<page_title> List of Governors of Illinois </page_title> <section_title> Governors of the State of Illinois </section_title> <table> <cell> 37 <col_header> No. </col_header> </cell> <cell> James R. Thompson <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> <col_header> John Peter Altgeld </col_header> <col_header> John Riley Tanner </col_header> <col_header> Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne </col_header> <col_header> Frank Orren Lowden </col_header> <col_header> Henry Horner </col_header> <col_header> Dwight H. Green </col_header> <col_header> Adlai Stevenson II </col_header> <col_header> William Stratton </col_header> <col_header> Otto Kerner Jr. </col_header> <col_header> Richard B. Ogilvie </col_header> </cell> <cell> January 10, 1977 – January 14, 1991 (not candidate for election) <col_header> Term in office </col_header> <row_header> James R. Thompson </row_header> </cell> </table>
James Robert Thompson Jr. was the 37th governor of the US state of Illinois, serving from 1977 to 1991.