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