A. Foran</a> (Dem), defeated in primary. <li> 1978 Nov 7: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kleindienst-klima.html#325.80.51">Melvin Klenetsky</a> (U.S. Labor), defeated. <li> 1982: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevenson-steward.html#909.04.44">Adlai E. Stevenson III</a>, defeated. <li> 1986: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevenson-steward.html#909.04.44">Adlai E. Stevenson III</a>, defeated. <li> 1994: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burrage-burrowes.html#999.03.95">Roland W. Burris</a> (Dem), defeated in primary. <li> 1994: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/nemanich-neveu.html#407.98.58">Dawn Clark Netsch</a>, defeated. <li> 1994 Mar 15: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/jones8.html#928.45.43">Sheila A. Jones</a> (Dem), defeated in primary. <li> 1998: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burrage-burrowes.html#999.03.95">Roland W. Burris</a> (Dem), defeated in primary. <li> 1998: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/portland-posley.html#182.02.80">Glenn Poshard</a> (Dem), defeated. <li> 1998 Nov 3: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ryan.html#569.86.65">George H. Ryan</a> (Rep), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/redd-redwood.html#890.67.81">Lawrence Redmond</a>, defeated. <li> 2002: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/burrage-burrowes.html#999.03.95">Roland W. Burris</a> (Dem), defeated in primary. <li> 2002 Mar 19: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blackwood-blaine.html#691.35.77">Rod Blagojevich</a> (Dem), nominated. <li> 2002 Mar 19: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ryan.html#618.73.21">Jim Ryan</a> (Rep), nominated. <li> 2002 Nov 5: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blackwood-blaine.html#691.35.77">Rod Blagojevich</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ryan.html#618.73.21">Jim Ryan</a> (Rep), defeated. <li> 2006 Mar 21: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blackwood-blaine.html#691.35.77">Rod Blagojevich</a> (Dem), nominated. <li> 2006 Nov 7: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/blackwood-blaine.html#691.35.77">Rod Blagojevich</a> (Dem), elected; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/tooley-tossy.html#483.54.49">Judy Baar Topinka</a> (Rep), defeated. <li> 2010 Feb 2: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/ryan.html#618.73.21">Jim Ryan</a> (Rep), defeated in primary. <li> 2014: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rutherford.html#202.90.10">Dan Rutherford</a> (Rep), defeated in primary. <li> 2014: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/raub-rawson.html#142.87.85">Bruce Rauner</a> (Rep), elected. <li> 2018: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/raub-rawson.html#142.87.85">Bruce Rauner</a> (Rep), defeated. <li> 2018 Nov 6: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/princeton-prociuk.html#220.50.59">J. B. Pritzker</a> (Dem), elected. </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872</td> <td><a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/"> <img src="https://politicalgraveyard.com/images/tpgsub.gif" width=450 height=71 align="right" border=0 alt="The Political Graveyard"></a></td></tr></table> <table width=100% cellpadding=2> <tr><td colspan=3> <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/index.html">The Political Graveyard</a> is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. Founded in 1996, it is the Internet's most comprehensive free source for American political biography, listing 338,260 politicians, living and dead.</td></tr> <tr><td colspan=3> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President, members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet, diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys, collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other participants in national party nominating conventions; (6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations before 1950. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify", for Political Graveyard purposes, if they have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of predecessor, successor, and merged entities.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.</td> <td width=100 align="right" valign="top"> </td></tr> <tr><td width=32 align="right" valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top"> <img src="rd.gif" width=10 height=10> Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. 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