Cook County Clerk | |
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Term length | 4 years |
Inaugural holder | J.L. Jacobs |
Formation | 1932 |
The Cook County Assessor is the assessor and county government officer of Cook County, Illinois.
Before the creation of the position of Cook County Assessor in 1932, the Cook County Board of Assessors completed assessments in Cook County. [1] The Board of Assessors had been created after a law passed by the Illinois General Assembly on February 25, 1898 created a Board of Assessors in counties with 125,000 or more inhabitants. [1] The board had five members, with a rule that no more than four could reside in the same city. [1]
After an apparent fourteen-month delay in determining the 1931 assessment, it was decided that the structure of assessment in Cook County, with a five-member board of assessors and three-member Cook County Board of Review, needed to be restructured. [1]
On February 13, 1932, the Illinois General Assembly passed a law that in counties of 250,000 or more, the governor and the presidents of those counties' board of commissioners would appoint an Assessor to hold office until either the first Monday in December 1932, or until a successor could otherwise be elected. [1]
The first election for the office of Cook County Assessor took place in November 1934 for a four-year term. [1] The Board of Assessors was disestablished once the new assessor took office. [1]
Asessor | Term in office | Party | Notes | Cite | |
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J.L. Jacobs | 1932–1934 | Appointed in 1932 | [1] | ||
John S. Clark | 1934–1954 | Elected in 1934, 1938, 1942, 1946, 1950 | [1] | ||
Frank Keenan | 1954–1958 | Elected in 1954 | [1] | ||
John McGuane | 1958–1958 | [1] | |||
P.J. Cullerton | 1958–1974 | Democratic | [1] | ||
Thomas M. Tully | 1974–1978 | [1] | |||
Thomas C. Hynes | 1978–1997 | Democratic | Elected in 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994; resigned in 1997 | [1] [2] | |
James Houlihan | 1997–2010 | Democratic | Appointed in 1997; elected in 1998, 2002, 2006 | [1] [2] | |
![]() | Joseph Berrios | December 6, 2010–December 3, 2018 | Democratic | Elected in 2010 and 2014; lost reelection in 2018 | [1] |
![]() | Fritz Kaegi | December 3, 2018–present | Democratic | Elected in 2018 and 2022 | [1] |
The Cook County state's attorney functions as the state of Illinois's district attorney for Cook County, Illinois, and heads the second-largest prosecutor's office in the United States. The office has over 700 attorneys and 1,100 employees. In addition to direct criminal prosecution, the state's attorney's office files legal actions to enforce child support orders, protect consumers and the elderly from exploitation, and assist thousands of victims of domestic violence every year.
The Cook County Sheriff is the sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, heading the Cook County Sheriff's Office.
The Cook County Treasurer is the treasurer of county government in Cook County, Illinois
Cook County Board of Commissioners 15th district is an electoral district for the Cook County Board of Commissioners. It is currently represented by Kevin B. Morrison, a Democrat.
Cook County Board of Commissioners 13th district is a single-member electoral district for the Cook County Board of Commissioners. It is currently represented by Josina Morita, a Democrat.
Cook County Board of Commissioners 12th district is a single-member electoral district for the Cook County Board of Commissioners. The district is located entirely within the municipal boundaries of the city of Chicago. It is currently represented by Bridget Degnen, a Democrat.
Cook County Board of Commissioners 11th district is a single-member electoral district for the Cook County Board of Commissioners. Since its inception in 1994, the district has been represented by John P. Daley, a Democrat.
Cook County Board of Commissioners 10th district is a single-member electoral district for the Cook County Board of Commissioners. The district is located entirely within the municipal boundaries of the city of Chicago. It is currently represented by Bridget Gainer, a Democrat.
Cook County Board of Commissioners 9th district is a single-member electoral district for the Cook County Board of Commissioners. The district represents areas of suburban Cook County. It is currently represented by Maggie Tevor, a Democrat.
Cook County Board of Commissioners 8th district is a single-member electoral district for the Cook County Board of Commissioners. It is currently represented by Anthony Quezada, a Democrat.
Cook County Board of Commissioners 7th district is a single-member electoral district for the Cook County Board of Commissioners. It is currently represented by Alma E. Anaya, a Democrat.
Cook County Board of Commissioners 6th district is a single-member electoral district for the Cook County Board of Commissioners. It is currently represented by Donna Miller, a Democrat.
Cook County Board of Commissioners 4th district is a single-member electoral district for the Cook County Board of Commissioners. It is currently represented by Stanley Moore, a Democrat.
Cook County Board of Commissioners 2nd district is a single-member electoral district for the Cook County Board of Commissioners. It is currently represented by Dennis Deer, a Democrat.
Cook County Board of Commissioners 3rd district is a single-member electoral district for the Cook County Board of Commissioners. It is currently represented by Bill Lowry, a Democrat.
The President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners is the chief executive of county government in Cook County, Illinois. They are the head of the Cook County Board of Commissioners.
The Cook County Clerk is the clerk of county government in Cook County, Illinois.
The Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County is the clerk of Circuit Court of Cook County, located in Cook County, Illinois.
The Cook County Recorder of Deeds was the recorder of deeds of county government in Cook County, Illinois until the position's abolishment in 2020.
James Houlihan is an American politician who served as Cook County assessor from 1997 to 2010 and as an Illinois state representative from 1973 to 1979.