Cook County Clerk

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Cook County Clerk
Incumbent
Monica Gordon
since December 2024
Term length 4 years
FormationMarch 1831 (appointed position)
August 1837 (elected position)

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

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History

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

#ClerkTerm in officePartyNotesCite
1stWilliam Lee1831Appointed 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 1837–1849The first elected Cook County Clerk (first elected in August 1837) [1] [2]
4th Edmund S. Kimberly 1849–1853Elected 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 1872Died 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 1882Term 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
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 [7]
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 [8]
–Cedric Giles
(acting)		2024Acting clerk
24th Monica Gordon December 2024–present Democratic Elected in 2024 [9]

Recent election results

Cook County Clerk general elections
YearWinning candidatePartyVote (pct)OpponentPartyVote (pct)OpponentPartyVote (pct)OpponentPartyVote (pct)
1986 [10] Stanley Kusper Democratic 929,949 (68.35%) Diana Nelson Republican 430,568 (31.35%)
1990 [11] David D. Orr Democratic799,884 (63.48%)Sam PanayotovichRepublican353,531 (28.06%)Heldia R. Richardson Harold Washington Party 106,588 (8.46%)
1994 David D. OrrDemocraticEdward HowlettRepublicanHerman W. Baker, Jr.Harold Washington PartyCurtis Jones Populist
1998 [12] David D. OrrDemocratic988,136 (77.30%)Judie A. JonesRepublican290,256 (22.70%)
2002 [13] [14] David D. OrrDemocratic992,441 (76.11%)Kathleen A. ThomasRepublican311,552 (23.89%)
2006 [15] David D. OrrDemocratic1,034,263 (80.78%)Nancy CarlsonRepublican246,044 (19.22%)
2010 [16] David D. OrrDemocratic1,047,462 (77.77%)Angel GarciaRepublican299,449 (22.23%)
2014 [17] David D. OrrDemocratic1,061,515 (100%)
2018 [18] Karen Yarbrough Democratic1,415,244 (99.07%)Others Write-ins 13,120 (0.93%)
2022 [19] Karen YarbroughDemocratic1,003,854 (71.58%) Tony Peraica Republican368,095 (26.26%)Joseph Schreiner Libertarian 30,514 (2.18%)
2024

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 History of Chicago: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Chicago: A.T. Andreas. 1886.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Officers of Cook County The Names of Officer-Holders from the Beginning" . Chicago Tribune. December 12, 1867. Retrieved February 5, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Papers Of Abraham Lincoln". Papers of Abraham Lincoln. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  4. ↑ Andreas, Alfred Theodore (1885). From 1857 until the fire of 1871. A. T. Andreas. p. 235. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
  5. ↑ Benjaminson, Eric (2001). "A Regiment of Immigrants: The 82nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry and the Letters of Captain Rudolph Mueller". Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society. 94 (2): 137–180. ISSN   1522-1067. JSTOR   40193360 . Retrieved December 26, 2020.
  6. ↑ Chicago Daily News National Almanac for 1910. Chicago Daily News. 1909. p. 459. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  7. ↑ Hardy, Thomas (February 26, 1990). "STANLEY KUSPER HAS FEW REGRETS ABOUT PATH HIS CAREER HAS TAKEN". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  8. ↑ Lewis, Sean; Smith, Andrew (April 7, 2024). "Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough dies at 73". WGN 9. Retrieved April 7, 2024.
  9. ↑ Nolan, Mike (January 11, 2025). "Harvey Park District Director Named to Replace Monica Gordon on Cook County Board". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 12, 2025.
  10. ↑ "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1986" (PDF). voterinfo.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 3, 2008.
  11. ↑ "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1990" (PDF). voterinfo.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 3, 2008.
  12. ↑ "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1998" (PDF). results.cookcountyclerkil.gov.
  13. ↑ "TABULATED STATEMENT OF THE RETURNS AND PROCLAMATION OF THE RESULTS OF THE CANVASS OF THE ELECTION RETURNS FOR THE GENERAL ELECTION HELD IN EACH OF THE PRECINCTS IN ALL THE WARDS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2002 A.D." (PDF). Chicago Board of Election Commissioners. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  14. ↑ "SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY RESULTS". voterinfonet.com. Cook County Clerk. Archived from the original on February 9, 2005.
  15. ↑ "Cook County and the City of Chicago Combined Summary Report November 2006 General Election Tuesday, November 7th, 2006" (PDF). Cook County Clerk's Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 22, 2021. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  16. ↑ "Cook County General Election November 2, 2010 Combined Summary Report" (PDF). Cook County Clerk's Office. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  17. ↑ "General Election Cook County and The City of Chicago Tuesday, November 4, 2014 Combined Summary" (PDF). Cook County Clerk's Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 28, 2022. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  18. ↑ "Cook County and The City of Chicago General Election November 6, 2018 Combined Summary" (PDF). Cook County Clerk's Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 8, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  19. ↑ "Tabulated Statement of the Returns and Proclamation of the Results of the Canvass of the Election Returns for the November 8, 2022 Gubernatorial General Election Held in Each of the Precincts in Cook County, Illinois Including the City of Chicago" (PDF). www.cookcountyclerkil.gov. Cook County Clerk. 2022. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
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