Cook County Clerk | |
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Incumbent Vacant since April 7, 2024 | |
Term length | 4 years |
Formation | March 1831 (appointed position) August 1837 (elected position) |
The Cook County Clerk is the clerk of county government in Cook County, Illinois.
The office of Cook County Clerk was established as an elected office with a four-year term in August 1837. Prior to this, from 1831 to 1837, the Clerk was appointed by the three Cook County Commissioners.[1]
Clerk | Term in office | Party | Notes | Cite | |
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George Davis | 1837–1849 | First elected Cook County Clerk | [1] | ||
Edmund S. Kimberly | 1849–1853 | [1] | |||
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Charles B. Farwell | 1853–1861 | [1] | ||
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Laurin P. Hilliard | 1861–1865 | [1] | ||
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Edward S. Salomon | 1865–November 1869 | Republican | [2][3] | |
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John G. Gindele | 1869–January 1872 | Died in office | [1] | |
George W. Wheeler | 1873–December 1873 | [1] | |||
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Hermann Lieb | 1873–December 1877 | [1] | ||
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Ernest F.C. Klokke | 1877–December 1882 | Term extended, by law, for one year | [1] | |
Michael W. Ryan | 1882–December 1886 | [1] | |||
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Henry Wulff | 1886–1894 | Republican | ||
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Philip Knopf | 1894–1902 | Republican | ||
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Peter B. Olsen | 1902–1906 | Republican | ||
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Joseph F. Haas | 1906–1910 | Republican | [4] | |
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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 | |
Michael J. Flynn | 1935–1950 | Democratic | Appointed in 1935; elected in 1938, 1942, 1946 | ||
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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 | |
Edward J. Barrett | 1955–1973 | Democratic | Appointed in 1955; elected in 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970; resigned in 1973 | ||
Stanley Kusper | 1973–December 1990 | Democratic | Appointed in 1973, elected in 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986 | [5] | |
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David Orr | December 1990–December 2018 | Democratic | Elected in 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 | |
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Karen Yarbrough | December 2018–April 2024 | Democratic | Elected in 2018 and 2022; died in office in April 2024 | [6] |