Notable burials · Government
Governors buried in Illinois
Wikidata records 31 governors as buried in 20 of the cemeteries we list in Illinois. Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield holds the most, with 5. Illinois has the 19th highest count of any state, out of 1,297 nationally.
People recorded as having held a governor's office, such as governor of a US state or territory.
31
governors
20
cemeteries
1%
of notable burials in Illinois
1900s
the decade with the most deaths (4)
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In order of death
Governors buried in Illinois
- Shadrach Bond1773-1832American politician: 1st Governor of Illinois; Illinois Territory congressmanEvergreen Cemetery, Chester, IL
- Ninian Edwards1775-1833American politicianOak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL
- Joseph Duncan1794-1844American politicianDiamond Grove Cemetery, South Jacksonville, IL
- William Lee D. Ewing1795-1846American politicianOak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL
- Thomas Ford1800-1850Politician 1800-1850Springdale Cemetery, Peoria, IL
- William Henry Bissell1811-1860American politicianOak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL
- Augustus C. French1808-1864American politicianCollege Hill Cemetery, Lebanon, IL
- John Reynolds1788-1865Illinois politicianWalnut Hill Cemetery, Belleville, IL
- Joel Aldrich Matteson1808-1873American politicianOakwood Cemetery, Ingalls Park, IL
- Richard Yates1815-187313th Governor of Illinois, U.S. SenatorDiamond Grove Cemetery, South Jacksonville, IL
- William Bebb1802-1873American politicianGreenwood Cemetery, Rockford, IL
- John Wood1798-1880Governor of IllinoisWoodland Cemetery, Quincy, IL
- Richard J. Oglesby1824-1899Union Army generalElkhart Cemetery, Williamsville, IL
- John M. Palmer1817-1900Union Army general, politicianCarlinville City Cemetery, Carlinville, IL
- John Riley Tanner1844-1901Governor of Illinois from 1897 to 1901Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL
- John Peter Altgeld1847-1902American politicianGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- John Marshall Hamilton1847-1905American politicianOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- John Lourie Beveridge1824-1910American politicianRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom1829-1914American politicianOak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, IL
- Richard Yates1860-1936American politician, judge and lawyerDiamond Grove Cemetery, South Jacksonville, IL
- Len Small1862-1936American politicianMound Grove Cemetery / Saint Rose Cemetery, Bradley, IL
- Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne1853-1937American mayorCalvary Catholic Cemetery, Evanston, IL
- Henry Horner1878-1940American politician and judgeRosemont Park Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Charles S. Deneen1863-1940American politicianOakwoods Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Frank Orren Lowden1861-1943American politicianGraceland Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Dwight H. Green1897-1958American politicianRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- Adlai Stevenson II1900-1965American politician and diplomat (1900-1965); 31st governor of Illinois from 1949 to 1953Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Bloomington, IL
- William H. McMaster1877-1968American politicianOakwood Cemetery, Dixon, IL
- Samuel H. Shapiro1907-1987American politicianJewish Waldheim Cemeteries, Forest Park, IL
- Richard B. Ogilvie1923-1988U.S. politician, governor of IllinoisRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
- William Grant Stratton1914-2001Illinois governor, Illinois treasurer, and U.S. CongressmanRosehill Cemetery, Chicago, IL
Everyone on this list, by year of death. People without a recorded death year come last.
Over time
Deaths by decade
- 1830s2
- 1840s2
- 1850s1
- 1860s3
- 1870s3
- 1880s1
- 1890s1
- 1900s4
- 1910s2
- 1930s3
- 1940s3
- 1950s1
- 1960s2
- 1980s2
- 2000s1
By recorded year of death, for the 31 people with one.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Oak Ridge Cemetery · Springfield, IL5
- Rosehill Cemetery · Chicago, IL5
- Diamond Grove Cemetery · South Jacksonville, IL3
- Graceland Cemetery · Chicago, IL2
- Oakwoods Cemetery · Chicago, IL2
- Jewish Waldheim Cemeteries · Forest Park, IL1
- Calvary Catholic Cemetery · Evanston, IL1
- Evergreen Memorial Cemetery · Bloomington, IL1
- Springdale Cemetery · Peoria, IL1
- Rosemont Park Cemetery · Chicago, IL1
- Mound Grove Cemetery / Saint Rose Cemetery · Bradley, IL1
- Walnut Hill Cemetery · Belleville, IL1
- Oakwood Cemetery · Dixon, IL1
- Elkhart Cemetery · Williamsville, IL1
- College Hill Cemetery · Lebanon, IL1
- Woodland Cemetery · Quincy, IL1
- Oakwood Cemetery · Ingalls Park, IL1
- Greenwood Cemetery · Rockford, IL1
- Evergreen Cemetery · Chester, IL1
- Carlinville City Cemetery · Carlinville, IL1
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Other notable burials in Illinois
Business leaders265United States representatives260Writers and poets238Baseball players201Musicians and singers191Journalists129Painters, sculptors and photographers94Physicians93American Civil War veterans88Actors80American football players78Architects74World War II veterans71World War I veterans70Scientists66Medal of Honor recipients57Inventors and engineers55Basketball players51United States senators25
Method
How this list is made
A person is on this list when their Wikidata entry gives a cemetery we list as their place of burial and also carries the statement this list is built on. We do not add anyone by judgment, so the list reflects how complete Wikidata is: some people are missing, and burial places can be disputed.
Names, years and descriptions are shown as Wikidata records them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists.