Cook County Clerk

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Cook County Clerk
Incumbent
Monica Gordon
since December 2024
Term length4 years
FormationMarch 1831 (appointed position)
August 1837 (elected position)

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

History

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The office of Cook County Clerk was established in 1831, the year that Cook County, Illinois was created. For the first several years, the clerk was appointed by the three-member Cook County Board of Commissioners. This was changed, and it became an elected office with a four-year term in 1837, with the first election being held in August of that year.[1][2]

Officeholders

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# Clerk Term in office Party Notes Cite
1st William Lee 1831 Appointed in March 1831, resigned in December 1831 [2]
2nd
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 Richard J. Hamilton 1831–1837 Democratic Appointed to the office in December 1831 [2][3]
3rd George Davis 1837–1849 The first elected Cook County Clerk (first elected in August 1837) [1][2]
4th Edmund S. Kimberly 1849–1853 Elected in August and November 1849 [1]
5th
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 Charles B. Farwell 1853–1861 [1]
6th
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 Laurin P. Hilliard 1861–1865 [1]
7th
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 Edward S. Salomon 1865–November 1869 Republican [4][5]
8th
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 John G. Gindele 1869–January 1872 Died in office [1]
9th George W. Wheeler 1873–December 1873 [1]
10th
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 Hermann Lieb 1873–December 1877 [1]
11th
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 Ernest F.C. Klokke 1877–December 1882 Term extended, by law, for one year [1]
12th Michael W. Ryan 1882–December 1886 [1]
13th
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 Henry Wulff 1886–1894 Republican
14th
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 Philip Knopf 1894–1902 Republican
15th
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 Peter B. Olsen 1902–1906 Republican
16th
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 Joseph F. Haas 1906–1910 Republican [6]
17th
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 Robert Sweitzer December 1910–December 1934 Democratic Elected in 1910, 1914, 1918, 1922, 1926, 1930, 1934; resigned to serve as Cook County Treasurer in December 1934
18th Michael J. Flynn 1935–1950 Democratic Appointed in 1935; elected in 1938, 1942, 1946 [7]
19th
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 Richard J. Daley December 1950 – 1955 Democratic Elected in 1950 and 1954; resigned in 1955 to serve as mayor of Chicago
20th
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 Edward J. Barrett 1955–1973 Democratic Appointed in 1955; elected in 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970; resigned in 1973
21st Stanley Kusper 1973–December 1990 Democratic Appointed in 1973, elected in 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986 [8]
22nd
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 David Orr December 1990–December 2018 Democratic Elected in 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014
23rd
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 Karen Yarbrough December 2018–April 2024 Democratic Elected in 2018 and 2022; died in office in April 2024 [9]
– Cedric Giles
(acting) 		2024 Acting clerk
24th Monica Gordon December 2024–present Democratic Elected in 2024 [10]

Recent election results

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References

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