Neil Hartigan

Neil Hartigan
Hartigan c.1989
Judge of the Illinois Court of Claims
In office
May 2, 2013 – March 21, 2019
Appointed byPat Quinn
Preceded byNorma Jann
Succeeded bySonia Antolec
Judge of the Illinois First District Appellate Court
In office
December 2, 2002 – June 1, 2004
Preceded byRobert Chapman Buckley
Succeeded byP. Scott Neville Jr.
38th Attorney General of Illinois
In office
January 12, 1983 – January 14, 1991
GovernorJames R. Thompson
Preceded byTy Fahner
Succeeded byRoland Burris
40th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois
In office
January 8, 1973 – January 10, 1977
GovernorDaniel Walker
Preceded byPaul Simon
Succeeded byDave O'Neal
Personal details
Born
Cornelius Francis Hartigan

(1938-05-04) May 4, 1938 (age 86)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Marge Dunne
(m. 1966; died 2003)
EducationGeorgetown 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.

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