President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners

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President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners
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Incumbent
Toni Preckwinkle
since December 6, 2010
Term length 4 years

The President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners is the chief executive of county government in Cook County, Illinois. [1] They are the head of the Cook County Board of Commissioners. The president is chosen in a county-wide general election for a 4-year term, without term limits, at the same time that the county elects single-district board members.

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Office description

Duties of the President include presenting a balanced budget to the Board for approval, as well as overseeing County Board meetings and the Bureaus of Offices Under the President. This grants them the ability to veto or approve ordinances and resolutions, as well as the ability to appoint certain employees to the Cook County administration, though they may need the consent of the Board to do so.

Additionally, the President must present an annual report to the Board on county affairs and its finances, which would require reports and an examination of Cook County administrative units, as well as their properties. The President is also able to enter into intergovernmental agreements as well as agreements with the private sector with the consent and advice of the Board. [1]

While the 1970 state constitution of Illinois permits all counties to directly-elect their chief executive, Cook County is the only county in Illinois that does so. [2]

Officeholders

President [3] [4] [note 1] Term startTerm endTermsYears Party
Henry B. Miller [4] 18721873
S. Ashton [4] 18731874
William R. Burdick [4] 18741875
A. B. Johnson [4] 18751876
Charles C. P. Holden [4] 18761877 Republican [5]
Henry Senne [4] December 1877December 1879
John Wesley Stewart [4] December 1879December 1880 Republican
D. B. Purington [4] 18801881
D. W. Clark [4] 18811882
Adam Ochs [4] 18821883 Democratic
Joseph Donnersberger18831884 Democratic
Henry Senne18841885
George C. Klehm18851887 Republican
J. Frank Aldrich 18871887 Republican
Henry C. Senne18871889 Republican [6]
George Edmanson18891890
Robert J. Smith18901891
John M. Green18911892
George Edmanson18921893
George Struckman18931894
Daniel D. Healy18941898
James C. Irwin18981900
John J. Hanberg19001902
Henry G. Foreman19021904 Republican [7]
Edward J. Brundage 19041907 Republican [8]
William Busse 19071910 Republican [9]
Peter Bartzen19101912 Democratic [10]
Alexander A. McCormick 19121914 Progressive [11]
Peter Reinberg 19141921 Democratic [11]
Daniel Ryan Sr. 19211922 Democratic
Anton Cermak 19221931 Democratic
Emmett Whealan19311934 Democratic [12]
Clayton F. Smith 19341946 Democratic [13]
William N. Erickson19461954 Republican [14]
Dan Ryan Jr. 19541961 Democratic
John J. Duffy19611962 Democratic [15]
Seymour Simon 1962196614 Democratic [16]
Richard B. Ogilvie 1966January 1969¾3 Republican
George Dunne January 1969December 19905¼21 Democratic
Richard Phelan December 1990December 199414 Democratic
John Stroger December 5, 1994August 1, 2006312 Democratic
Bobbie L. Steele August 1, 2006December 4, 2006 Democratic
Todd H. Stroger December 4, 2006December 6, 201014 Democratic
Toni Preckwinkle December 6, 20104*13* Democratic

Recent election results

President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners general elections
YearWinning candidatePartyVote (pct)OpponentPartyVote (pct)OpponentPartyVote (pct)OpponentPartyVote (pct)
1986 [17] George Dunne Democratic 808,126 (60.61%)Joseph D. Matthewson Republican 525,288 (39.39%)
1990 [18] Richard J. Phelan Democratic714,638 (55.65%) Aldo DeAngelis Republican405,771 (31.60%)Barbara J. Norman Harold Washington Party 163,817 (12.76%)
1994 John H. Stroger, Jr. DemocraticJoe MorrisRepublican Aloysius Majerczyk Harold Washington PartyJerome Carter Populist
1998 [19] John H. Stroger, Jr.Democratic834,972 (63.49%) Aurelia Marie Pucinski Republican480,191 (36.61%)
2002 [20] [21] John H. Stroger, Jr.Democratic901,679 (68.73%)Christopher A. BullockRepublican410,155 (31.27%)
2006 [22] Todd H. Stroger Democratic690,945 (53.68%) Tony Peraica Republican596,212 (46.32%)
2010 [23] Toni Preckwinkle Democratic939,056 (69.54%) Roger A. Keats Republican357,070 (26.44%)Thomas Tresser Green 54,273 (4.02%)
2014 [24] Toni PreckwinkleDemocratic1,072,886 (100%)
2018 [25] Toni PreckwinkleDemocratic1,355,407 (96.11%)Others Write-ins 54,917 (3.89%)
2022 [26] Toni PreckwinkleDemocratic967,062 (68.54%) Bob Fioretti Republican399,339 (28.30%)Thea Tsatsos Libertarian 44,615 (3.16%)

Notes

  1. ↑ The History of Cook County (1884) and contemporaneous newspapers describe the position as "chairman" in the 1870s, and it was elected by the members of the county board (rather than by the voters of the county) until at least 1880. Around 1881, descriptions of the office as "president" began to be published. By (at latest) the county's November 1887 election, it became a county-wide popularly-elected office.

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References

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  2. ↑ "Illinois Regional Archives Depository (IRAD) System Illinois State Archives". Illinois Secretary of State. Retrieved December 3, 2024.
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