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Illinois</b></font><p> <font size=+1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=red><b>US GOVERNMENT OFFICE</b></font><p> <p><p> <p> <table border=1 class="bordered"><tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>1-Mar-1809</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>6-Oct-1818</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Ninian Edwards</nobr></td> <td>(1st time, b. 1775, d. 1833, Democrat-Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>6-Oct-1818</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>5-Dec-1822</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Shadrach Bond</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1773, d. 1832, Democrat-Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>5-Dec-1822</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>6-Dec-1826</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Edward Coles</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1786, d. 1868, Democrat-Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>6-Dec-1826</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>6-Dec-1830</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Ninian Edwards</nobr></td> <td>(2nd time, Democrat-Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>6-Dec-1830</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>17-Nov-1834</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>John Reynolds</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1789, d. 1865, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>17-Nov-1834</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>3-Dec-1834</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>William Lee Davidson Ewing</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1795, d. 1846, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>3-Dec-1834</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>7-Dec-1838</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Joseph Duncan</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1794, d. 1844, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>7-Dec-1838</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Dec-1842</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Thomas Carlin</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1789, d. 1852, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Dec-1842</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>9-Dec-1846</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Thomas Ford</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1800, d. 1850, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>9-Dec-1846</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>10-Jan-1853</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Augustus Chaflin French</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1808, d. 1864, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>10-Jan-1853</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>12-Jan-1857</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Joel Aldrich Matteson</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1808, d. 1873, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>12-Jan-1857</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>18-Mar-1860</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>William Harrison Bissell</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1811, d. 1860, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>18-Mar-1860</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-Jan-1861</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>John Wood</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1798, d. 1880, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-Jan-1861</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>16-Jan-1865</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Richard Yates</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1815, d. 1873, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>16-Jan-1865</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>11-Jan-1869</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Richard James Oglesby</nobr></td> <td>(1st time, b. 1824, d. 1899, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>11-Jan-1869</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>13-Jan-1873</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>John McAuley Palmer</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1817, d. 1900, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>13-Jan-1873</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>23-Jan-1873</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Richard James Oglesby</nobr></td> <td>(2nd time, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>23-Jan-1873</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1877</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>John Lourie Beveridge</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1824, d. 1910, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1877</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Feb-1883</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/405/000206784/">Shelby M. Cullom</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1829, d. 1914, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>16-Feb-1883</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>30-Jan-1885</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>John Marshall Hamilton</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1847, d. 1905, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>30-Jan-1885</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-Jan-1889</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Richard James Oglesby</nobr></td> <td>(3rd time, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-Jan-1889</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>10-Jan-1893</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Joseph Wilson Fifer</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1840, d. 1938, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>10-Jan-1893</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>11-Jan-1897</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/811/000082565/">John Peter Altgeld</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1847, d. 1902, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>11-Jan-1897</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-Jan-1901</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>John Riley Tanner</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1844, d. 1901, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-Jan-1901</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>9-Jan-1905</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Richard Yates</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1860, d. 1936, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>9-Jan-1905</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>3-Feb-1913</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr>Charles Samuel Deneen</nobr></td> <td>(b. 1863, d. 1940, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>3-Feb-1913</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1917</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/728/000196140/">Edward F. Dunne</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1853, d. 1937, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1917</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>10-Jan-1921</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/645/000206027/">Frank O. Lowden</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1861, d. 1943, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>10-Jan-1921</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-Jan-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/644/000206026/">Lennington Small</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1862, d. 1936, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-Jan-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>9-Jan-1933</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/643/000206025/">Louis L. Emmerson</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1863, d. 1941, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>9-Jan-1933</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>6-Oct-1940</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/642/000206024/">Henry Horner</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1878, d. 1940, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>6-Oct-1940</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>13-Jan-1941</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/641/000206023/">John H. Stelle</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1891, d. 1962, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>13-Jan-1941</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>10-Jan-1949</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/858/000168354/">Dwight H. Green</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1897, d. 1958, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>10-Jan-1949</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>12-Jan-1953</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/683/000026605/">Adlai Stevenson</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1900, d. 1965, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>12-Jan-1953</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>9-Jan-1961</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/880/000122514/">William G. Stratton</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1914, d. 2001, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>9-Jan-1961</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>21-May-1968</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/683/000119326/">Otto Kerner</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1908, d. 1976, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>21-May-1968</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>13-Jan-1969</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/877/000122511/">Samuel H. Shapiro</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1907, d. 1987, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>13-Jan-1969</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1973</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/874/000122508/">Richard B. Ogilvie</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1923, d. 1988, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>8-Jan-1973</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>10-Jan-1977</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/631/000119274/">Daniel Walker</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1922, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>10-Jan-1977</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-Jan-1991</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/232/000043103/">James R. Thompson</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1936, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>14-Jan-1991</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>11-Jan-1999</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/630/000119273/">Jim Edgar</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1946, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>11-Jan-1999</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>13-Jan-2003</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/832/000023763/">George Ryan</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1934, Republican) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>13-Jan-2003</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>29-Jan-2009</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/366/000044234/">Rod Blagojevich</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1956, Democrat, impeached) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>29-Jan-2009</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>12-Jan-2015</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/049/000161563/">Pat Quinn</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1948, Democrat) </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: right"><tt><nobr>12-Jan-2015</nobr></tt></td> <td style="text-align: center"><tt><nobr>--</nobr></tt></td> <td><nobr><a href="/people/030/000395839/">Bruce Rauner</a></nobr></td> <td>(b. 1957, Republican)</td> </tr> </table> <p> <br><br><p> <font size=-1>Do you know something we don't?</font><br> <font size=-1><a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=51767" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a></font><br> <p> <br><br><p><font size=-1>Copyright ©2016 Soylent Communications</font><p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><b class="b1f"></b><b class="b2f"></b><b class="b3f"></b><b class="b4f"></b><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a><br><br><a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/374/000003365/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/374/3365/s3365.jpg" width=128><br><font size="-1" face="trebuchet ms">Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation</font></a><br><br><font face="Trebuchet MS, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="-2">Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</font></center></div><b class="b4f"></b><b class="b3f"></b><b class="b2f"></b><b class="b1f"></b><br clear=left><b class="b1f"></b><b class="b2f"></b><b class="b3f"></b><b class="b4f"></b><div class="contentf"><center><b class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">Bibliographies</b><p>NNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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