Cook County Treasurer

Cook County Treasurer
Incumbent
Maria Pappas
since December 1998
Term length4 years
Inaugural holderArchibald Clybourn
Formation1831

The Cook County treasurer is the treasurer of county government in Cook County, Illinois.

The Cook County treasurer looks over the second-largest system of property tax collection and distribution in the United States.[1][2] The office was created in 1831, and since 1835 has been an elected role. Its elected terms were two years in length at first.[2][3]

As of 2022, the salary paid to the elected Cook County treasurer is $115,500.[4]

List of treasurers

Treasurer Term in office Party Notes Cite
 Archibald Clybourn March 1831–March 1834 [2][3]
Isaac Harmon March 1834–March 1835 [2][3]
Henry Kimball March 1835–March 1836 The first elected Treasurer [2][3]
Samuel J. Trowbridge March 1836–June 1837 [2][3]
Edward E. Hunter June 1837–May 1838 [2][3]
John Calhoun May 1838–June 1839 [2][3]
Nathan H. Bolles June 1839–October 1839 [2][3]
Isaac Cook October 1839–August 1843 [2][3]
Anton Getzler August 1843–August 1847 [2][3]
William L. Church August 1847–November 1849 [2][3]
James Long November 1849–November 1851 [2][3]
Horatio N. Heald 1851–1855 [2][3]
Michael Gleason 1855–1857 [2][3]
Augustus H. Boyden 1857–1861 [2][3]
 Jacob Rehm 1861–1865 [2][3]
Jesse M. Allen 1865–1867 [2][3]
Thomas O. Osborn November 1867–1869 [2][3]
H.S. Rexford 1869–1871 [2]
 Julian Sidney Rumsey 1871–1873 Republican [2]
Henry B. Miller 1873–1875 [2]
Louis C. Huck 1875–1877 [2]
S.H. McCrea 1877–1879 [2]
William T. Johnson 1879–1882 [2]
William C. Seipp 1882–1886 Democratic [2]
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John R. Thompson ____–1910 Republican [5]
 W. L. O'Connell 1910–____ Democratic [6][7]
 H. R. Gibbons December 1918–April 19, 1921 Democratic Elected in 1918; died in office [8]
 Patrick J. Carr April 20, 1921–____ Appointed by Cook County Board of Commissioners on April 20, 1921 [8]
 George F. Harding Jr. 1926–30 [9]
Joseph McDonough 1930–1934 Elected in 1930; died in office [10][11]
 Robert Sweitzer December 4, 1934–1935 Democratic Elected in 1934, removed from office by vote of the Cook County Board of Commissioners in 1935 [12]
Joseph L. Gill 1935–??? Democratic Appointed in 1935
Louis E. Nelson Republican [13]
Herbert C. Paschen 1954–1958 Democratic [14]
Francis S. Lorenz 1958–September 1961 Democratic Elected in 1958; resigned to accept appointment as Illinois Treasurer [15][16][17]
Bernard J. Korzen [18]
Edward J. Rosewell December 1974–December 1998 Democratic Elected in 1974, 1988, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994 [19]
 Maria Pappas December 1998–present Democratic Elected in 1998, 2002, 2006, 2019, 2014, 2018, 2022

References

  1. ↑ "Cook County Treasurer's Office - Chicago, Illinois". www.cookcountytreasurer.com. Cook County Treasurer. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 History of Cook County, Illinois: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. A.T. Andreas. 1884. p. 352.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Officers of Cook County The Names of Officer-Holders from the Beginning". Chicago Tribune. December 12, 1867. Retrieved 5 February 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Cook County board members vote to increase their own pay". Illinois Policy. 2022-06-03. Retrieved 2023-06-12.
  5. ↑ Chicago Daily News National Almanac for 1910. Chicago Daily News. 1909. p. 459. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  6. ↑ Chicago Daily News National Almanac for 1911. Chicago Daily News. p. 468. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "PARTY LEADERS". Chicago Eagle. 7 August 1915. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  8. 1 2 "County Treasurer Dead New Man Is Appointed". Newspapers.com. Forest Park Review (Forest Park, Illinois). 23 Apr 1921. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "Essay about George F. Harding, Jr". archive.artic.edu. Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
  10. ↑ Harper, Dan. "Subject and Course Guides: Daley Family Collections: About Richard J. Daley". researchguides.uic.edu. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  11. ↑ "Bridgport: Politics". lockzero.org.uic.edu. Archived from the original on 17 January 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  12. ↑ "ROBERT SWEITZER, CHICAGO POLITICIAN; Democratic Leader There for Quarter of a Century Is Dead at 69 COUNTY CLERK 24 YEARS Elected Treasurer in 1934—Began Career as Salesman After Leaving College". The New York Times. April 7, 1938. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Illinois Blue Book, 1947-1948". www.idaillinois.org. 1947. p. 666. Retrieved August 20, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Our Campaigns - Candidate - Herbert C. Paschen". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  15. ↑ "Chicago Tribune from Chicago, Illinois on December 1, 1958 · 23". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  16. ↑ 'Illinois Blue Book 1961-1962,' Biographical Sketch of Francis S. Lorenz, pg. 106-107
  17. ↑ 'Retired Illinois appeals Judge Francis S. Lorenz dies at age 93-Public service career includes Chicago city lawyer, Cook County treasurer and state transportation chief,' Chicago Tribune, Mary Owens, July 2, 2008
  18. ↑ "Illinois blue book, 1973-1974". www.idaillinois.org. State of Illinois. p. 542.
  19. ↑ O'Connor, Matt (26 November 1998). "ROSEWELL MAKES DEAL IN GHOST-JOBS PROBE". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
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