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]
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The Cook County Clerk is the clerk of county government in Cook County Illinois Cook County ClerkIncumbentVacantsince April 7 2024Term length4 yearsFormationMarch 1831 appointed position August 1837 elected position Contents 1 History 2 Officeholders 1837 present 3 Recent election results 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe 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 editClerk Term in office Party Notes CiteGeorge Davis 1837 1849 First elected Cook County Clerk 1 Edmund S Kimberly 1849 1853 1 nbsp Charles B Farwell 1853 1861 1 nbsp Laurin P Hilliard 1861 1865 1 nbsp Edward S Salomon 1865 November 1869 Republican 2 3 nbsp John G Gindele 1869 January 1872 Died in office 1 George W Wheeler 1873 December 1873 1 nbsp Hermann Lieb 1873 December 1877 1 nbsp Ernest F C Klokke 1877 December 1882 Term extended by law for one year 1 Michael W Ryan 1882 December 1886 1 nbsp Henry Wulff 1886 1894 Republican nbsp Philip Knopf 1894 1902 Republican nbsp Peter B Olsen 1902 1906 Republican nbsp Joseph F Haas 1906 1910 Republican 4 nbsp 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 1934Michael J Flynn 1935 1950 Democratic Appointed in 1935 elected in 1938 1942 1946 nbsp Richard J Daley December 1950 1955 Democratic Elected in 1950 and 1954 resigned in 1955 to serve as mayor of ChicagoEdward J Barrett 1955 1973 Democratic Appointed in 1955 elected in 1958 1962 1966 1970 resigned in 1973Stanley Kusper 1973 December 1990 Democratic Appointed in 1973 elected in 1974 1978 1982 1986 5 nbsp David Orr December 1990 December 2018 Democratic Elected in 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 nbsp Karen Yarbrough December 2018 April 2024 Democratic Elected in 2018 and 2022 died in office in April 2024 6 Recent election results editCook County Clerk general electionsYear Winning candidate Party Vote pct Opponent Party Vote pct Opponent Party Vote pct Opponent Party Vote pct 1986 7 Stanley Kusper Democratic 929 949 68 35 Diana Nelson Republican 430 568 31 35 1990 8 David D Orr Democratic 799 884 63 48 Sam Panayotovich Republican 353 531 28 06 Heldia R Richardson Harold Washington Party 106 588 8 46 1994 David D Orr Democratic Edward Howlett Republican Herman W Baker Jr Harold Washington Party Curtis Jones Populist1998 9 David D Orr Democratic 988 136 77 30 Judie A Jones Republican 290 256 22 70 2002 10 11 David D Orr Democratic 992 441 76 11 Kathleen A Thomas Republican 311 552 23 89 2006 12 David D Orr Democratic 1 034 263 80 78 Nancy Carlson Republican 246 044 19 22 2010 13 David D Orr Democratic 1 047 462 77 77 Angel Garcia Republican 299 449 22 23 2014 14 David D Orr Democratic 1 061 515 100 2018 15 Karen Yarbrough Democratic 1 415 244 99 07 Others Write ins 13 120 0 93 2022 16 Karen Yarbrough Democratic 1 003 854 71 58 Tony Peraica Republican 368 095 26 26 Joseph Schreiner Libertarian 30 514 2 18 References edit a b c d e f g h i j History of Chicago From the Earliest Period to the Present Time Chicago A T Andreas 1886 Andreas Alfred Theodore 1885 From 1857 until the fire of 1871 A T Andreas p 235 Retrieved December 26 2020 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 Chicago Daily News National Almanac for 1910 Chicago Daily News 1909 p 459 Retrieved November 11 2020 Hardy Thomas February 26 1990 STANLEY KUSPER HAS FEW REGRETS ABOUT PATH HIS CAREER HAS TAKEN chicagotribune com Chicago Tribune Retrieved November 21 2020 Lewis Sean Smith Andrew April 7 2024 Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough dies at 73 WGN 9 Retrieved April 7 2024 OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY ILLINOIS TUESDAY NOVEMBER 4 1986 PDF voterinfo net Archived from the original PDF on October 3 2008 OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY ILLINOIS TUESDAY NOVEMBER 6 1990 PDF voterinfo net Archived from the original PDF on October 3 2008 OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY ILLINOIS TUESDAY NOVEMBER 3 1998 PDF results cookcountyclerkil gov 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 SUBURBAN COOK COUNTY RESULTS voterinfonet com Cook County Clerk Archived from the original on February 9 2005 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 Cook County General Election November 2 2010 Combined Summary Report PDF Cook County Clerk s Office Retrieved March 16 2020 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 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 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 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cook County Clerk amp oldid 1217826701, 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