Past Governors

Illinois: 

1927-29 Samuel E. Munson, Springfield (See also Illinois Southern/Downstate)  

1929- CONTINUED AS Illinois Northern/Upstate and Illinois Southern/Downstate 

 

Illinois Northern/Upstate: 

1929-40 James G. Carr, Chicago  

1940-44 LeRoy H. Sloan, Chicago 

1944-51 Walter L. Palmer, Chicago (Chair, 1947-51)  

1951-57 Howard Wakefield, Chicago 

1957-66 Wright R. Adams, Chicago  

1966-72 Eliot E. Foltz, Winnetka  

1972-76 Robert M. Kark, Chicago  

1976-80 Armand Littman, Evanston  

1980-84 Rolf M. Gunnar, Riverside 

1984-88 Whitney W. Addington, Chicago  

1988-92 James R. Webster Jr., Chicago  

1992-96 C. Anderson Hedberg, Winnetka 

1996-00 Warren W. Furey, Hinsdale 

1998-99 John F. Schneider, Flossmour (Transitional until Oct. 2, 1999)  

2000-04 Serafino Garella, Chicago 

2004-08 Patrick J. Fahey, Maywood  

2008-12 James J. Foody, Chicago  

2012-16 Marie T. Brown, Oak Park  

2016-20 Suja M. Mathew, Hinsdale 

2020-24 Anne Furey Schultz, Hinsdale 

2024-28 Thomas E. Bleasdale, Jr., Rolling Meadows 

 

Illinois Southern/Downstate: 

1929-41 Samuel E. Munson, Springfield (See also: Illinois)  

1941-49 Cecil M. Jack, Decatur 

1949-58 Charles H. Drenckhahn, Urbana  

1958-64 Thomas D. Masters, Springfield  

1964-70 Edward W. Cannady, East St. Louis 

1970-76 Richard Allyn, Springfield (Vice-Chair, 1975-77)  

1976-80 Earl Richard Ensrud, Champaign 

1980-84 Eli L. Borkon, Carbondale  

1984-88 Frank B. Norbury, Jacksonville  

1988-92 James T. Dove, Springfield  

1992-96 Joseph S. Solovy, Peoria  

1996-97 George J. Taylor, Springfield  

1997-01 David E. Steward, Springfield  

2001-05 Stephen R. Goetter, Decatur  

2005-09 Sara Lynn Rusch, Peoria 

2009-13 Susan T. Hingle, Springfield (Chair, 2013-14)  

2013-17 Janet A. Jokela, Urbana 

2017-21 James F. Graumlich, Peoria 
2021-25 Vidya Sundareshan, Springfield