Cook County Clerk

The Cook County Clerk is the clerk of county government in Cook County, Illinois.

The office of Cook County Clerk was established in 1831, the year that Cook County, Illinois was created.

For the first several years, the clerk was appointed by the three-member Cook County Board of Commissioners.

This was changed, and it became an elected office with a four-year term in 1837, with the first election being held in August of that year.

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