President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners
President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners | |
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![]() Incumbent since December 6, 2010Toni Preckwinkle | |
Term length | 4 years |
Inaugural holder | Charles C. P. Holden |
Formation | 1876 |
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.
Office description
Duties of the President include presenting a balanced budget to the Board for approval, as well as overseeing County Board meetings and the Bureaus of Offices Under the President. This grants them the ability to veto or approve ordinances and resolutions, as well as the ability to appoint certain employees to the Cook County administration, though they may need the consent of the Board to do so.
Additionally, the President must present an annual report to the Board on county affairs and its finances, which would require reports and an examination of Cook County administrative units, as well as their properties. The President is also able to enter into intergovernmental agreements as well as agreements with the private sector with the consent and advice of the Board.[1]
Officeholders
President[2][3][note 1] | Term start | Term end | Terms | Years | Party | |
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Henry B. Miller[3] | 1872 | 1873 | ||||
S. Ashton[3] | 1873 | 1874 | ||||
William R. Burdick[3] | 1874 | 1875 | ||||
A. B. Johnson[3] | 1875 | 1876 | ||||
Charles C. P. Holden[3] | 1876 | 1877 | ||||
Henry Senne[3] | December 1877 | December 1879 | ||||
John Wesley Stewart[3] | December 1879 | December 1880 | Republican | |||
D. B. Purington[3] | 1880 | 1881 | ||||
D. W. Clark[3] | 1881 | 1882 | ||||
Adam Ochs[3] | 1882 | 1883 | Democratic | |||
Joseph Donnersberger | 1883 | 1884 | Democratic | |||
Henry Senne | 1884 | 1885 | ||||
George C. Klehm | 1885 | 1887 | Republican | |||
J. Frank Aldrich | 1887 | 1887 | Republican | |||
Henry C. Senne | 1887 | 1889 | Republican[4] | |||
George Edmanson | 1889 | 1890 | ||||
Robert J. Smith | 1890 | 1891 | ||||
John M. Green | 1891 | 1892 | ||||
George Edmanson | 1892 | 1893 | ||||
George Struckman | 1893 | 1894 | ||||
Daniel D. Healy | 1894 | 1898 | ||||
James C. Irwin | 1898 | 1900 | ||||
John J. Hanberg | 1900 | 1902 | ||||
Henry G. Foreman | 1902 | 1904 | Republican[5] | |||
Edward J. Brundage | 1904 | 1907 | Republican[6] | |||
William Busse | 1907 | 1910 | Republican[7] | |||
Peter Bartzen | 1910 | 1912 | Democratic[8] | |||
Alexander A. McCormick | 1912 | 1914 | Progressive[9] | |||
Peter Reinberg | 1914 | 1921 | Democratic[9] | |||
Daniel Ryan Sr. | 1921 | 1922 | Democratic | |||
Anton Cermak | 1922 | 1931 | Democratic | |||
Emmett Whealan | 1931 | 1934 | Democratic[10] | |||
Clayton F. Smith | 1934 | 1946 | Democratic[11] | |||
William N. Erickson | 1946 | 1954 | Republican[12] | |||
Dan Ryan Jr. | 1954 | 1961 | Democratic | |||
John J. Duffy | 1961 | 1962 | Democratic[13] | |||
Seymour Simon | 1962 | 1966 | 1 | 4 | Democratic[14] | |
Richard B. Ogilvie | 1966 | January 1969 | Republican | |||
George Dunne | January 1969 | December 1990 | Democratic | |||
Richard Phelan | December 1990 | December 1994 | 1 | 4 | Democratic | |
John Stroger | December 5, 1994 | August 1, 2006 | Democratic | |||
Bobbie L. Steele | August 1, 2006 | December 4, 2006 | Democratic | |||
Todd H. Stroger | December 4, 2006 | December 6, 2010 | 1 | 4 | Democratic | |
Toni Preckwinkle | December 6, 2010 | 4* | 17* | Democratic |
Recent election results
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) | |||
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1986[15] | George Dunne | Democratic | 808,126 (60.61%) | Joseph D. Matthewson | Republican | 525,288 (39.39%) | |||||||||
1990[16] | Richard J. Phelan | Democratic | 714,638 (55.65%) | Aldo DeAngelis | Republican | 405,771 (31.60%) | Barbara J. Norman | Harold Washington Party | 163,817 (12.76%) | ||||||
1994 | John H. Stroger, Jr. | Democratic | Joe Morris | Republican | Aloysius Majerczyk | Harold Washington Party | Jerome Carter | Populist | |||||||
1998[17] | John H. Stroger, Jr. | Democratic | 834,972 (63.49%) | Aurelia Marie Pucinski | Republican | 480,191 (36.61%) | |||||||||
2002[18][19] | John H. Stroger, Jr. | Democratic | 901,679 (68.73%) | Christopher A. Bullock | Republican | 410,155 (31.27%) | |||||||||
2006[20] | Todd H. Stroger | Democratic | 690,945 (53.68%) | Tony Peraica | Republican | 596,212 (46.32%) | |||||||||
2010[21] | Toni Preckwinkle | Democratic | 939,056 (69.54%) | Roger A. Keats | Republican | 357,070 (26.44%) | Thomas Tresser | Green | 54,273 (4.02%) | ||||||
2014[22] | Toni Preckwinkle | Democratic | 1,072,886 (100%) | ||||||||||||
2018[23] | Toni Preckwinkle | Democratic | 1,355,407 (96.11%) | Others | Write-ins | 54,917 (3.89%) | |||||||||
2022[24] | Toni Preckwinkle | Democratic | 967,062 (68.54%) | Bob Fioretti | Republican | 399,339 (28.30%) | Thea Tsatsos | Libertarian | 44,615 (3.16%) |
Notes
- ^ 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.
References
- ^ a b "Office of the President | CookCountyIL.gov". www.cookcountyil.gov. Government of Cook County. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
- ^ "Cook County, Illinois - Secretary of the Board". legacy.cookcountyil.gov. Office of the Secretary to the Board of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Andreas, A. T., ed. (1884). History of Cook County, Illinois. A. T. Andreas. p. 352. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
- ^ "The Republican County Ticket". Chicago Tribune. November 6, 1887. p. 4. Retrieved May 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "DRIVERS GO INTO POLITICS". Newspapers.com. Chicago Tribune. November 3, 1902. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
- ^ "EDWARD J. BRUNDAGE Republican Candidate for President of County Board". Newspapers.com. Chicago Eagle. October 29, 1904. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
- ^ Chicago Daily News National Almanac for 1910. Chicago Daily News. p. 459. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
- ^ "MANN'S FOE CITES 'HIGH PRICE' FIGUREs IN CONGRESS FIGHT". Newspapers.com. October 29, 1910. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
- ^ a b "WORTHY COUNTY CANDIDATES GET "TRIBUNE'S" O.K.". Newspapers.com. Chicago Tribune. November 1, 1914. Retrieved August 7, 2021.
- ^ "CERMAK SELECTS OFFICIAL FAMILY". Newspapers.com. The Indianapolis Star. April 10, 1931. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
- ^ "CLAYTON F. SMITH". Newspapers.com. Chicago Tribune. January 1, 1946. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
- ^ "List of County Board Candidates". Newspapers.com. Chicago Tribune. October 26, 1954. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
- ^ "Study of Family Court Offered by County Board". Newspapers.com. Chicago Tribune. November 8, 1961. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
- ^ "Simon Raps Charges From GOP on 'Waste". Newspapers.com. Arlington Heights Herald. October 4, 1962. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
- ^ "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1986" (PDF). voterinfo.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 3, 2008.
- ^ "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1990" (PDF). voterinfo.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 3, 2008.
- ^ "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1998" (PDF). results.cookcountyclerkil.gov.
- ^ "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." (PDF). Chicago Board of Election Commissioners. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
- ^ "SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY RESULTS". voterinfonet.com. Cook County Clerk. Archived from the original on February 9, 2005.
- ^ "Cook County and the City of Chicago Combined Summary Report November 2006 General Election Tuesday, November 7th, 2006" (PDF). Cook County Clerk's Office. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
- ^ "Cook County General Election November 2, 2010 Combined Summary Report" (PDF). Cook County Clerk's Office. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
- ^ "General Election Cook County and The City of Chicago Tuesday, November 4, 2014 Combined Summary" (PDF). Cook County Clerk's Office. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
- ^ "Cook County and The City of Chicago General Election November 6, 2018 Combined Summary" (PDF). Cook County Clerk's Office. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ "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" (PDF). www.cookcountyclerkil.gov. Cook County Clerk. 2022. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
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- Charles C. P. Holden
- D.W. Clark
- Joseph Donnersberger
- George C. Klehm
- J. Frank Aldrich
- Henry C. Senne
- George Edmanson
- Robert J. Smith
- John M. Green
- George Edmanson
- George Struckman
- Daniel D. Healy
- James C. Irwin
- John J. Hanberg
- Henry G. Foreman
- Edward J. Brundage
- William Busse
- Peter Bartzen
- Alexander A. McCormick
- Peter Reinberg
- Daniel Ryan Sr.
- Anton Cermak
- Emmett Whealan
- Clayton F. Smith
- William N. Erickson
- Dan Ryan, Jr.
- John J. Duffy
- Seymour Simon
- Richard B. Ogilvie
- George Dunne
- Richard Phelan
- John Stroger
- Bobbie L. Steele
- Todd Stroger
- Toni Preckwinkle