Political party strength in Illinois

The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

of Illinois

Illinois

Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Secretary of State
Attorney General
Illinois Attorney General
The Illinois Attorney General is the highest legal officer of the state of Illinois in the United States. Originally an appointed office, it is now an office filled by election through universal suffrage...
Comptroller/ Auditor (before 1972)
Treasurer

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

State Senate
Illinois Senate
The Illinois Senate is the upper chamber of the Illinois General Assembly, the legislative branch of the government of the state of Illinois in the United States. The body was created by the first state constitution adopted in 1818. The Illinois Senate is made up of 59 senators elected from...
State House of Representatives
Illinois House of Representatives
The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Illinois. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The state House of Representatives is made of 118 representatives elected from...
State delegation to the U.S. Senate
State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives

For years in which a presidential election

United States presidential election

Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...

was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

The parties are as follows: (D), (DR), (R), and .

Year	\|Executive offices	\|General Assembly Illinois General Assembly The Illinois General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Illinois and comprises the Illinois House of Representatives and the Illinois Senate. The General Assembly was created by the first state constitution adopted in 1818. Illinois has 59 legislative districts, with two...	\|United States Congress United States Congressional Delegations from Illinois These are tables of congressional delegations from Illinois to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:-United States House of Representatives:- 1812 – 1818: 1 Territorial delegate :...	\|Electoral College votes United States presidential election Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...
Year	Governor	Lieutenant Governor	Sec. of State	Attorney General Illinois Attorney General The Illinois Attorney General is the highest legal officer of the state of Illinois in the United States. Originally an appointed office, it is now an office filled by election through universal suffrage...	Comptroller/Auditor	Treasurer	State Senate Illinois Senate The Illinois Senate is the upper chamber of the Illinois General Assembly, the legislative branch of the government of the state of Illinois in the United States. The body was created by the first state constitution adopted in 1818. The Illinois Senate is made up of 59 senators elected from...	State House Illinois House of Representatives The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Illinois. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The state House of Representatives is made of 118 representatives elected from...	U.S. Senator (Class II)	U.S. Senator (Class III)	U.S. House
1809	Ninian Edwards Ninian Edwards Ninian Edwards was a founding political figure of the state of Illinois. He served as the first and only governor of the Illinois Territory from 1809 to 1818, as one of the first two United States Senators from Illinois from 1818 to 1824, and as the third Governor of Illinois from 1826 to 1830... (DR)				vacant
1810
1811
1812
1813
1814
1815
1816
1817
1818
1818	Shadrach Bond Shadrach Bond Shadrach Bond was a representative from Illinois Territory to the United States Congress. In 1818, he was elected the first Governor of Illinois, becoming the new state's first chief executive... (DR)	Pierre Menard Pierre Menard Pierre Menard was a fur trader and U.S. political figure. Pierre Menard was born at St. Antoine-sur-Richelieu, near Montreal, Canada, third in a family of ten children... (DR)
1819
1820
1821
1822
1823	Edward Coles Edward Coles Edward Coles manumitted his slaves in 1819, was secretary to James Madison , neighbor and anti-slavery associate of Thomas Jefferson and was the second Governor of Illinois, serving from 1822 to 1826... (DR)	Adolphus Hubbard (DR)
1824
1825
1826
1827	Ninian Edwards (DR)	William Kinney (DR)
1828
1829
1830
1831	John Reynolds John Reynolds (U.S. politician) John Reynolds was a United States politician from the state of Illinois. He was one of the original four justices of the Illinois Supreme Court, 1818–1825, a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1826–1830, 1846–1848, and 1852–1854 , and the 4th Illinois Governor from 1830–1834... (D	Zadok Casey Zadok Casey Zadok Casey was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1833 to 1843. He founded the city of Mount Vernon around 1817. He was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives in 1822 and to the Illinois State Senate in 1826, and was elected the fourth... (D)
1832
1833
1833		William Lee D. Ewing William Lee D. Ewing William Lee Davidson Ewing was a politician from Illinois who served partial terms as the fifth governor of the state and as U.S. Senator.... (D)
1834
1834	William Lee D. Ewing (D)	vacant
1835	Joseph Duncan Joseph Duncan (politician) Joseph Duncan was a U.S. politician. He served as the sixth Governor of Illinois from 1834 to 1838. He was a Democrat and a two-term U.S. Representative.... (D)	Alexander Jenkins (D)
1836		Alexander Jenkins (D)
1837		William H. Davidson (D)
1838		William H. Davidson (D)
1839	Thomas Carlin Thomas Carlin Thomas Carlin was the seventh Governor of Illinois, serving from 1838 to 1842. Born in 1789 in Frankfort, Kentucky, he served in both houses of the Illinois General Assembly, and was instrumental in obtaining passage of a bill in January 1829 creating Macoupin County. The city of Carlinville,... (D)	Stinson Anderson
1840
1841
1842
1843	Thomas Ford Thomas Ford (politician) Thomas Ford was the eighth Governor of Illinois, and served in this capacity from 1842 to 1846. A Democrat, he is remembered largely for his involvement in the death of Joseph Smith, Jr., and the subsequent Illinois Mormon War... (D)	John Moore (D)
1844
1845
1846
1847	Augustus C. French Augustus C. French Augustus Chaflin French was the ninth Governor of the U.S. state of Illinois from 1846 until 1853. He is best known for his fiscal policies, which eliminated the state's debt by the end of his administration, and for the lack of scandals during his administration... (D)	Joseph Wells (D)
1848		Joseph Wells (D)
1849		William McMurtry William McMurtry William McMurtry was a Lieutenant Governor of Illinois and Civil War colonel.McMurtry was born in Mercer County, Kentucky. William's parents were James and Elizabeth McMurtry. His great-grandfather, John McMurtry, who descended from French Huguenots, fought in the American Revolution; dying in... (D)
1850
1851
1852
1853	Joel Aldrich Matteson Joel Aldrich Matteson Joel Aldrich Matteson was the tenth Governor of Illinois, serving from 1853 to 1857. In 1855, he became the first governor to reside in the Illinois Executive Mansion. After his term as governor ended he was for many years the president of the Chicago and Alton Railroad... (D)	Gustavus Koerner (D)
1854
1855
1856
1857	William Henry Bissell William Henry Bissell William Henry Bissell was the 11th Governor of the U.S. state of Illinois from 1857 until his death. He was one of the first successful Republican Party candidates, winning the election of 1856 just two years after the founding of his party.Bissell was born in Hartwick, Otsego County, New York... (R)	John Wood John Wood (governor) John Wood was the 12th Governor of Illinois, serving from 1860 to 1861. Wood was a founder and the first settler of Quincy, Illinois.... (R)
1858
1859
1860
1860	John Wood (R)	Thomas Marshall (D)
1861	Richard Yates (R)	Francis Hoffmann (R)
1862
1863
1864
1865	Richard James Oglesby Richard James Oglesby Richard James Oglesby was an Illinois statesman and U.S. Army officer. He served in the Mexican-American War and was a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He also served Illinois in the legislature. Near the end of the civil war, he was elected the 14th Governor of... (R)	William Bross (R)
1866
1867
1868
1869	John M. Palmer John M. Palmer (politician) John McAuley Palmer , was an Illinois resident, an American Civil War General who fought for the Union, the 15th Governor of Illinois, and presidential candidate of the National Democratic Party in the 1896 election on a platform to defend the gold standard, free trade, and limited... (R)	John Dougherty (R)
1870
1871
1872
1873	Richard James Oglesby (R)	John Lourie Beveridge John Lourie Beveridge John Lourie Beveridge was the 16th Governor of Illinois, serving from 1873 to 1877.- References :... (R)
1873	John Lourie Beveridge (R)	John Early John Early John Early was a Methodist prelate and one of the founders of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.He was born in Bedford County, Virginia. He became a founder and one of the members of the board of Randolph Macon College. He was one of the founders of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and... (R)
1874
1875		Archibald Glenn Archibald Glenn Sir Archibald Glenn OBE is an Australian industrialist and founding Chancellor of La Trobe UniversityJoseph Robert Archibald Glenn was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne and studied engineering at the University of Melbourne and later in London.He joined ICI where he became managing director... (D)
1876
1877	Shelby Moore Cullom Shelby Moore Cullom Shelby Moore Cullom was a U.S. political figure, serving in various offices, including the United States House of Representatives, the United States Senate and the 17th Governor of Illinois.... (R)	Andrew Shuman (R)
1878
1879
1880
1881		John Marshall Hamilton John Marshall Hamilton John Marshall Hamilton was the 18th Governor of Illinois, serving from 1883 to 1885.- References :... (R)
1882
1883
1883	John Marshall Hamilton (R)	William Campbell (R)
1884	John Marshall Hamilton (R)	William Campbell (R)
1885	Richard James Oglesby (R)	John Smith (R)
1886
1887
1888
1889	Joseph W. Fifer Joseph W. Fifer Joseph Wilson Fifer was the 19th Governor of Illinois, serving from 1889 to 1893. He also served as a member of the Illinois Senate, 1881–83.“Private Joe” Fifer was born at Staunton, Virginia on October 28, 1840... (R)	Lyman Ray (R)
1890
1891
1892
1893	John Peter Altgeld John Peter Altgeld John Peter Altgeld was the 20th Governor of the U.S. state of Illinois from 1893 until 1897. He was the first Democratic governor of that state since the 1850s... (D)	Joseph B. Gill (D)		Maurice Moloney (D)
1894
1895
1896
1897	John Riley Tanner John Riley Tanner John Riley Tanner was the 21st Governor of Illinois, from 1897 until 1901. He was one of the most remarkable governors of the late nineteenth century.... (R)	William Northcott (R)		Edward Akin (R)
1898
1899
1900
1901	Richard Yates Richard Yates (son) Richard Yates, Jr. was the 22nd Governor of Illinois from 1901 to 1905. From 1919 to 1933, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois. Although he failed to receive his party's nomination in 1928 to the Seventy-first Congress, he was later appointed nominee and elected in place... (R)			Howland Hamlin (R)
1902
1903
1904
1905	Charles S. Deneen Charles S. Deneen Charles Samuel Deneen was the 23rd Governor of Illinois, serving from 1905 to 1913, and was the first to serve two terms. He served as a U.S. Senator from Illinois, 1925–1931. Deneen also served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives in 1892... (R)	Lawrence Sherman (R)		William H. Stead (R)
1906
1907
1908
1909		John G. Oglesby John G. Oglesby John Gillett Oglesby was the 29th and 31st Lieutenant Governor of Illinois from 1909 to 1913, and again from 1917 to 1921.... (R)
1910
1911
1912
1913	Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne was an American politician who was the 24th Governor of Illinois from 1913 to 1917 and previously served as the 38th mayor of Chicago from April 5, 1905 to 1907.-Early years:... (D)	Barratt O'Hara Barratt O'Hara Barratt O'Hara of Chicago was the 30th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois from 1913 to 1917 and a U.S. Representative from Illinois from 1949 to 1951 and from 1953 to 1969.-External links: Retrieved on 2008-02-09... (D)		Patrick Lucy (D)
1914			Lewis G. Stevenson (D)
1915
1916
1917	Frank O. Lowden (R)	John G. Oglesby (R)	Louis L. Emmerson (R)	Edward Brundage (R)		Len Small Len Small Lennington Small was the 26th Governor of Illinois, serving from 1921 to 1929. He also served as a member of the Illinois state senate from the 16th District from 1901 to 1903 and was Illinois state treasurer, 1905–07 and 1917-19.Small was born in Kankakee County, Illinois.Lennington Small was... (R)
1918
1919
1920
1921	Len Small Len Small Lennington Small was the 26th Governor of Illinois, serving from 1921 to 1929. He also served as a member of the Illinois state senate from the 16th District from 1901 to 1903 and was Illinois state treasurer, 1905–07 and 1917-19.Small was born in Kankakee County, Illinois.Lennington Small was... (R)	Fred Sterling (R)
1922
1923
1924
1925				Oscar Carlstrom (R)
1926					Oscar Nelson Oscar Nelson Oscar Nelson was a Chicago City Alderman, one-time Auditor for the state of Illinois, and interim president of the Building Service Employees International Union, the precursor of the Service Employees International Union, in 1927.Nelson was born in Sweden. He emigrated to the United States and... (R)
1927
1928
1929	Louis Lincoln Emmerson Louis Lincoln Emmerson Louis Lincoln Emmerson was the Secretary of State of Illinois, 1917 to 1929. At the end of his term, he was elected the 27th Governor of Illinois, serving from 1929 to 1933. Emmerson was born in Albion, Edwards County, Illinois and died in Mt. Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois. He was buried at... (R)		William J. Stratton (R)
1930
1931
1932
1933	Henry Horner Henry Horner Henry Horner was the 28th Governor of Illinois, serving from 1933 to 1940, when he died in office. Horner was the first Jewish governor of Illinois.- Political biography :... (D)	Thomas Donovan Thomas Donovan Thomas Patrick "Paddy" Donovan is a former New Zealand boxer.He won the bronze medal in the men's 57-60 kg division at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games... (D)		Otto Kerner, Sr. Otto Kerner, Sr. Otto Kerner, Sr. was a Democratic Illinois Attorney General and a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. His son, Otto Kerner, Jr., was twice elected Democratic governor of Illinois, serving from 1961 to 1968 and also served as a judge on the Seventh Circuit, from... (D)		John Cunningham Martin John Cunningham Martin John Cunningham Martin was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Salem, Illinois, Martin attended the public schools and Illinois College, Jacksonville, Illinois.He became engaged in banking in 1907.... (D)
1934
1935
1936
1937		John Henry Stelle John Henry Stelle John Henry Stelle was a U.S. political figure. He served as the 34th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois for more than three and a half years in 1937-1940, and served as the 29th Governor of Illinois for three months in 1940-1941 upon the death of Governor Henry Horner in October 1940.-Biography:He... (D)				John Cunningham Martin(D)
1938						John Cunningham Martin(D)
1939				John E. Cassidy (D)
1940
1940	John Henry Stelle (D)	vacant
1941	Dwight H. Green Dwight H. Green Dwight Herbert Green was the 30th Governor of the US state of Illinois, serving from 1941 to 1949.- From childhood to early adulthood :... (R)	Hugh W. Cross (R)		George F. Barrett George F. Barrett George Francis Barrett served as Illinois Attorney General from 1941 to 1949.-Biography:George F. Barrett, Jr. hailed from a prominent Chicago family. His father George F. Barrett, Sr. was chief justice of the Cook County Circuit Court.-References:... (R)
1942
1943
1944
1945						William Stratton William Stratton William Grant Stratton , known as "Billy the Kid", was the 32nd Governor of the U.S. state of Illinois from 1953 to 1961, succeeding Adlai Stevenson II in that office. He was born on in Ingleside in Lake County, Illinois, the son of William J... (R)
1946
1947
1948
1949	Adlai Stevenson (D)	Sherwood Dixon Sherwood Dixon John Sherwood Dixon was an American politician from Illinois, member of the Democratic Party.Born in Dixon... (D)		Ivan Elliot (D)
1950
1951						William Stratton (R)
1952						William Stratton (R)
1953	William Stratton William Stratton William Grant Stratton , known as "Billy the Kid", was the 32nd Governor of the U.S. state of Illinois from 1953 to 1961, succeeding Adlai Stevenson II in that office. He was born on in Ingleside in Lake County, Illinois, the son of William J... (R)	John William Chapman John William Chapman John William Chapman was the 37th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. Chapman was born in Crete, Nebraska September 8, 1894. Chapman attended Public school in Chicago. He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1915 and received a Juris Doctor from University of Chicago Law School in 1917... (R)		Latham Castle Latham Castle Latham Castle was a United States federal judge.Born in Sandwich, Illinois, Castle was in the United States Army in 1918, and then received an [LL.B.]] from Northwestern University School of Law in 1924. He was in private practice in Sandwich, Illinois from 1924 to 1925. He was a City attorney of... (R)	Orville E. Hodge (R)	Elmer J. Hoffman Elmer J. Hoffman Elmer Joseph Hoffman was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born on a farm in Du Page County, near Wheaton, Illinois, Hoffman attended the public schools of Wheaton. He enlisted in the Artillery Corps during the First World War and served in France. After the war, he helped operate his father's... (R)
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959				Grenville Beardsley Grenville Beardsley Grenville Beardsley II was Attorney General of Illinois from 1959-1960.Beardsley was born January 12, 1898 in Salem, Iowa, the son of Frank Grenville Beardsley, Ph.D, a Congregationalist minister, evangelist, and author... (R)
1960				William Guild (R)
1961	Otto Kerner, Jr. Otto Kerner, Jr. Otto Kerner, Jr. was the 33rd Governor of Illinois from 1961 to 1968. He is best known for chairing the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders and for accepting bribes.... (D)	Samuel H. Shapiro Samuel H. Shapiro Samuel Harvey Shapiro was the 34th Governor of Illinois, serving from 1968 to 1969. He was a member of the Democratic Party.... (D)		William G. Clark (D)	Michael J. Howlett (D)
1962
1963
1964			Paul Powell Paul Powell (politician) Paul Taylor Powell served as Illinois Secretary of State from 1965 until his death in 1970.-Political career:... (D)
1965
1966
1967						Adlai E. Stevenson III (D)			Charles H. Percy Charles H. Percy Charles Harting "Chuck" Percy was president of the Bell & Howell Corporation from 1949 to 1964. He was elected United States Senator from Illinois in 1966, re-elected through his term ending in 1985; he concentrated on business and foreign relations... (R)
1968
1968	Samuel H. Shapiro (D)	vacant
1969	Richard B. Ogilvie Richard B. Ogilvie Richard Buell Ogilvie was the 35th Governor of Illinois from 1969 to 1973. A wounded combat veteran of World War II, he achieved fame as the mafia-fighting Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois in the 1960s.... (R)	Paul Simon Paul Simon (politician) Paul Martin Simon was an American politician from Illinois. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1985 and United States Senate from 1985 to 1997. He was a member of the Democratic Party... (D)		William J. Scott (R)
1970
1971						Alan J. Dixon Alan J. Dixon Alan John Dixon is a Democratic politician who was elected to various Illinois state offices from 1951 to 1981 and served as United States Senator from Illinois from 1981 until 1993.-Biography:... (D)				Adlai E. Stevenson III (D)
1972
1973	Daniel Walker Daniel Walker Daniel Walker was the 36th Governor of the U.S. state of Illinois from 1973 to 1977.-Early life and career:He was born in Washington, D.C. and raised near San Diego, California. He was the second Governor of Illinois to graduate from the United States Naval Academy. He served as a naval officer in... (D)	Neil Hartigan Neil Hartigan Neil F. Hartigan is an Illinois Democrat who has served as Illinois Attorney General, the 40th Lieutenant Governor, and a judge of the Illinois Appellate Court. Hartigan also was the Democratic nominee for governor in 1990 but lost the race to Republican Jim Edgar.-Background:Hartigan grew up in... (D)	Michael J. Howlett (D)		George Lindberg(R)
1974
1975
1976
1977	James R. Thompson James R. Thompson James Robert Thompson, Jr. , also known as Big Jim Thompson, was the 37th and longest serving Governor of the US state of Illinois... (R)	Dave O'Neal Dave O'Neal David C. O’Neal was the 41st Lieutenant Governor of Illinois from 1977 to 1981. For six years he served as Saint Clair County Sheriff, the first Republican to hold that office in twenty years.-Background:... (R)	Alan J. Dixon (D)		Michael J. Bakalis (D)
1978					Michael J. Bakalis (D)
1979					Roland Burris Roland Burris Roland Wallace Burris is a former United States Senator from the state of Illinois and a member of the Democratic Party.... (D)	Jerome Cosentino Jerome Cosentino Jerome "Jerry" Cosentino was an American politician from the state of Illinois. He was a Democrat who served as state Treasurer from 1979 until 1983, and again from 1987 until 1991.-Biography:... (D)
1980				Tyrone C. Fahner (R)								Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor.... and George H. W. Bush George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States . He had previously served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States , a congressman, an ambassador, and Director of Central Intelligence.Bush was born in Milton, Massachusetts, to... (R)
1981										Alan J. Dixon (D)
1981		vacant	Jim Edgar Jim Edgar James Edgar is an American politician who was the 38th Governor of Illinois from 1991 to 1999 and Illinois Secretary of State from 1981 to 1991. As a moderate Republican in a largely blue-leaning state, Edgar was a popular and successful governor, leaving office with high approval ratings... (R)
1982		vacant
1983		George Ryan George Ryan George Homer Ryan, Sr. was the 39th Governor of the U.S. state of Illinois from 1999 until 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party. Ryan became nationally known when in 2000 he imposed a moratorium on executions and "raised the national debate on capital punishment"... (R)		Neil Hartigan (D)		James Donnewald James Donnewald James H. Donnewald was an American politician from the state of Illinois. He was a Democrat who served as state Treasurer from 1983 until 1987.Donnewald was born in 1925 in Carlyle, Illinois... (D)
1984
1985									Paul Simon (D)		13D, 9R
1986
1987						Jerome Cosentino (D)
1988												George H. W. Bush and Dan Quayle Dan Quayle James Danforth "Dan" Quayle served as the 44th Vice President of the United States, serving with President George H. W. Bush . He served as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from the state of Indiana.... (R)
1989											14D, 8R
1990											14D, 8R
1991	Jim Edgar (R)	Robert W. Kustra Robert W. Kustra Robert W. Kustra PhD is a former Illinois Republican politician and is currently the president of Boise State University. Kustra was born in St... (R)	George Ryan George Ryan George Homer Ryan, Sr. was the 39th Governor of the U.S. state of Illinois from 1999 until 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party. Ryan became nationally known when in 2000 he imposed a moratorium on executions and "raised the national debate on capital punishment"... (R)	Roland Burris (D)	Dawn Clark Netsch Dawn Clark Netsch Dawn Clark Netsch is an Illinois professor of law and politician. A member of the Democratic Party in the United States, she served in the Illinois State Senate, as Illinois Comptroller and in 1994 was the first woman to be nominated by a major political party to run for Governor of... (D)	Pat Quinn Pat Quinn (politician) Patrick Joseph "Pat" Quinn III is the 41st and current Governor of Illinois. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Previously elected three times to statewide office, Quinn was the sitting lieutenant governor and became governor on January 29, 2009, when the previous governor, Rod Blagojevich,... (D)					15D, 7R
1992											15D, 7R	Bill Clinton Bill Clinton William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation... and Al Gore Al Gore Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. served as the 45th Vice President of the United States , under President Bill Clinton. He was the Democratic Party's nominee for President in the 2000 U.S. presidential election.... (D)
1993										Carol Mosley Braun (D)	12D, 8R
1994											12D, 8R
1995				Jim Ryan Jim Ryan (politician) James E. Ryan is an American politician who served two four-year terms as Illinois Attorney General. A career Republican, he received his party's nomination and ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Illinois against Rod Blagojevich in 2002. He has been a professor at Benedictine University since 2003... (R)	Loleta Didrickson Loleta Didrickson Loleta A. Didrickson is the former Illinois Comptroller, and the highest ranking female Republican elected official in that state's history.Didrickson was elected Comptroller in 1994, succeeding Democrat Dawn Clark Netsch, who was the Democratic nominee for Governor. Her Democratic opponent was... (R)	Judy Baar Topinka Judy Baar Topinka Judy Baar Topinka is the Illinois State Comptroller and former Illinois State Treasurer, having served as Treasurer from 1995 to 2007, and former chairwoman of the Illinois Republican Party. She was the first woman to become state treasurer, first to be elected to three consecutive terms and the... (R)					10D, 10R
1996
1997									Richard Durbin (D)
1998
1998		vacant
1999	George Ryan (R)	Corinne Wood Corinne Wood Corinne J. Wood served as the 44th Lieutenant Governor of the US state of Illinois from 1999 to 2003. Graduating Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Illinois and Loyola University School of Law, Wood was named general counsel to the Illinois Commissioner of Banks and Trusts.-Background:Born as... (R)	Jesse White Jesse White (politician) Jesse Clark White is a Democratic American politician. He is currently the 37th and second-longest serving Secretary of State of Illinois, after James A. Rose, and the first African American to hold this position.... (D)		Daniel Hynes Daniel Hynes Daniel W. Hynes is an American politician, formerly the Illinois Comptroller.-Background:Hynes was born in Chicago. He attended St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago, where he graduated in 1986. Hynes later attended the University of Notre Dame, where he graduated magna cum laude in 1990 with a... (D)					Peter Fitzgerald (R)
2000												Al Gore and Joe Lieberman Joe Lieberman Joseph Isadore "Joe" Lieberman is the senior United States Senator from Connecticut. A former member of the Democratic Party, he was the party's nominee for Vice President in the 2000 election. Currently an independent, he remains closely affiliated with the party.Born in Stamford, Connecticut,... (D)
2001
2002
2003	Rod Blagojevich Rod Blagojevich Rod R. Blagojevich is an American politician who served as the 40th Governor of Illinois from 2003 to 2009. A Democrat, Blagojevich was a State Representative before being elected to the United States House of Representatives representing parts of Chicago... (D)	Pat Quinn (D)		Lisa Madigan Lisa Madigan Lisa Madigan has been the 41st Attorney General of the US state of Illinois since 2003, when she became the first female attorney general for Illinois... (D)							10R, 9D
2004											10R, 9D	John Kerry John Kerry John Forbes Kerry is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, the 10th most senior U.S. Senator and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He was the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2004 presidential election, but lost to former President George W... and John Edwards John Edwards Johnny Reid "John" Edwards is an American politician, who served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina. He was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in 2004, and was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 and 2008.He defeated incumbent Republican Lauch Faircloth in... (D)
2005										Barack Obama Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama previously served as a United States Senator from Illinois, from January 2005 until he resigned following his victory in the 2008 presidential election.Born in... (D)	10D, 9R
2006
2007						Alexi Giannoulias Alexi Giannoulias Alexander "Alexi" Giannoulias is an American politician who served as Illinois Treasurer from 2007 to 2011. A Democrat, Giannoulias defeated Republican candidate State Senator Christine Radogno in November 2006 with 54 percent of the vote, becoming the first Democrat to hold the office in 12... (D)	37D, 22R	66D, 52R
2007								66D, 52R			10D, 8R
2008								67D, 51R			10D, 8R	Barack Obama and Joe Biden Joe Biden Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. is the 47th and current Vice President of the United States, serving under President Barack Obama... (D)
2008								67D, 51R			11D, 8R
2009	Pat Quinn (D)	vacant						70D, 48R		Roland Burris (D)	12D, 7R
2010		vacant						70D, 48R		Roland Burris (D)	12D, 7R
2011		Sheila Simon Sheila Simon Sheila J. Simon is an American politician and educator who is the 46th and current Lieutenant Governor of the state of Illinois. She was a Professor of Law at the Southern Illinois University School of Law. Simon is the daughter of former U.S... (D)			Judy Baar Topinka (R)	Dan Rutherford Dan Rutherford Dan Rutherford is the Illinois Treasurer. He served as a Republican member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 53rd district, from 2003 to 2011, and in the Illinois House of Representatives from 1993 through 2002.-Early life and education:... (R)	35D, 24R	64D, 54R		Mark Kirk Mark Kirk Mark Steven Kirk is the junior United States Senator from Illinois and a member of the Republican Party. Previously, Kirk was a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Illinois's 10th congressional district.... (R)	11R, 8D
Year	Governor	Lieutenant Governor	Sec. of State	Attorney General Illinois Attorney General The Illinois Attorney General is the highest legal officer of the state of Illinois in the United States. Originally an appointed office, it is now an office filled by election through universal suffrage...	Comptroller/Auditor	Treasurer	State Senate Illinois Senate The Illinois Senate is the upper chamber of the Illinois General Assembly, the legislative branch of the government of the state of Illinois in the United States. The body was created by the first state constitution adopted in 1818. The Illinois Senate is made up of 59 senators elected from...	State House Illinois House of Representatives The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Illinois. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The state House of Representatives is made of 118 representatives elected from...	U.S. Senator (Class II)	U.S. Senator (Class III)	U.S. House	\|Electoral College votes United States presidential election Elections for President and Vice President of the United States are indirect elections in which voters cast ballots for a slate of electors of the U.S. Electoral College, who in turn directly elect the President and Vice President...
Year	Executive offices						\|General Assembly Illinois General Assembly The Illinois General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Illinois and comprises the Illinois House of Representatives and the Illinois Senate. The General Assembly was created by the first state constitution adopted in 1818. Illinois has 59 legislative districts, with two...	\|United States Congress United States Congressional Delegations from Illinois These are tables of congressional delegations from Illinois to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.-United States Senate:-United States House of Representatives:- 1812 – 1818: 1 Territorial delegate :...

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