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Neil Hartigan | |
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 Hartigan c.1989 | |
| Judge of the Illinois Court of Claims | |
| In office May 2, 2013 – March 21, 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Pat Quinn |
| Preceded by | Norma Jann |
| Succeeded by | Sonia Antolec |
| Judge of the Illinois First District Appellate Court | |
| In office December 2, 2002 – June 1, 2004 | |
| Preceded by | Robert Chapman Buckley |
| Succeeded by | P. Scott Neville Jr. |
| 38th Attorney General of Illinois | |
| In office January 12, 1983 – January 14, 1991 | |
| Governor | James R. Thompson |
| Preceded by | Ty Fahner |
| Succeeded by | Roland Burris |
| 40th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois | |
| In office January 8, 1973 – January 10, 1977 | |
| Governor | Daniel Walker |
| Preceded by | Paul Simon |
| Succeeded by | Dave O'Neal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Cornelius Francis Hartigan May 4, 1938 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
Marge Dunne
(m. 1966; died 2003) |
| Education | Georgetown University (B.S.) Loyola University (J.D.) |
Cornelius Francis "Neil" Hartigan (born May 4, 1938)[1] is an American lawyer, judge, and politician who served as the Attorney General of Illinois and the 40th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
A native of Chicago, Illinois, Hartigan was elected Lieutenant Governor alongside Dan Walker in the 1972 gubernatorial election. Although he won renomination for a second term, Hartigan and Micheal Howlett lost the 1976 general election. Hartigan was later elected attorney general in 1982. He went on to be reelected in 1986.
Hartigan was also the Democratic nominee for Governor of Illinois in 1990, but he lost the close race to Republican Jim Edgar. In 2002, Hartigan became a justice of the Illinois Appellate Court. He retired in 2004.