Cook County Clerk

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Cook County Clerk
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Incumbent
Karen Yarbrough
since December 2018
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 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]

Officeholders, 1837–present

ClerkTerm in officePartyNotesCite
George Davis 1837–1849First 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 1872Died 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 1882Term 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. Flynn1935–1950 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–present Democratic Elected in 2018 and 2022

Recent election results

Cook County Clerk general elections
YearWinning candidatePartyVote (pct)OpponentPartyVote (pct)OpponentPartyVote (pct)OpponentPartyVote (pct)
1986 [6] Stanley Kusper Democratic 929,949 (68.35%) Diana Nelson Republican 430,568 (31.35%)
1990 [7] 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 [8] David D. OrrDemocratic988,136 (77.30%)Judie A. JonesRepublican290,256 (22.70%)
2002 [9] [10] David D. OrrDemocratic992,441 (76.11%)Kathleen A. ThomasRepublican311,552 (23.89%)
2006 [11] David D. OrrDemocratic1,034,263 (80.78%)Nancy CarlsonRepublican246,044 (19.22%)
2010 [12] David D. OrrDemocratic1,047,462 (77.77%)Angel GarciaRepublican299,449 (22.23%)
2014 [13] David D. OrrDemocratic1,061,515 (100%)
2018 [14] Karen Yarbrough Democratic1,415,244 (99.07%)Others Write-ins 13,120 (0.93%)
2022 [15] Karen YarbroughDemocratic1,003,854 (71.58%) Tony Peraica Republican368,095 (26.26%)Joseph Schreiner Libertarian 30,514 (2.18%)

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References

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  3. ↑ 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.
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  5. ↑ Hardy, Thomas (February 26, 1990). "STANLEY KUSPER HAS FEW REGRETS ABOUT PATH HIS CAREER HAS TAKEN". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
  6. ↑ "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1986" (PDF). voterinfo.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 3, 2008.
  7. ↑ "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1990" (PDF). voterinfo.net. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 3, 2008.
  8. ↑ "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1998" (PDF). results.cookcountyclerkil.gov.
  9. ↑ "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.
  10. ↑ "SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY RESULTS". voterinfonet.com. Cook County Clerk. Archived from the original on February 9, 2005.
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ "Cook County General Election November 2, 2010 Combined Summary Report" (PDF). Cook County Clerk's Office. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  13. ↑ "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.
  14. ↑ "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.
  15. ↑ "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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