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==Officeholders==
==Officeholders==
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{{incomplete list|date=October 2020}}


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| Appointed by governor [[John Reynolds (Illinois politician)|John Reynolds]]
| Appointed by governor [[John Reynolds (Illinois politician)|John Reynolds]]
| <ref name="ipsncounty1">{{cite web |title=Organized Crime & Political Corruption |url=http://www.ipsn.org/county1.php |accessdate=24 October 2020 |website=www.ipsn.org}}</ref><ref name=earlyil1>{{cite web |title=Encyclopedia letter K |url=https://earlychicago.com/encyclopedia_letter_k/ |website=earlychicago.com |publisher=Early Chicago - Chicago History |accessdate=24 October 2020}}</ref>
| <ref name="ipsncounty1">{{cite web |title=Organized Crime & Political Corruption |url=http://www.ipsn.org/county1.php |accessdate=24 October 2020 |website=www.ipsn.org |archive-date=October 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030153122/http://ipsn.org/county1.php |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=earlyil1>{{cite web |title=Encyclopedia letter K |url=https://earlychicago.com/encyclopedia_letter_k/ |website=earlychicago.com |publisher=Early Chicago - Chicago History |accessdate=24 October 2020 |archive-date=October 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027135957/https://earlychicago.com/encyclopedia_letter_k/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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| Cook County's first elected sheriff
| Cook County's first elected sheriff
| <ref name=earlyil1/><ref>{{cite web |last1=East |first1=Ernest E. |title=The Inhabitants of Chicago, 1825-1831 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40188099?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents |website=Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society |accessdate=24 October 2020 |pages=131–163 |date=1944}}</ref>
| <ref name=earlyil1/><ref>{{cite journal |last1=East |first1=Ernest E. |title=The Inhabitants of Chicago, 1825-1831 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40188099 |journal=Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society |accessdate=24 October 2020 |pages=131–163 |date=1944|volume=37 |issue=2 |jstor=40188099 }}</ref>
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| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
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| <ref name="healy1">{{cite book |last1=Healy |first1=Daniel David |title=History of Cook County, Illinois--: Being a General Survey of Cook County History, Including a Condensed History of Chicago and Special Account of Districts Outside the City Limits; from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time |publisher=Goodspeed Historical Association |pages=324, 330, 331 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/History_of_Cook_County_Illinois/odQpAAAAYAAJ |accessdate=25 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
| <ref name="healy1">{{cite book |last1=Healy |first1=Daniel David |title=History of Cook County, Illinois--: Being a General Survey of Cook County History, Including a Condensed History of Chicago and Special Account of Districts Outside the City Limits; from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time |year=1909 |publisher=Goodspeed Historical Association |pages=324, 330, 331 |isbn=9780608368931 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=odQpAAAAYAAJ |accessdate=25 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
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! scope="row" | Isaac R. Gavin
! scope="row" | Isaac R. Gavin
| 1838–1840
| 1838–????
| [[Independent Democrat]]
| [[Independent Democrat]]
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| <ref name="healy1"/><ref name="Fergus">{{cite book |title= Fergus' Historical Series, Issues 1-10 |date=1876 |publisher=Fergus Printing Company |page=598 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=vfA_AAAAYAAJ&q=david+hammond+cook+county+sheriff|language=en}}</ref>
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! scope="row" | [[Ashbel Steele]]
|1840&ndash;1842
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! scope="row" | [[Samuel J. Lowe]]
|1842&ndash;1846
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! scope="row" | [[Isaac Cook]]
|1846&ndash;1850
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! scope="row" | [[William L. Church]]
|1850&ndash;1852
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! scope="row" | Cyrus Bradley
! scope="row" | [[Cyrus Bradley]]
| 1852–1854
| 1852–????
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! scope="row" | [[James Andrew (politician)|James Andrew]]
| 1854&ndash;1855
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! scope="row" | James Beach
| 1855&ndash;1856 (''acting'')
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! scope="row" | John L. Wilson
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! scope="row" | John Gray
|1859&ndash;1860
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| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
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! scope="row" | [[David Hammond (politician)|David Hammond]]
|1862–1864
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! scope="row" | [[John A. Nelson]]
|1864–1866
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! scope="row" | [[John Lourie Beveridge]]
! scope="row" | [[John Lourie Beveridge]]
| 1866–1868
| 1866–1870
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
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! scope="row" | [[Gustav Fischer (politician)|Gustav Fischer]]
|1868–1870
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! scope="row" | [[Benjamin L. Cleaves]]
|1870–1870
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|Simultaneously ''[[ex officio]]'' [[Cook County Medical Examiner|Cook County Coroner]]
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|[[File:Charles Kern Sheriff.png|center|frameless|133x133px]]
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! scope="row" | [[Charles Kern]]
! scope="row" | [[Charles Kern]]
| 1872–1878
| 1872–1878
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| <ref name="ahern1"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Image 7 of Chicago daily tribune (Chicago, Ill.), December 1, 1878 |url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84031492/1878-12-01/ed-1/?sp=7&st=text |publisher=Chicago Tribune |accessdate=24 October 2020 |date=1 December 1878}}</ref>
| <ref name="ahern1"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Image 7 of Chicago daily tribune (Chicago, Ill.), December 1, 1878 |url=https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn84031492/1878-12-01/ed-1/?sp=7&st=text |publisher=Chicago Tribune |accessdate=24 October 2020 |date=1 December 1878}}</ref>
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! scope="row" | [[Orrin L. Mann]]
! scope="row" | [[Orrin L. Mann]]
| 1880–1882
| 1880–1882
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| [[File:Seth F. Hanchett (1).jpg|center|frameless|133x133px]]
! scope="row" | Seth Hanchett
! scope="row" | [[Seth Hanchett]]
| 1882–1886
| 1882–1886
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
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| <ref>{{cite web |title=The... |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/51343601 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Inter Ocean (Chicago) |access-date=9 August 2021 |language=en |url-access=subscription |date=20 Oct 1882}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SETH HANCHETT'S RECEPTION |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/34189640 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Inter Ocean (Chicago) |access-date=9 August 2021 |language=en |url-access=subscription |date=1 Dec 1882}}</ref>
| <ref>{{cite web |title=The... |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/51343601 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Inter Ocean (Chicago) |access-date=9 August 2021 |language=en |url-access=subscription |date=20 Oct 1882}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SETH HANCHETT'S RECEPTION |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/34189640 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Inter Ocean (Chicago) |access-date=9 August 2021 |language=en |url-access=subscription |date=1 Dec 1882}}</ref>
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! scope="row" | [[Canute R. Matson]]
! scope="row" | [[Canute R. Matson]]
| 1886–1890
| 1886–????
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
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| <ref name="ahern1">{{cite book |last1=Ahern |first1=M. L. |title=Political History of Chicago: (covering the Period from 1837 to 1887) Local Politics from the City's Birth; Chicago's Mayors, Aldermen and Other Officials; County and Federal Officers; the Fire and Police Departments; the Haymarket Horror; Miscellaneous |publisher=Donohue & Henneberry, printers and binders |pages=21, 86, 154, 158 |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=qxkVAAAAYAAJ |accessdate=25 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
| <ref name="ahern1">{{cite book |last1=Ahern |first1=M. L. |title=Political History of Chicago: (covering the Period from 1837 to 1887) Local Politics from the City's Birth; Chicago's Mayors, Aldermen and Other Officials; County and Federal Officers; the Fire and Police Departments; the Haymarket Horror; Miscellaneous |year=1886 |publisher=Donohue & Henneberry, printers and binders |pages=21, 86, 154, 158 |url=https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=qxkVAAAAYAAJ |accessdate=25 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
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! scope="row" | [[James H. Gilbert (politician)|James H. Gilbert]]
|1890&ndash;1894
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|[[File:Sheriff James Pease.png|center|frameless|133x133px]]
! scope="row" | [[James Pease (politician)|James Pease]]
|1894&ndash;1898
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
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| <ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=1898 |title=Illinois Political Directory and Sketch Book, 1898: With Portraits of Party Leaders, Volume 1 |url= |location=Chicago |publisher=Bodine & Co. |page= |isbn=}}</ref>
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! scope="row" | [[Ernest Magerstadt]]
|1899&ndash;1902
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| <ref>{{cite web |title=The Political Graveyard: Knights of Columbus, politicians, Illinois |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/knights-columbus.html |website=politicalgraveyard.com |accessdate=25 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Political Graveyard: Cook County, Ill. |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-officials.html |website=politicalgraveyard.com |accessdate=25 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="alamanac1921">{{cite book |title=The Chicago Daily News Almanac and Year Book for ... |date=1921 |publisher=Chicago Daily News Company |page=598 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z2pEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA598 |language=en}}</ref>
| <ref>{{cite web |title=The Political Graveyard: Knights of Columbus, politicians, Illinois |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/knights-columbus.html |website=politicalgraveyard.com |accessdate=25 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Political Graveyard: Cook County, Ill. |url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO-officials.html |website=politicalgraveyard.com |accessdate=25 October 2020}}</ref><ref name="alamanac1921">{{cite book |title=The Chicago Daily News Almanac and Year Book for ... |date=1921 |publisher=Chicago Daily News Company |page=598 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z2pEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA598 |language=en}}</ref>
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|[[File:Christopher Strassheim Portrait.png|center|frameless|133x133px]]
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! scope="row" | Chris Strassheim
! scope="row" | [[Christopher Strassheim]]
| 1906–1910
| 1906–1910
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
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! scope="row" | [[John E. Traeger]]
! scope="row" | [[John E. Traeger]]
| 1914–1918
| 1914–1918
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| [[File:Charles W. Peters (1).png|center|frameless|133x133px]]
| [[File:Charles W. Peters (1).jpg|center|frameless|133x133px]]
! scope="row" | Charles W. Peters
! scope="row" | Charles W. Peters
| 1918–1922
| 1918–1922
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|[[File:Peter M. Hoffman (a) (1).jpg|center|frameless|133x133px]]
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! scope="row" | [[Peter M. Hoffman]]
! scope="row" | [[Peter M. Hoffman]]
| December 1922–December 26, 1926
| December 1922–December 26, 1926
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| <ref name="ipsncounty2">{{cite web |title=Organized Crime & Political Corruption |url=http://www.ipsn.org/county2.php |website=www.ipsn.org |accessdate=24 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Will this log cabin built by Capone-era sheriff be saved? |url=https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/will-log-cabin-built-capone-era-sheriff-be-saved |website=Crain's Chicago Business |accessdate=24 October 2020 |language=en |date=10 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="GARYDON1">{{cite web |title=GRAYDON WILL TAKE OFFICE AS SHERIFF TODAY |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/354994389 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Chicago Tribune |access-date=10 August 2021 |language=en |url-access=subscription |date=29 Dec 1926}}</ref>
| <ref name="ipsncounty2">{{cite web |title=Organized Crime & Political Corruption |url=http://www.ipsn.org/county2.php |website=www.ipsn.org |accessdate=24 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Will this log cabin built by Capone-era sheriff be saved? |url=https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/will-log-cabin-built-capone-era-sheriff-be-saved |website=Crain's Chicago Business |accessdate=24 October 2020 |language=en |date=10 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="GARYDON1">{{cite web |title=GRAYDON WILL TAKE OFFICE AS SHERIFF TODAY |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/354994389 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Chicago Tribune |access-date=10 August 2021 |language=en |url-access=subscription |date=29 Dec 1926}}</ref>
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! scope="row" | Charles E. Graydon
! scope="row" | Charles E. Graydon
| December 29, 1926–December 1928
| December 29, 1926–December 1928
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! scope="row" | [[John E. Traeger]]
! scope="row" | [[John E. Traeger]]
| December 3, 1928–December 1930
| December 3, 1928–December 1930
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! scope="row" | Elmer Michael Walsh
! scope="row" | [[Elmer Michael Walsh]]
| 1946-1950
| 1946-1950
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
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! scope="row" | John E. Babb
! scope="row" | [[John E. Babb]]
| 1950–1954
| 1950–1954
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
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! scope="row" | [[Richard Elrod]]
! scope="row" | [[Richard Elrod]]
| 1970–1986
| 1970–1986
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| 1990–2006
| 1990–2006
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| Elected in [[1990 Cook County, Illinois elections#Sheriff|1990]], [[1994 Cook County, Illinois elections#Sheriff|1994]], [[1998 Cook County, Illinois elections#Sheriff|1998]], and [[2002 Cook County, Illinois elections#Sheriff|2002]]
| Elected in [[1990 Cook County, Illinois elections#Sheriff|1990]], [[1994 Cook County, Illinois elections#Sheriff|1994]], [[1998 Cook County, Illinois elections#Sheriff|1998]], [[2002 Cook County, Illinois elections#Sheriff|2002]]
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| 2006–present
| 2006–present
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
|[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| Elected in [[2006 Cook County, Illinois elections#Sheriff|2006]], [[2010 Cook County, Illinois elections#Sheriff|2010]], [[2014 Cook County, Illinois elections#Sheriff|2014]], and [[2018 Cook County, Illinois elections#Sheriff|2018]]
| Elected in [[2006 Cook County, Illinois elections#Sheriff|2006]], [[2010 Cook County, Illinois elections#Sheriff|2010]], [[2014 Cook County, Illinois elections#Sheriff|2014]], [[2018 Cook County, Illinois elections#Sheriff|2018]], [[2022 Cook County, Illinois elections#Sheriff|2022]]
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|[[2006 Cook County, Illinois elections#Sheriff|2006]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Cook County and the City of Chicago Combined Summary Report November 2006 General Election Tuesday, November 7th, 2006 |url=https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/2006NovemberCombinedSUMMARY.pdf |publisher=Cook County Clerk's Office |accessdate=16 March 2020}}</ref>
|[[2006 Cook County, Illinois elections#Sheriff|2006]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Cook County and the City of Chicago Combined Summary Report November 2006 General Election Tuesday, November 7th, 2006 |url=https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/2006NovemberCombinedSUMMARY.pdf |publisher=Cook County Clerk's Office |accessdate=16 March 2020 |archive-date=September 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922154748/https://www.cookcountyclerkil.gov/sites/default/files/2006NovemberCombinedSUMMARY.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|{{party shading/Democratic}} | '''[[Tom Dart]]'''
|{{party shading/Democratic}} | '''[[Tom Dart]]'''
|{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
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|[[2014 Cook County, Illinois elections#Sheriff|2014]]<ref>{{cite web |title=General Election Cook County and The City of Chicago Tuesday, November 4, 2014 Combined Summary |url=https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/CombinedSummaryReport110414%20%281%29.pdf |publisher=Cook County Clerk's Office |accessdate=16 March 2020}}</ref>
|[[2014 Cook County, Illinois elections#Sheriff|2014]]<ref>{{cite web |title=General Election Cook County and The City of Chicago Tuesday, November 4, 2014 Combined Summary |url=https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/CombinedSummaryReport110414%20%281%29.pdf |publisher=Cook County Clerk's Office |accessdate=16 March 2020 |archive-date=January 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128082518/https://www.cookcountyclerkil.gov/sites/default/files/CombinedSummaryReport110414%20(1).pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|{{party shading/Democratic}} | '''Tom Dart'''
|{{party shading/Democratic}} | '''Tom Dart'''
|{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
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|[[2018 Cook County, Illinois elections#Sheriff|2018]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cook County and The City of Chicago General Election November 6, 2018 Combined Summary |url=https://www.cookcountyclerk.com/sites/default/files/CombinedSummary.pdf |access-date=March 9, 2020 |publisher=Cook County Clerk's Office |archive-date=July 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210708233020/https://www.cookcountyclerkil.gov/sites/default/files/CombinedSummary.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|{{party shading/Democratic}} | '''Tom Dart'''
|{{party shading/Democratic}} | '''Tom Dart'''
|{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
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|[[2022 Cook County, Illinois elections#Sheriff|2022]]<ref>{{cite web |title=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 |url=https://www.cookcountyclerkil.gov/sites/default/files/pdfs/November%208%2C%202022%20Proclamation%20Cook%20and%20Chicago.pdf |website=www.cookcountyclerkil.gov |publisher=Cook County Clerk |access-date=6 December 2022 |date=2022}}</ref>
|{{party shading/Democratic}} |'''Tom Dart'''
|{{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic
|{{party shading/Democratic}} |'''1,041,525 (74.21%)'''
|{{party shading/Republican}} | Lupe Aguirre
|{{party shading/Republican}} | Republican
|{{party shading/Republican}} | 321,252 (22.89%)
|{{party shading/Libertarian}} | Brad Sandefur
|{{party shading/Libertarian}} | [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]]
|{{party shading/Libertarian}} | 40,752 (2.90%)
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Latest revision as of 20:36, 6 December 2024

Cook County Sheriff
Incumbent
Tom Dart
since December 2006
Term length4 years
Inaugural holderJohn H. Kinzie
Formation1831

The Cook County Sheriff is the sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, heading the Cook County Sheriff's Office.

Office description

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Terms are currently four-years in length.

Officeholders

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Sherriff Term in office Party Notes Cite
John H. Kinzie 1831–1832 Appointed by governor John Reynolds [1][2]
Stephen R. Forbes 1832–1834 Cook County's first elected sheriff [2][3]
Silas W. Sherman 1834–1838 Democratic [4]
Isaac R. Gavin 1838–1840 Independent Democrat [4][5]
Ashbel Steele 1840–1842 [5]
Samuel J. Lowe 1842–1846 [5]
Isaac Cook 1846–1850 [5]
William L. Church 1850–1852 [5]
Cyrus Bradley 1852–1854 [5]
James Andrew 1854–1855 [5]
James Beach 1855–1856 (acting) [5]
John L. Wilson 1856–1858 [5]
John Gray 1859–1860 [5]
Anton C. Hesing 1860–1862 Republican [5]
David Hammond 1862–1864 [5]
John A. Nelson 1864–1866 [5]
John Lourie Beveridge 1866–1868 Republican [6][7]
Gustav Fischer 1868–1870 Absconded in 1869
Benjamin L. Cleaves 1870–1870 Simultaneously ex officio Cook County Coroner [5]
Timothy Bradley 1870–1872 [8]
Charles Kern 1872–1878 Democratic [8]
John Hoffman 1878–1880 Republican [8][9]
Orrin L. Mann 1880–1882 Republican Elected in 1880 [10]
Seth Hanchett 1882–1886 Republican [11][12]
Canute R. Matson 1886–1890 Republican [8]
James H. Gilbert 1890–1894
James Pease 1894–1898 Republican [13]
Ernest Magerstadt 1899–1902 Republican
Thomas E. Barrett 1902–1906 Democratic [14][15][16]
Christopher Strassheim 1906–1910 Republican [16]
Michael Zimmer 1910–1914 Democratic [16]
John E. Traeger 1914–1918 Democratic [16]
Charles W. Peters 1918–1922 Republican [1][16]
Peter M. Hoffman December 1922–December 26, 1926 Republican [17][18][19]
Charles E. Graydon December 29, 1926–December 1928 [19]
John E. Traeger December 3, 1928–December 1930 Democratic Had previously served as sheriff [20][21]
William D. Meyering 1930–1934 Democratic [17][20]
John Toman 1934–1938 [20]
Thomas J. O'Brien 1938–1942 Democratic [20]
A. L. Brodie 1942–1943 [20]
Elmer Michael Walsh 1946-1950 Republican Elected in 1946 [20]
John E. Babb 1950–1954 Republican [20][22]
Joseph D. Lohman 1954–1958 Democrat [20][22]
Frank G. Sain 1958-1962 Democrat [20][23]
Richard B. Ogilvie 1962–1966 Republican [20]
Joseph I. Woods 1966–1970 Republican [20]
Richard Elrod 1970–1986 Democratic [20]
James E. O'Grady 1986–1990 Republican Elected in 1986; lost reelection in Elected in 1990 [20]
Michael F. Sheahan 1990–2006 Democratic Elected in 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 [20]
Tom Dart 2006–present Democratic Elected in 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022 [20]

Recent election results

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Cook County Sheriff general elections
Year Winning candidate Party Vote (pct) Opponent Party Vote (pct) Opponent Party Vote (pct) Opponent Party Vote (pct)
1986[24] James E. O'Grady Democratic 706,659 (51.12%) Richard J. Elrod Democratic 673,233 (48.79%)
1990[25] Michael F. Sheahan Democratic 719,489 (55.41%) James E. O'Grady Republican 369,631 (28.47%) Tommy Brewer Harold Washington Party 191,101 (14.72%) William M. Piechuch, Sr. Illinois Solidarity 18,318 (1.41%)
1994 Michael F. Sheahan Democratic John D. Tourtelot Republican William A. Brown Harold Washington Party William J. Benson Populist
1998[26] Michael F. Sheahan Democratic 903,053 (71.11%) LeRoy Martin Republican 366,867 (28.89%)
2002[27][28] Michael F. Sheahan Democratic 984,348 (76.88%) Ronald Swick Republican 296,062 (23.12%)
2006[29] Tom Dart Democratic 942,113 (74.70%) Peter Garza Republican 319,011 (25.30%)
2010[30] Tom Dart Democratic 1,041,696 (77.26%) Frederick Collins Republican 257,682 (19.11%) Marshall P. Lewis Green 48,930 (3.63%)
2014[31] Tom Dart Democratic 1,055,783 (100%)
2018[32] Tom Dart Democratic 1,455,825 (100%)
2022[33] Tom Dart Democratic 1,041,525 (74.21%) Lupe Aguirre Republican 321,252 (22.89%) Brad Sandefur Libertarian 40,752 (2.90%)

References

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  19. ^ a b "GRAYDON WILL TAKE OFFICE AS SHERIFF TODAY". Newspapers.com. Chicago Tribune. December 29, 1926. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  20. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Cook County". Illinois Sheriffs' Association. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  21. ^ "LIUET. COLLINS NAMED CHIEF OF HIGHWAY POLICE". Newspapers.com. Chicago Tribune. December 1, 1928.
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  26. ^ "OFFICIAL FINAL RESULTS GENERAL ELECTION COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1998" (PDF). results.cookcountyclerkil.gov.
  27. ^ "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.
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  33. ^ "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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