President of the Illinois Senate

The president of the Illinois Senate is the presiding officer of the Illinois Senate, the upper house of the Illinois General Assembly. The post dates from the General Assembly's 32nd session, in 1881.

From 1881 to 1973, the lieutenant governor was constitutionally President of the Senate. The highest elected post in the chamber, until then, was known as president pro tempore, and presided over the body in the absence of the lieutenant governor. Since then, the Illinois Senate has elected its president from its membership. The president is sixth (behind the lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, comptroller, and treasurer, respectively) in the line of succession to the office of Governor of Illinois.^[1]^[2]

The colors indicate the political party affiliation of each presiding officer.

Ex officio presidents

Presidents pro tempore

#	President	Party	General Assembly	Date of election
1	William J. Campbell	Republican	32nd	January 6, 1881
			33rd
			34th
2	August W. Berggren	Republican	35th	January 5, 1887
3	Theodore S. Chapman	Republican	36th	January 9, 1889
4	Milton W. Matthews	Republican	37th	January 7, 1891
5	John W. Coppinger	Democrat	38th	January 4, 1893
6	Charles Bogardus	Republican	39th	January 9, 1895
7	Hendrick V. Fisher	Republican	40th	January 6, 1897
8	Walter Warder	Republican	41st	January 4, 2999
9	John J. Brenholt	Republican	42nd	January 9, 1901
10	John C. McKenzie	Republican	43rd	January 7, 1903
11	Leon A. Townsend	Republican	44th	January 4, 1905
12	Orville F. Berry	Republican	44th
13	Stanton C. Pemberton	Republican	45th	January 9, 1907
14	Robert S. Hamilton	Republican	46th	January 6, 1909
15	Henry M. Dunlap	Republican	47th	January 4, 1911
16	Walter I. Manny	Democrat	48th	January 22, 1913
17	Stephen D. Canady	Democrat	49th	January 6, 1915
18	Adam C. Cliffe	Republican	50th	January 3, 1917
18	Adam C. Cliffe	Republican	51st	January 3, 1917
19	William S. Jewell	Republican	52nd	January 5, 1921
20	Richard J. Barr	Republican	53rd	January 3, 1923
			54th
			55th
21	Martin R. Carlson	Republican	56th	January 9, 1929
22	Richard J. Barr	Republican	57th	January 7, 1931
23	Richey V. Graham	Democrat	58th	January 4, 1933
23	Richey V. Graham	Democrat	59th	January 4, 1933
24	George M. Maypole	Democrat	60th	January 6, 1937
24	George M. Maypole	Democrat	61st	January 6, 1937
25	Arnold P. Benson	Republican	62nd	January 8, 1941
25	Arnold P. Benson	Republican	63rd	January 8, 1941
26	Edward E. Laughlin	Republican	64th	January 3, 1945
26	Edward E. Laughlin	Republican	65th	January 3, 1945
27	Wallace Thompson	Republican	66th	January 10, 1949
27	Wallace Thompson	Republican	67th	January 10, 1949
28	Walker Butler	Republican	68th	January 7, 1953
29	Arthur J. Bidwill	Republican	69th	January 5, 1955
			70th
			71st
			72nd
			73rd
30	W. Russell Arrington	Republican	74th	January 6, 1965
			75th
			76th
31	Cecil A. Partee	Democrat	77th	January 6, 1971

Presidents

#	President	Party	General Assembly	Date of election
32	William C. Harris	Republican	78th	January 10, 1973
33	Cecil A. Partee	Democrat	79th	January 8, 1975
34	Thomas C. Hynes	Democrat	80th	February 16, 1977
35	Philip J. Rock	Democrat	81st	January 10, 1979
			82nd
			83rd
			84th
			85th
			86th
			87th
36	James "Pate" Philip	Republican	88th	January 13, 1993
			89th
			90th
			91st
			92nd
37	Emil Jones, Jr.	Democrat	93rd	January 8, 2003
			94th
			95th
38	John Cullerton	Democrat	96th	January 14, 2009
			97th
			98th
			99th
			100th
			101st
39	Don Harmon	Democrat	101st	January 19, 2020
			102nd
			103rd

References

^ "Constitution of the State of Illinois". Illinois General Assembly. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
^ "Illinois Compiled Statutes 15 ILCS 5 — Governor Succession Act". Illinois General Assembly. Retrieved August 23, 2019.

External links

Illinois General Assembly - Senate official government site
Illinois Blue Book 2009-10 official government document

[1] "Constitution of the State of Illinois". Illinois General Assembly. Retrieved August 22, 2019.

[2] "Illinois Compiled Statutes 15 ILCS 5 — Governor Succession Act". Illinois General Assembly. Retrieved August 23, 2019.

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