Executive Branch of Illinois
Governor of Illinois
Rod R. Blagojevich
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 10 1956.
Democratic Party
2003 – 2009
Government of Illinois
Secretary of State of Illinois
Stephen Arnold Douglas
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 23 1813; d. June 3 1861.
Democratic Party
1840 – 1841
Attorney General of Illinois
Roland Wallace Burris
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 3 1937.
Democratic Party
1991 – 1995
Lisa Murray Madigan
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 30 1966.
Democratic Party
2003 – 2019
Kwame Raoul
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 30 1964.
Democratic Party
2019 – present
Legislature of Illinois
Illinois State Senate
President of the Illinois State Senate
Emil Jones, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 18 1935.
Democratic Party
2003 – 2009
Minority Leader of the Illinois State Senate
Emil Jones, Jr.
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 18 1935.
Democratic Party
1993 – 2003
Illinois State House of Representatives
Speaker of the Illinois State House of Representatives
Michael Joseph “Mike” Madigan
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 19 1942.
Democratic Party
1983 – 1995
Michael Joseph “Mike” Madigan
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 19 1942.
Democratic Party
1997 – 2021
Majority Leader of the Illinois State House of Representatives
Henry John Hyde
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 18 1924; d. November 29 2007.
Republican Party
1971 – 1973
Michael Joseph “Mike” Madigan
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 19 1942.
Democratic Party
1977 – 1981
Minority Leader of the Illinois State House of Representatives
Michael Joseph “Mike” Madigan
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 19 1942.
Democratic Party
1981 – 1993
Michael Joseph “Mike” Madigan
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 19 1942.
Democratic Party
1995 – 1997