Cook County Board of Commissioners

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Cook County Board of Commissioners
Type
Type
Leadership
Toni Preckwinkle
since December 6, 2010
Structure
Seats17
Cook County Board of Commissioners Composition.svg
Political groups
Majority
  •   Democratic (15)

Minority

Vacant

  •   Vacant (1)
Length of term
4 years
Elections
Last election
 2022
Next election
 2026
Meeting place
City Hall-County Building
118 N Clark St
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Website
Official website

The Cook County Board of Commissioners is a legislative body made up of 17 commissioners who are elected by district, and a president who is elected county-wide, all for four-year terms. Cook County, which includes the City of Chicago, is the United States' second-largest county with a population of 5.2 million residents. The county board sets policy and laws for the county regarding property, public health services, public safety, and maintenance of county highways. [1] It is presided over by its president and the county's chief executive, currently Toni Preckwinkle.

Contents

The commissioners, president, and county clerk (who serves as clerk of the board), hold the same offices ex officio on the separate governmental taxing body, the Cook County Forest Preserve District Board of Commissioners.

History

October 8, 2013 meeting of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Blagica Bottigliero Speaks to the Cook County Board, Which Looks On - 10550581603.jpg
October 8, 2013 meeting of the Cook County Board of Commissioners

Until 1870, Cook County had been governed under the "township supervisor" system, under which each Chicago ward elected a supervisor, and each township elected one or more as well depending on population, creating a board of 50 members, less than half from Chicago. In the wake of a scandal involving then board chairman J. J. Kearney (who was eventually unseated and expelled from the board), the new commission was created pursuant to an amendment to the state constitution, initially with ten Chicago commissioners elected from groups of wards within the city, and five members elected from groups of townships outside the city, presided over by a chairman elected by the board from among their own number. The commissioners were elected for three-year terms, on a staggered basis. The first meeting of the new board took place December 4, 1871; they elected businessman and Civil War general Julius White of Evanston as their chairman. [2]

Elections

The board's seventeen commissioners are elected from individual constituencies for four year terms, with elections for all constituencies held during United States midterm elections. [3] Its president is elected at-large to a four-year term in elections held during United States midterm elections.

Up through 1990, commissioners were elected through two sets of elections, one held in Chicago to elect ten commissioners and another held in suburban Cook County to elect the remaining seven commissioners. In 1994, the board switched to having commissioners elected from individual constituencies. [4]

Commissioners

Graph of the progression of the partisan seat share won at each election since 1986 Partisan seat share won in Cook County Board of Commissioners elections (1986-2022).pdf
Graph of the progression of the partisan seat share won at each election since 1986

Current

This is a list of the Cook County Commissioners in order by district. This list is current as of December 2022.

DistrictCommissionerResidenceStartParty
President
(at large)		 Toni Preckwinkle Chicago2010Democratic
1 Tara Stamps Chicago2023Democratic
2 VacantChicago
3 Bill Lowry Chicago2018Democratic
4 Stanley Moore Chicago2013Democratic
5 Monica Gordon Chicago Heights2022Democratic
6 Donna Miller Lynwood 2018Democratic
7 Alma Anaya Chicago2018Democratic
8 Anthony Quezada Chicago2022Democratic
9 Maggie Trevor Rolling Meadows2022Democratic
10 Bridget Gainer Chicago2009Democratic
11 John Daley Chicago1992Democratic
12 Bridget Degnen Chicago2018Democratic
13 Josina Morita Skokie 2022Democratic
14 Scott Britton Glenview 2018Democratic
15 Kevin Morrison Mount Prospect 2018Democratic
16 Frank Aguilar Cicero 2020Democratic
17 Sean Morrison Palos Park 2015Republican

Past

Before 1994

Individuals who, before 1994, served as president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners included J. Frank Aldrich, Edward J. Brundage, Anton Cermak, George Dunne, Richard B. Ogilvie, Richard Phelan, Dan Ryan Jr. Charles C. P. Holden, and Seymour Simon. The first county board chairman (a role which preceded the creation of the president position) was Julius White. [5]

Individuals who served as commissioners before the move to individual constituencies in 1994 included Charles Bernardini, George Marquis Bogue, Charles S. Bonk, Jerry Butler, Allan C. Carr, Carl R. Chindblom, John P. Daley, Danny K. Davis, Oscar Stanton De Priest, Marco Domico, Martin Emerich, Carter Harrison Sr., John Humphrey, John Jones, Walter J. LaBuy, Ted Lechowicz, Maria Pappas, Lillian Piotrowski, Herb Schumann, Harry H. Semrow, Francis Cornwall Sherman, Seymour Simon, Horace M. Singer, Bobbie L. Steele, Alanson Sweet, William Hale Thompson, and Jill Zwick.

Since 1994

Members serving (by term)
TermMembers
1994–1998

President: John Stroger (D)
1st district: Danny Davis (D)
2nd district: Bobbie L. Steele (D)
3rd district: Jerry Butler (D)
4th district: John Stroger (D)
5th district: Deborah Sims (D)
6th district: Barclav "Bud" Fleming (R)
7th district: Joseph Mario Moreno (D)
8th district: Roberto Maldonado (D)
9th district: Peter N. Silvestri (R)
10th district: Maria Pappas (D)
11th district: John P. Daley (D)
12th district: Ted Lechowicz (D)
13th district: Calvin Sutker (D)
14th district: Richard Seibel (R)
15th district: Carl R. Hansen (R)
16th district: Allan C. Carr (R)
17th district: Herb Schumann (R)

1998–2002

President: John Stroger (D)
1st district: Danny Davis (D) through Jan. 1999; Darlena Williams–Burnett (D) beginning in 1999
2nd district: Bobbie L. Steele (D)
3rd district: Jerry Butler (D)
4th district: John Stroger (D)
5th district: Deborah Sims (D)
6h district: William Moran (D)
7th district: Joseph Mario Moreno (D)
8th district: Roberto Maldonado (D)
9th district: Peter N. Silvestri (R)
10th district: Mike Quigley (D)
11th district: John P. Daley (D)
12th district: Ted Lechowicz (D)
13th district: Calvin Sutker (D)
14th district: Gregg Goslin (R)
15th district: Carl R. Hansen (R)
16th district: Allan C. Carr (R)
17th district: Herb Schumann (R)

2002–2006

President: John Stroger (D) through Aug. 2006; Bobbie L. Steele (D) beginning in Aug. 2006
1st district: Earlean Collins (D)
2nd district: Bobbie L. Steele (D)
3rd district: Jerry Butler (D)
4th district: John Stroger (D) through Nov. 2006; William Beavers (D) beginning in Nov. 2006
5th district: Deborah Sims (D)
6th district: Joan Patricia Murphy (D)
7th district: Joseph Mario Moreno (D)
8th district: Roberto Maldonado (D)
9th district: Peter N. Silvestri (R)
10th district: Mike Quigley (D)
11th district: John P. Daley (D)
12th district: Forrest Claypool (D)
13th district: Larry Suffredin (D)
15th district: Gregg Goslin (R)
15th district: Carl R. Hansen (R)
16th district: Tony Peraica (R)
17th district: Elizabeth Ann Doody Gorman (R)

2006–2010

President: Todd Stroger
1st district: Earlean Collins (D)
2nd district: Robert Steele (D)
3rd district: Jerry Butler (D)
4th district: William Beavers (D)
5th district: Deborah Sims (D)
6th district: Joan Patricia Murphy (D)
7th district: Joseph Mario Moreno (D)
8th district: Roberto Maldonado (D) through Aug. 2009; Edwin Reyes (D) since Aug. 2009
9th district: Peter N. Silvestri (R)
10th district: Mike Quigley (D) through Apr. 2009; Bridget Gainer (D) since Apr. 2009
11th district: John P. Daley (D)
12th district: Forrest Claypool (D)
13th district: Larry Suffredin(D)
14th district: Gregg Goslin (R)
15th district: Tim Schneider (R)
16th district: Tony Peraica (R)
17th district: Elizabeth Ann Doody Gorman (R)

2010–2014

President: Toni Preckwinkle (D)
1st district: Earlean Collins (D)
2nd district: Robert Steele (D)
3rd district: Jerry Butler (D)
4th district: William Beavers (D) through Mar. 2013; Stanley Moore (D) beginning in Apr. 2013
5th district: Deborah Sims (D)
6th district: Joan Patricia Murphy (D)
7th district: Chuy García (D)
8th district: Edwin Reyes (D)
9th district: Peter N. Silvestri (R)
10th district: Bridget Gainer (D)
11th district: John P. Daley (D)
12th district: John Fritchey (D)
13th district: Larry Suffredin (D)
14th district: Gregg Goslin (R)
15th district: Tim Schneider (R)
16th district: Jeff Tobolski (D)
17th district: Elizabeth Ann Doody Gorman (R)

2014–2018

President: Toni Preckwinkle (D)
1st district: Richard Boykin (D)
2nd district: Robert Steele (D) through Jun. 2017; Dennis Deer (D) beginning in Jul. 2017
3rd district: Jerry Butler (D)
4th district: Stanley Moore (D)
5th district: Deborah Sims (D)
6th district: Joan Patricia Murphy (D) through Sep. 2016; Edward Moody (D) beginning in Oct. 2016
7th district: Chuy García (D)
8th district: Luis Arroyo Jr. (D)
9th district: Peter N. Silvestri (R)
10th district: Bridget Gainer (D)
11th district: John P. Daley (D)
12th district: John Fritchey (D)
13th district: Larry Suffredin (D)
14th district: Gregg Goslin (R)
15th district: Tim Schneider (R)
16th district: Jeff Tobolski (D)
17th district: Elizabeth Ann Doody Gorman (R) through Jul. 2015; Sean M. Morrison (R) beginning in Jul. 2015

2018–2022

President: Toni Preckwinkle (D)
1st district: Brandon Johnson (D)
2nd district: Dennis Deer (D)
3rd district: Bill Lowry (D)
4th district: Stanley Moore (D)
5th district: Deborah Sims (D)
6th district: Donna Miller (D)
7th district: Alma E. Anya (D)
8th district: Luis Arroyo Jr. (D)
9th district: Peter N. Silvestri (R)
10th district: Bridget Gainer (D)
11th district: John P. Daley (D)
12th district: Bridget Degenen (D)
13th district: Larry Suffredin (D)
14th district: Scott R. Britton (D)
15th district: Kevin B. Morrison (D)
16th district: Jeff Tobolski (D) until Mar. 2020; Frank Aguilar (D) since Apr. 2020
17th district: Sean M. Morrison (R)

2022–present

President: Toni Preckwinkle (D)
1st district: Brandon Johnson (D) through May 2023; Tara Stamps (D) beginning in Jun. 2023
2nd district: Dennis Deer (D)
3rd district: Bill Lowry (D)
4th district: Stanley Moore (D)
5th district: Monica Gordon (D)
6th district: Donna Miller (D)
7th district: Alma E. Anya (D)
8th district: Anthony Quezada (D)
9th district: Maggie Tevor (D)
10th district: Bridget Gainer (D)
11th district: John P. Daley (D)
12th district: Bridget Degenen (D)
13th district: Josina Morita (D)
14th district: Scott R. Britton (D)
15th district: Kevin B. Morrison (D)
16th district: Frank Aguilar (D)
17th district: Sean M. Morrison (R)

1st district
NamePartyTenureTerms served
Danny Davis DemocraticDec. 1994–Jan. 1997½ term
Darlena Williams-BurnettDemocratic1997–Dec. 1998½ term
Earlean Collins DemocraticDec. 1998–Dec. 20144 terms
Richard Boykin DemocraticDec. 2014–Dec. 20181 term
Brandon JohnsonDemocraticDec. 2018–May 20231⅓ terms
Tara StampsDemocraticJune 2023–present
2nd district
NamePartyTenureTerms served
Bobbie L. Steele DemocraticDec. 1994–Dec. 20063 terms
Robert Steele DemocraticDec. 2006–Jun. 2017
Dennis Deer DemocraticJul. 2017–present
3rd district
NamePartyTenureTerms served
Jerry Butler DemocraticDec. 1994–Dec. 20186 terms
Bill LowryDemocraticDec. 2018–present
4th district
NamePartyTenureTerms servedNotes
John Stroger DemocraticDec. 1994–Aug. 20063 termsAlso coincidingly served as board president
William Beavers DemocraticNov. 2006–March 2013
Stanley Moore DemocraticApr. 2013–present
5th district
NamePartyTenureTerms served
Deborah SimsDemocraticDec. 1994–Dec. 20227 terms
Monica GordonDemocraticDec. 2022–present
6th district
NamePartyTenureTerms served
Barclav "Bud" FlemingRepublicanDec. 1994–Dec. 19981 term
William MoranDemocraticDec. 1998–Dec. 20021 term
Joan Patricia Murphy DemocraticDec. 2002–Sep. 20163½ terms
Edward Moody DemocraticOct. 2016–Dec. 2018½ term
Donna Miller DemocraticDec. 2018–present
7th district
NamePartyTenureTerms served
Joseph Mario Moreno DemocraticDec. 1994–Dec. 20104 terms
Chuy García DemocraticDec. 2010–Dec. 20182 terms
Alma E. AnyaDemocraticDec. 2018–present
8th district
NamePartyTenureTerms served
Roberto Maldonado DemocraticDec. 1994–Aug. 2009
Edwin Reyes DemocraticAug. 2009–Dec. 2014
Luis Arroyo Jr. DemocraticDec. 2014–Dec. 20223 terms
Anthony QuezadaDemocraticDec. 2022–present
9th district
NamePartyTenureTerms served
Peter N. Silvestri RepublicanDec. 1994–present
10th district
NamePartyTenureTerms served
Peter N. Silvestri RepublicanDec. 1994–20227 terms
Maggie TrevorDemocraticDec. 2022–present
11th district
NamePartyTenureTerms served
John P. Daley DemocraticDec. 1994–present
12th district
NamePartyTenureTerms served
Ted Lechowicz DemocraticDec. 1994–Dec. 20022 terms
Forrest Claypool DemocraticDec. 2002–Dec. 20102 terms
John Fritchey DemocraticDec. 2010–Dec. 20182 terms
Bridget DegnenDemocraticDec. 2018–present
13th district
NamePartyTenureTerms served
Calvin Sutker DemocraticDec. 1994–Dec. 20022 terms
Larry Suffredin DemocraticDec. 2002–Dec. 20225 terms
Josina Morita DemocraticDec. 2022–present
1rth district
NamePartyTenureTerms served
Richard SeibelRepublicanDec. 1994–Dec. 20021 term
Gregg Goslin RepublicanDec. 1998–Dec. 20185 terms
Scott R. Britton DemocraticDec. 2018–present
15th district
NamePartyTenureTerms served
Carl R. HansenRepublicanDec. 1994–Dec. 20063 terms
Tim Schneider RepublicanDec. 2006–Dec. 20183 terms
Kevin B. MorrisonDemocraticDec. 2018–present
16th district
NamePartyTenureTerms served
Allan C. Carr RepublicanDec. 1994–Dec. 20022 terms
Tony Peraica RepublicanDec. 2002–Dec. 20102 terms
Jeff Tobolski DemocraticDec. 2010–Mar. 2020
Frank Aguilar DemocraticAug. 2020–present
17th district
NamePartyTenureTerms served
Herb Schumann RepublicanDec. 1994–Dec. 20022 terms
Elizabeth Ann Doody Gorman RepublicanDec. 2002–Jul. 20, 2015
Sean M. Morrison RepublicanJul. 2015–present

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References

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  2. ↑ Johnson, Charles B. Growth of Cook County Vol. 1: A History of the Large Lake-Shore County That Includes Chicago Chicago: Board of Commissioners of Cook County, Ill., 1960; pp. 91-101
  3. ↑ "Municipal elections in Cook County, Illinois (2020)". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "Choices for Cook County Board". Chicago Tribune. 22 October 1998. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  5. ↑ "Cook County, Illinois - Secretary of the Board". legacy.cookcountyil.gov. Office of the Secretary to the Board of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
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