Illinois Gubernatorial Candidates

1896-1998


1896

John R. Tanner   Republican
John P. Altgeld
Democrat
People's Party
George W. Gere Prohibition
William S. Forman Gold Standard Democrat
Charles S. Baustian Socialist Labor
Isaac W. Higgs National

1900

Richard Yates  Republican
 Samuel Alschuler Democrat
 Visscher Barnes Prohibition
 Herman C. Perry Social Democrat
 Louis P. Hoffman Socialist Labor
 A. C. Vantine People's Party
Lloyd G. Spencer Union Reform
 John Cordingly United Christian

1904

Charles S. Deneen   Republican
Lawrence B. Stringer Democrat
John Collins Socialist
Robert H. Patton Prohibition
Philip Veal Socialist Labor
James Hogan People's Party
 Andrew G. Specht Continental

1908

Charles S. Deneen   Republican
Adlai E. Stevenson Democrat
Daniel R. Sheen Prohibition
James H. Brower Socialist
George W. McCaskrin Independent
Gustav A. Jennings Socialist Labor

1912

Edward F. Dunne   Democrat
Charles S. Deneen Republican
Frank H. Funk Progressive
John C. Kennedy Socialist
Edward K. Worrell Prohibition
John M. Francis Socialist Labor

1916

Frank E. Lowden   Republican
Edward F. Dunne Democrat
Seymour Stedman Socialist
John R. Golden Prohibition
John M. Francis Socialist Labor

1920

Len Small  Republican
J. Hamilton Lewis Democrat
Andrew Laflin Socialist
John H. Walker Farmer-Labor
James H. Woertendyke Prohibition
John M. Harlan Harding-Coolidge Republican
John M. Francis Socialist Labor
Harrison Parker Cooperative
Lewis D. Spalding Single Tax
Parke Longworth Liberal

1924

Len Small   Republican
Norman L. Jones Democrat
Andrew Lafin Socialist
William F. Dunne Workers (Communist)
Fred Skoch Socialist Labor
James A. Logan Independent Republican
Morris Lychenheim Commonwealth Land

1928

Louis L. Emmerson   Republican
Floyd E. Thompson Democrat
George Koop Socialist
William F. Kruse Workers (Communist)
J. C. Procum Socialist Labor

1932

Henry Horner   Democrat
Len Small Republican
Roy E. Burt Socialist
Leondies McDonald Communist
J. C. Procum Socialist Labor
W. W. O'Brien Independent

1936

Henry Horner   Democrat
C. Wayland Brooks Republican
Wm. Hale Thompson Union Progressive
John Fisher Socialist
Harmon W. Reed Prohibition
O. Alfred Olsen Socialist Labor

1940

Dwight H. Green   Republican
Harry B. Hershey Democrat
Arthur G. McDowell Socialist
Clay F. Gaumer Prohibition

1944

Dwight H. Green  Republican
Thomas J. Courtney Democrat
Charles Storm Socialist Labor
Willis R. Wilson Prohibition

1948

Adlai E. Stevenson   Democrat
Dwight H. Green Republican
Willis R. Wilson Prohibition
Louis Fisher Socialist Labor

1952

William G. Stratton  Republican
Sherwood Dixon Democrat
Louis Fisher Socialist Labor

1956

William G. Stratton   Republican
Richard B. Austin Democrat
Edward C. Gross Socialist Labor

1960

Otto Kerner   Democrat
William G. Stratton Republican
Edward C. Gross Socialist Labor

1964

Otto Kerner  Democrat
Charles H. Percy Republican

1968

Richard B. Ogilvie   Republican
Samuel H. Shapiro Democrat
Edward C. Gross Socialist Labor

1972

Daniel Walker   Democrat
Richard B. Ogilvie Republican
Georgia LaForest Socialist Labor
Ishmael Flory Communist

1976

James R. Thompson   Republican
Machael J. Howlett Democrat

1978

James R. Thompson   Republican
Michael Bakalis Democrat

1982

James R. Thompson   Republican
Adlai E. Stevenson III Democrat

1986

James R. Thompson   Republican
Adlai E. Stevenson III Illinois Solidarity
No candidate, but
did receive votes
Democrat

1990

Jim Edgar   Republican
Neil F. Hartigan Democrat

1994

Jim Edgar   Republican
Dawn Clark Netsch Democrat
David Kelley Libertarian

1998

George Ryan   Republican
Glenn Poshard Democrat
Lawrence Redmond Reform


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