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Cook County Sheriff
Incumbent
Tom Dart
since December 2006
Term length4 years
Inaugural holderJohn H. Kinzie
Formation1831

The Cook County Sheriff is the sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, heading the Cook County Sheriff's Office.

Office description

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Terms are currently four-years in length.

Officeholders

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Sherriff Term in office Party Notes Cite
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John H. Kinzie 1831–1832 Appointed by governor John Reynolds [1][2]
Stephen R. Forbes 1832–1834 Cook County's first elected sheriff [2][3]
Silas W. Sherman 1834–1838 Democratic [4]
Isaac R. Gavin 1838–1840 Independent Democrat [4][5]
Ashbel Steele 1840–1842 [5]
Samuel J. Lowe 1842–1846 [5]
Isaac Cook 1846–1850 [5]
William L. Church 1850–1852 [5]
Cyrus Bradley 1852–1854 [5]
James Andrew 1854–1855 [5]
James Beach 1855–1856 (acting) [5]
John L. Wilson 1856–1858 [5]
John Gray 1859–1860 [5]
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Anton C. Hesing 1860–1862 Republican [5]
David Hammond 1862–1864 [5]
John A. Nelson 1864–1866 [5]
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John Lourie Beveridge 1866–1868 Republican [6][7]
Gustav Fischer 1868–1870 Absconded in 1869
Benjamin L. Cleaves 1870 Simultaneously ex officio Cook County Coroner [5]
Timothy Bradley 1870–1872 [8]
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Charles Kern 1872–1878 Democratic [8]
John Hoffman 1878–1880 Republican [8][9]
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Orrin L. Mann 1880–1882 Republican Elected in 1880 [10]
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Seth Hanchett 1882–1886 Republican [11][12]
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Canute R. Matson 1886–1890 Republican [8]
James H. Gilbert 1890–1894
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James Pease 1894–1898 Republican [13]
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Ernest Magerstadt 1899–1902 Republican
Thomas E. Barrett 1902–1906 Democratic [14][15][16]
File:Christopher Strassheim Portrait.png
Christopher Strassheim 1906–1910 Republican [16]
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Michael Zimmer 1910–1914 Democratic [16]
File:John E Traeger Portrait.png
John E. Traeger 1914–1918 Democratic [16]
File:Charles W. Peters (1).jpg
Charles W. Peters 1918–1922 Republican [1][16]
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Peter M. Hoffman December 1922–December 26, 1926 Republican [17][18][19]
File:Cook County Sheriff requesting troops to secure Chicago during its 1927 municipal general election (1).jpg Charles E. Graydon December 29, 1926–December 1928 [19]
File:John E Traeger Portrait.png
John E. Traeger December 3, 1928–December 1930 Democratic Had previously served as sheriff [20][21]
File:William D. Meyering in 1925 (1).jpg
William D. Meyering 1930–1934 Democratic [17][20]
John Toman 1934–1938 [20]
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Thomas J. O'Brien 1938–1942 Democratic [20]
A. L. Brodie 1942–1943 [20]
William J. Tuohy [22]
Elmer Michael Walsh 1946-1950 Republican Elected in 1946 [20]
John E. Babb 1950–1954 Republican [20][23]
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Joseph D. Lohman 1954–1958 Democrat [20][23]
Frank G. Sain 1958-1962 Democrat [20][24]
File:Richard B. Ogilvie.jpg
Richard B. Ogilvie 1962–1966 Republican [20]
Joseph I. Woods 1966–1970 Republican [20]
File:Richard Elrod, circa 1969 (3x4).jpg
Richard Elrod 1970–1986 Democratic [20]
James E. O'Grady 1986–1990 Republican Elected in 1986; lost reelection in 1990 [20]
Michael F. Sheahan 1990–2006 Democratic Elected in 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 [20]
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Tom Dart 2006–present Democratic Elected in 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 [20]

Election results

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References

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