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Maria Pappas is a Greek American attorney and politician who has served as the Cook County Treasurer since 1998. Prior to that, she served two terms on the Cook County Board of Commissioners; first as one of ten members elected from Chicago and then, after the board moved to single-member constituencies, as the member from the 10th district.
The Cook County Treasurer oversees what is the United States' second-largest system of property tax collection and distribution. [1] The office was established in 1831, and since 1835 has been an elected, partisan position. The inaugural holder of the office of treasurer was Archibald Clybourn, an early settler of Cook County.
In 1974, Richard J. Daley asked Rosewell to run for Cook County treasurer. [1] [3] As the Democratic nominee, he was elected. [1] [3] He was reelected in 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, and 1994. In 1984, he was acquitted of bank fraud by a jury. He had been indicted on June 8, 1983. It had been alleged that he had understated debts from a failed ...
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Robert Sweitzer. Categories: County treasurers in the United States. Officials of Cook County, Illinois.
The century-old, neoclassical County and City Hall building (left) in the Chicago Loop houses the County Board chambers and administrative offices The government of Cook County, Illinois, is primarily composed of the Board of Commissioners, other elected officials such as the Sheriff, State's Attorney, Treasurer, Board of Review, Clerk, Assessor, Cook County Circuit Court judges and Circuit ...
Cook County, Illinois. Cook County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Illinois and the second-most-populous county in the United States, after Los Angeles County, California. More than 40 percent of all residents of Illinois live within Cook County. As of 2020, the population was 5,275,541.
Elected in 1910, 1914, 1918, 1922, 1926, 1930, 1934; resigned to serve as Cook County Treasurer in December 1934 Michael J. Flynn 1935–1950 Democratic: Appointed in 1935; elected in 1938, 1942, 1946: Richard J. Daley: December 1950 – 1955 Democratic: Elected in 1950 and 1954; resigned in 1955 to serve as mayor of Chicago: Edward J. Barrett ...