Cook County Sheriff

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

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

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 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]
Michael F. Mulcahy [22]
Elmer Michael Walsh 1946-1950 Republican Elected in 1946 [20]
John E. Babb 1950–1954 Republican [20][23]
 Joseph D. Lohman 1954–1958 Democrat [20][23]
Frank G. Sain 1958-1962 Democrat [20][24]
 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 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]
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Election results

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