List of presidents of the Cook County Board of Commissioners

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President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners
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, at the same time that the county elects single-district board members.

Office description

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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]

While the 1970 state constitution of Illinois permits all counties to directly-elect their chief executive, Cook County is the only county in Illinois that does so.[2] Under the constitution, any county that directly elects its chief executive is a home rule county. Because Cook County already elected its county president, when the constitution went into effect it was the only county that automatically became a home rule county (by virtue of having a directly-elected chief executive.[3]

Officeholders

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President[4][5][note 1] Term start Term end Terms Years Party
File:Brig General Julius White.jpg Julius White[6] 1871 1872 1 1
Henry B. Miller[5] 1872 1873 1 1
S. Ashton[5] 1873 1874 1 1
William R. Burdick[5] 1874 1875 1 1
A. B. Johnson[5] 1875 1876 1 1
File:Charles C.P. Holden (cropped).jpg Charles C. P. Holden[5] 1876 1877 1 1 Republican[7]
Henry Senne[5] December 1877 December 1879 2 2
File:John Wesley Stewart obit pic.png John Wesley Stewart[5] December 1879 December 1880 1 1 Republican
D. B. Purington[5] 1880 1881 1 1
D. W. Clark[5] 1881 1882 1 1
Adam Ochs[5] 1882 1883 1 1 Democratic
File:Notable Chicagoans Revive World's Fair Memories (1923) (Joseph Donnersberger).png Joseph Donnersberger 1883 1884 1 1 Democratic
Henry Senne 1884 1885 1 1
File:George C. Klehm portrait, circa 1890 - DPLA - f7afc999e0fdb08fb8c0938b477e5cb1 (3X4).jpg George C. Klehm 1885 1887 2 2 Republican
File:JFrankAldrich.jpg J. Frank Aldrich 1887 1887 Republican
Henry C. Senne 1887 1889 Republican[8]
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[9]
File:Edward J. Brundage (3409862227) (cropped).jpg Edward J. Brundage 1904 1907 3 Republican[10]
File:Historical review of Chicago and Cook county and selected biography. A.N. Waterman ed. and author of Historical review (1908) (14592722077) 3x4.jpg William Busse 1907 1910 3 Republican[11]
Peter Bartzen 1910 1912 2 Democratic[12]
File:Alexander A. McCormick campaign poster circa 1912 (3x4).jpg Alexander A. McCormick 1912 1914 2 Progressive[13]
File:Peter Reinberg (1).jpeg Peter Reinberg 1914 1921 7 Democratic[13]
File:Daniel Ryan Sr. CE (1).jpg Daniel Ryan Sr. 1921 1922 1 Democratic
File:CERMAK, A.J. LCCN2016862438 (3x4).jpg Anton Cermak 1922 1931 8¼ Democratic
Emmett Whealan 1931 1934 3 Democratic[14]
Clayton F. Smith 1934 1946 12 Democratic[15]
William N. Erickson 1946 1954 8 Republican[16]
File:Dan Ryan Jr. 36609469452.jpg Dan Ryan Jr. 1954 1961 7¼ Democratic
John J. Duffy 1961 1962 ¾ Democratic[17]
File:Judge Seymour Simon.png Seymour Simon 1962 1966 1 4 Democratic[18]
File:Richard Ogilvie (3x4).jpg Richard B. Ogilvie 1966 January 1969 ¾ 3 Republican
File:George Dunne (72nd Illinois General Assembly).jpg 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
File:Toni Preckwinkle press conference 210226-Z-AZ071-3051 (1).jpg Toni Preckwinkle December 6, 2010 4* 15* Democratic

Recent election results

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Notes

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  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

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