Cook County Treasurer

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

The Cook County treasurer looks over the second-largest system of property tax collection and distribution in the United States. The office was created in 1831, and since 1835 has been an elected role. Its elected terms were two years in length at first.

As of 2022, the salary paid to the elected Cook County treasurer is $115,500.

List of treasurers
TreasurerTerm in officePartyNotesCite center|frameless|133x133px Archibald Clybourn March 1831–March 1834     Isaac Harmon March 1834–March 1835     Henry Kimball March 1835–March 1836  The first elected Treasurer   Samuel J. Trowbridge March 1836–June 1837     Edward E. Hunter June 1837–May 1838    133x133px John Calhoun May 1838–June 1839     Nathan H. Bolles June 1839–October 1839     Isaac Cook October 1839–August 1843     Anton Getzler August 1843–August 1847     William L. Church August 1847–November 1849     James Long November 1849–November 1851     Horatio N. Heald 1851–1855     Michael Gleason 1855–1857     Augustus H. Boyden 1857–1861    center|frameless|133x133px Jacob Rehm 1861–1865     Jesse M. Allen 1865–1867     Thomas O. Osborn November 1867–1869     H.S. Rexford 1869–1871    center|frameless|133x133px Julian Sidney Rumsey 1871–1873 Republican    Henry B. Miller 1873–1875     Louis C. Huck 1875–1877     S.H. McCrea 1877–1879     William T. Johnson 1879–1882     William C. Seipp 1882–1886 Democratic                                       John R. Thompson ____–1910 Republican   center|frameless|133x133px W. L. O'Connell 1910–____ Democratic                center|frameless|133x133px  H. R. Gibbons December 1918–April 19, 1921 Democratic Elected in 1918; died in office  center|frameless|133x133px Patrick J. Carr April 20, 1921–____  Appointed by Cook County Board of Commissioners on April 20, 1921        center|frameless|133x133px George F. Harding Jr. 1926–30     Joseph McDonough 1930–1934  Elected in 1930; died in office         center|frameless|133x133px Robert Sweitzer December 4, 1934–1935 Democratic Elected in 1934, removed from office by vote of the Cook County Board of Commissioners in 1935   Joseph L. Gill 1935–??? Democratic Appointed in 1935   Louis E. Nelson  Republican          Herbert C. Paschen 1954–1958 Democratic    Francis S. Lorenz 1958–September 1961 Democratic Elected in 1958; resigned to accept appointment as Illinois Treasurer  'Illinois Blue Book 1961-1962,' Biographical Sketch of Francis S. Lorenz, pg. 106-107'Retired Illinois appeals Judge Francis S. Lorenz dies at age 93-Public service career includes Chicago city lawyer, Cook County treasurer and state transportation chief,' Chicago Tribune, Mary Owens, July 2, 2008        Bernard J. Korzen     Edward J. Rosewell December 1974–December 1998 Democratic Elected in 1974, 1988, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994  center|frameless|133x133pxMaria Pappas December 1998–present Democratic Elected in 1998, 2002, 2006, 2019, 2014, 2018, 2022

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