<page_title> List of Governors of Illinois </page_title> <section_title> Governors of the State of Illinois </section_title> <table> <cell> 10 <col_header> No. </col_header> </cell> <cell> Joel Aldrich Matteson <col_header> Governor </col_header> <col_header> Edward Coles </col_header> <col_header> William Lee D. Ewing </col_header> <col_header> Thomas Carlin </col_header> <col_header> Thomas Ford </col_header> <col_header> Augustus C. French </col_header> </cell> <cell> January 10, 1853 – January 12, 1857 (term limited) <col_header> Governor </col_header> <col_header> Shadrach Bond </col_header> <col_header> Ninian Edwards </col_header> <col_header> John Reynolds </col_header> <col_header> Joseph Duncan </col_header> <row_header> Joel Aldrich Matteson </row_header> </cell> </table>
Joel Aldrich Matteson was the tenth Governor of Illinois, serving from 1853 to 1857.