The Cook County Board of Commissioners is a legislative body made up of 17 commissioners who are elected by district for four year terms. Cook County, which includes the City of Chicago, is the nation's second largest county with a population of 5.2 million residents. The county board sets policy and laws for the county regarding property, public health services, public safety, and maintenance of county highways It is presided over by the County Board President, currently Todd Stroger.

Composition

Affiliation		Members
	Democratic Party	12
	Republican Party	5
Total		17

List of County Commissioners

This is a list of the Cook County Commissioners in order by district. This list is current as of January 2007.

District	Commissioner	In office since	Party
ex offico	Todd Stroger (President)	2006	Democratic
1st	Earlean Collins	1999	Democratic
2nd	Robert Steele	2006	Democratic
3rd	Jerry "Iceman" Butler	1985	Democratic
4th	William Beavers	2006	Democratic
5th	Deborah Sims	1997	Democratic
6th	Joan Patricia Murphy	2003	Democratic
7th	Joseph Mario Moreno	1989	Democratic
8th	Roberto Maldonado	1995	Democratic
9th	Peter N. Silvestri	1989	Republican
10th	Mike Quigley	1998	Democratic
11th	John P. Daley	19??	Democratic
12th	Forrest Claypool	2003	Democratic
13th	Larry Suffredin	2003	Democratic
14th	Gregg Goslin	1998	Republican
15th	Timothy Schneider	2006	Republican
16th	Anthony J. Peraica	2003	Republican
17th	Elizabeth Ann Doody Gorman	2002	Republican

External links

• Cook County Information Center: Commissioners & Elected Officials
• Cook County, Illinois - Secretary of the Board Past Cook County Board Presidents