President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners explained

Post:President
Body:the Cook County Board of Commissioners
Insigniasize:150px
Incumbent:Toni Preckwinkle
Incumbentsince:December 6, 2010
Termlength:4 years
Formation:1876
Inaugural:Charles C. P. Holden

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.

Officeholders

President[2] [3] [4] Term startTerm endTerms Years class=unsortable  Party
Henry B. Miller18721873
S. Ashton18731874
William R. Burdick18741875
A. B. Johnson18751876
Charles C. P. Holden18761877
Henry SenneDecember 1877December 1879
John Wesley StewartDecember 1879December 1880bgcolor=Republican
D. B. Purington18801881
D. W. Clark18811882
Adam Ochs18821883bgcolor=Democratic
Joseph Donnersberger18831884bgcolor=Democratic
Henry Senne18841885
George C. Klehm18851887bgcolor=Republican
J. Frank Aldrich18871887bgcolor=Republican
Henry C. Senne18871889bgcolor=Republican[5]
George Edmanson18891890
Robert J. Smith18901891
John M. Green18911892
George Edmanson18921893
George Struckman18931894
Daniel D. Healy18941898
James C. Irwin18981900
John J. Hanberg19001902
Henry G. Foreman19021904bgcolor=Republican[6]
Edward J. Brundage19041907bgcolor=Republican[7]
William Busse19071910bgcolor=Republican[8]
Peter Bartzen19101912bgcolor=Democratic[9]
Alexander A. McCormick 19121914bgcolor=Progressive[10]
Peter Reinberg19141921bgcolor=Democratic
Daniel Ryan Sr.19211922bgcolor=Democratic
Anton Cermak19221931bgcolor=Democratic
Emmett Whealan 19311934bgcolor=Democratic[11]
19341946bgcolor=Democratic[12]
William N. Erickson 19461954bgcolor=Republican[13]
19541961bgcolor=Democratic
John J. Duffy 19611962bgcolor=Democratic[14]
1962196614bgcolor=Democratic[15]
1966January 1969bgcolor=Republican
January 1969December 1990bgcolor=Democratic
December 1990December 199414bgcolor=Democratic
December 5, 1994August 1, 2006bgcolor=Democratic
August 1, 2006December 4, 2006bgcolor=Democratic
December 4, 2006December 6, 20101 4bgcolor=Democratic
December 6, 20104*17*bgcolor=Democratic

Recent election results

|-| colspan=16 style="text-align:center;" |President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners general elections|-!Year!Winning candidate!Party!Vote (pct)!Opponent!Party! Vote (pct)!Opponent!Party! Vote (pct)!Opponent!Party! Vote (pct)|-|1986[16] | | George Dunne| | Democratic| | 808,126 (60.61%)| | Joseph D. Matthewson| | Republican| | 525,288 (39.39%)| | | | | | |-|1990[17] | | Richard J. Phelan| | Democratic| | 714,638 (55.65%)| | Aldo DeAngelis| | Republican| | 405,771 (31.60%)|Text style="background:#D2B48C | Barbara J. Norman|Text style="background:#D2B48C | Harold Washington Party|Text style="background:#D2B48C | 163,817 (12.76%)| | | |-|1994| | John H. Stroger, Jr.| | Democratic| | | | Joe Morris| | Republican| | |Text style="background:#D2B48C | Aloysius Majerczyk|Text style="background:#D2B48C | Harold Washington Party|Text style="background:#D2B48C | | Jerome Carter| Populist| |-|1998[18] | | John H. Stroger, Jr.| | Democratic| | 834,972 (63.49%)| | Aurelia Marie Pucinski| | Republican| | 480,191 (36.61%)| | | | | | |-|2002[19] [20] | | John H. Stroger, Jr.| | Democratic| | 901,679 (68.73%)| | Christopher A. Bullock| | Republican| | 410,155 (31.27%)| | | | | | |-|2006[21] | | Todd H. Stroger| | Democratic| | 690,945 (53.68%)| | Tony Peraica| | Republican| | 596,212 (46.32%)| | | | | | |-|2010[22] | | Toni Preckwinkle| | Democratic| | 939,056 (69.54%)| | Roger A. Keats| | Republican| | 357,070 (26.44%)| | Thomas Tresser| | Green| | 54,273 (4.02%)| | | |-|2014[23] | | Toni Preckwinkle| | Democratic| | 1,072,886 (100%)| | | | | | | | | |-|2018[24] | | Toni Preckwinkle| | Democratic| | 1,355,407 (96.11%)| Others| Write-ins| 54,917 (3.89%)| | | | | | |-|2022[25] | |Toni Preckwinkle| | Democratic| |967,062 (68.54%)| |Bob Fioretti| | Republican| |399,339 (28.30%)| |Thea Tsatsos| | Libertarian| |44,615 (3.16%)| | |

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Office of the President CookCountyIL.gov . www.cookcountyil.gov . Government of Cook County . 28 October 2020.
  2. Web site: Cook County, Illinois - Secretary of the Board . legacy.cookcountyil.gov . Office of the Secretary to the Board of the Cook County Board of Commissioners . 28 October 2020.
  3. Book: History of Cook County, Illinois . 1884 . A. T. Andreas . Andreas . A. T. . 352 . May 21, 2023 .
  4. 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. The first I found position described as "president" is about 1881. The earliest I saw the position described as a county-wide popularly-elected office was the November 1887 election.
  5. News: The Republican County Ticket . . November 6, 1887 . 4 . May 21, 2023 . .
  6. Web site: DRIVERS GO INTO POLITICS . Newspapers.com . Chicago Tribune . 9 August 2021 . en . subscription . 3 Nov 1902.
  7. Web site: EDWARD J. BRUNDAGE Republican Candidate for President of County Board . Newspapers.com . Chicago Eagle . 9 August 2021 . en . subscription . 29 Oct 1904.
  8. Book: Chicago Daily News National Almanac for 1910 . Chicago Daily News . 459 . 11 November 2020 . en.
  9. Web site: MANN'S FOE CITES 'HIGH PRICE' FIGUREs IN CONGRESS FIGHT . Newspapers.com . 9 August 2021 . en . subscription . 29 Oct 1910.
  10. Web site: WORTHY COUNTY CANDIDATES GET "TRIBUNE'S" O.K. . Newspapers.com . Chicago Tribune . 7 August 2021 . en . subscription . 1 Nov 1914.
  11. Web site: CERMAK SELECTS OFFICIAL FAMILY . Newspapers.com . The Indianapolis Star . 9 August 2021 . en . subscription . 10 Apr 1931.
  12. Web site: CLAYTON F. SMITH . Newspapers.com . Chicago Tribune . 9 August 2021 . en . subscription . 1 Jan 1946.
  13. Web site: List of County Board Candidates . Newspapers.com . Chicago Tribune . 9 August 2021 . en . subscription . 26 Oct 1954.
  14. Web site: Study of Family Court Offered by County Board . Newspapers.com . Chicago Tribune . 9 August 2021 . en . subscription . 8 Nov 1961.
  15. Web site: Simon Raps Charges From GOP on 'Waste . Newspapers.com . Arlington Heights Herald . 9 August 2021 . en . subscription . 4 Oct 1962.
  16. Web site: OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1986 . voterinfo.net . https://web.archive.org/web/20081003205005/http://www.voterinfonet.com/results/archive/1986NovCombinedSummary.pdf . 3 October 2008.
  17. Web site: OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1990 . voterinfo.net . https://web.archive.org/web/20081003205145/http://www.voterinfonet.com/results/archive/1990NovCombinedSummary.pdf . 3 October 2008.
  18. Web site: OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1998 . results.cookcountyclerkil.gov .
  19. Web site: TABULATED STATEMENT OF THE RETURNS AND PROCLAMATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE CANVASS OF THE ELECTION RETURNS FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD IN EACH OF THE PRECINCTS IN ALL THE WARDS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2002 A.D. . Chicago Board of Election Commissioners . 18 June 2020.
  20. Web site: SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY RESULTS . voterinfonet.com . Cook County Clerk . https://web.archive.org/web/20050209124209/http://www.voterinfonet.com/results/11502results/ . 9 February 2005 . dead.
  21. Web site: Cook County and the City of Chicago Combined Summary Report November 2006 General Election Tuesday, November 7th, 2006 . Cook County Clerk's Office . 16 March 2020.
  22. Web site: Cook County General Election November 2, 2010 Combined Summary Report . Cook County Clerk's Office . 16 March 2020.
  23. Web site: General Election Cook County and The City of Chicago Tuesday, November 4, 2014 Combined Summary . Cook County Clerk's Office . 16 March 2020.
  24. Web site: Cook County and The City of Chicago General Election November 6, 2018 Combined Summary . March 9, 2020 . Cook County Clerk's Office.
  25. Web site: Tabulated Statement of the Returns and Proclamation of the Results of the Canvass of the Election Returns for the November 8, 2022 Gubernatorial General Election Held in Each of the Precincts in Cook County, Illinois Including the City of Chicago . www.cookcountyclerkil.gov . Cook County Clerk . 6 December 2022 . 2022.

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