List of presidents of the Cook County Board of Commissioners

The President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners is the chief executive of county government in Cook County, Illinois. 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.

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 PresidentThe 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. Term start Term end Terms  Years  Party100pxJulius WhiteJohnson, 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. 100-10118711872 1 1 Henry B. Miller 1872 1873 1 1   S. Ashton 1873 1874 1 1   William R. Burdick 1874 1875 1 1   A. B. Johnson 1875 1876 1 1   100px Charles C. P. Holden 1876 1877 1 1  Republican Henry Senne December 1877 December 1879 2 2   100px John Wesley Stewart December 1879 December 1880 1 1  Republican D. B. Purington 1880 1881 1 1   D. W. Clark 1881 1882 1 1   Adam Ochs 1882 1883 1 1  Democratic 100px Joseph Donnersberger 1883 1884 1 1  Democratic Henry Senne 1884 1885 1 1   100px George C. Klehm 1885 1887 2 2  Republican 100px J. Frank Aldrich 1887 1887    Republican Henry C. Senne 1887 1889    Republican George Edmanson 1889 1890 1 1  Robert J. Smith 1890 1891 1 1  John M. Green 1891 1892 1 1  George Edmanson 1892 1893 1 1  George Struckman 1893 1894 1 1  Daniel D. Healy 1894 1898  4  James C. Irwin 1898 1900  2  John J. Hanberg 1900 1902  2  Henry G. Foreman 1902 1904  2  Republican 100pxEdward J. Brundage 1904 1907  3  Republican 100px William Busse 1907 1910  3  Republican Peter Bartzen 1910 1912  2  Democratic 100px Alexander A. McCormick 1912 1914 2  Progressive 100px Peter Reinberg 1914 1921  7  Democratic 100px Daniel Ryan Sr. 1921 1922   1  Democratic 100px Anton Cermak 1922 1931   8¼  Democratic Emmett Whealan  1931 1934   3  Democratic  Clayton F. Smith  1934 1946   12  Democratic William N. Erickson  1946 1954  8  Republican 100px Dan Ryan Jr.  1954 1961   7¼  Democratic John J. Duffy  1961 1962   ¾  Democratic 100px Seymour Simon  1962 1966 1 4  Democratic 100px Richard B. Ogilvie  1966 January 1969 ¾   3  Republican 100px George Dunne  January 1969 December 1990 5¼  21  Democratic Richard Phelan  December 1990 December 1994 1 4  Democratic John Stroger  December 5, 1994 August 1, 2006    Democratic Bobbie L. Steele  August 1, 2006 December 4, 2006    Democratic Todd Stroger  December 4, 2006 December 6, 2010 1  4  Democratic 100px Toni Preckwinkle  December 6, 2010  4* 15*  Democratic

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