Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois
The Cook County Sheriff is the sheriff of Cook County , Illinois , heading the Cook County Sheriff's Office .
Terms are currently four-years in length.
Sherriff
Term in office
Party
Notes
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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 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 [ edit ]
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%)
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