List of presidents of the Cook County Board of Commissioners

President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners
Incumbent
Toni Preckwinkle
since December 6, 2010
Term length4 years

The President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners is the chief executive of county government in Cook County, Illinois.[1] They are the head of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. The president is chosen in a county-wide general election for a 4-year term, without term limits.

List

President[2][3][note 1] Term start Term end Terms Years Party
Julius White[4] 1871 1872 1 1
Henry B. Miller[3] 1872 1873 1 1
S. Ashton[3] 1873 1874 1 1
William R. Burdick[3] 1874 1875 1 1
A. B. Johnson[3] 1875 1876 1 1
Charles C. P. Holden[3] 1876 1877 1 1 Republican[5]
Henry Senne[3] December 1877 December 1879 2 2
John Wesley Stewart[3] December 1879 December 1880 1 1 Republican
D. B. Purington[3] 1880 1881 1 1
D. W. Clark[3] 1881 1882 1 1
Adam Ochs[3] 1882 1883 1 1 Democratic
Joseph Donnersberger 1883 1884 1 1 Democratic
Henry Senne 1884 1885 1 1
George C. Klehm 1885 1887 2 2 Republican
J. Frank Aldrich 1887 1887 Republican
Henry C. Senne 1887 1889 Republican[6]
George Edmanson 1889 1890 1 1
Robert J. Smith 1890 1891 1 1
John M. Green 1891 1892 1 1
George Edmanson 1892 1893 1 1
George Struckman 1893 1894 1 1
Daniel D. Healy 1894 1898 4
James C. Irwin 1898 1900 2
John J. Hanberg 1900 1902 2
Henry G. Foreman 1902 1904 2 Republican[7]
Edward J. Brundage 1904 1907 3 Republican[8]
William Busse 1907 1910 3 Republican[9]
Peter Bartzen 1910 1912 2 Democratic[10]
Alexander A. McCormick 1912 1914 2 Progressive[11]
Peter Reinberg 1914 1921 7 Democratic[11]
Daniel Ryan Sr. 1921 1922 1 Democratic
Anton Cermak 1922 1931 8¼ Democratic
Emmett Whealan 1931 1934 3 Democratic[12]
Clayton F. Smith 1934 1946 12 Democratic[13]
William N. Erickson 1946 1954 8 Republican[14]
Dan Ryan Jr. 1954 1961 7¼ Democratic
John J. Duffy 1961 1962 ¾ Democratic[15]
Seymour Simon 1962 1966 1 4 Democratic[16]
Richard B. Ogilvie 1966 January 1969 ¾ 3 Republican
George Dunne January 1969 December 1990 5¼ 21 Democratic
Richard Phelan December 1990 December 1994 1 4 Democratic
John Stroger December 5, 1994 August 1, 2006 ​2 7⁄8 ​11 1⁄2 Democratic
Bobbie L. Steele August 1, 2006 December 4, 2006 ​1⁄8 ​1⁄2 Democratic
Todd Stroger December 4, 2006 December 6, 2010 1 4 Democratic
Toni Preckwinkle December 6, 2010 4* 15* Democratic

Notes

  1. ↑ The History of Cook County (1884) and contemporaneous newspapers describe the position as "chairman" in the 1870s, and it was elected by the members of the county board (rather than by the voters of the county) until at least 1880. Around 1881, descriptions of the office as "president" began to be published. By (at latest) the county's November 1887 election, it became a county-wide popularly-elected office.

References

  1. ↑ "Office of the President | CookCountyIL.gov". www.cookcountyil.gov. Government of Cook County. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "Cook County, Illinois - Secretary of the Board". legacy.cookcountyil.gov. Office of the Secretary to the Board of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Andreas, A. T., ed. (1884). History of Cook County, Illinois. A. T. Andreas. p. 352. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
  4. ↑ Johnson, Charles B. Growth of Cook County Vol. 1: A History of the Large Lake-Shore County That Includes Chicago Chicago: Board of Commissioners of Cook County, Ill., 1960; pp. 100-101
  5. ↑ "Holden Lionized". Chicago Tribune. 26 Nov 1876. p. 1. Retrieved 2021-11-12 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "The Republican County Ticket". Chicago Tribune. November 6, 1887. p. 4. Retrieved May 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "DRIVERS GO INTO POLITICS". Newspapers.com. Chicago Tribune. 3 Nov 1902. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "EDWARD J. BRUNDAGE Republican Candidate for President of County Board". Newspapers.com. Chicago Eagle. 29 Oct 1904. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  9. ↑ Chicago Daily News National Almanac for 1910. Chicago Daily News. p. 459. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  10. ↑ "MANN'S FOE CITES 'HIGH PRICE' FIGUREs IN CONGRESS FIGHT". Newspapers.com. 29 Oct 1910. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  11. 1 2 "Worthy County Candidates Get "Tribune's" O.K.". Newspapers.com. Chicago Tribune. 1 Nov 1914. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  12. ↑ "CERMAK SELECTS OFFICIAL FAMILY". Newspapers.com. The Indianapolis Star. 10 Apr 1931. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  13. ↑ "CLAYTON F. SMITH". Newspapers.com. Chicago Tribune. 1 Jan 1946. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  14. ↑ "List of County Board Candidates". Newspapers.com. Chicago Tribune. 26 Oct 1954. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  15. ↑ "Study of Family Court Offered by County Board". Newspapers.com. Chicago Tribune. 8 Nov 1961. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  16. ↑ "Simon Raps Charges From GOP on 'Waste". Newspapers.com. Arlington Heights Herald. 4 Oct 1962. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
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