<page_title> List of Governors of Illinois </page_title> <section_title> Governors of the State of Illinois </section_title> <table> <cell> 16 <col_header> No. </col_header> </cell> <cell> John Lourie Beveridge <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> <col_header> Joel Aldrich Matteson </col_header> <col_header> John Wood </col_header> <col_header> Richard Yates </col_header> <col_header> Richard J. Oglesby </col_header> <col_header> John M. Palmer </col_header> <col_header> Richard J. Oglesby </col_header> </cell> <cell> January 23, 1873 – January 8, 1877 (not candidate for election) <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> <col_header> William Henry Bissell </col_header> <row_header> John Lourie Beveridge </row_header> </cell> </table>
John Lourie Beveridge was the 16th Governor of Illinois, serving from 1873 to 1877.