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Richard John Phelan (March 29, 1937 – March 26, 2024) was an American politician from the state of Illinois. He was special counsel to the House Ethics Committee investigating Speaker Jim Wright in the late 1980s. [1] Phelan was then elected as Cook County Board President from 1990 to 1994. [2]
Daniel B. Ryan Jr. (1894 – April 8, 1961) was an American businessman, lawyer, and politician who served as a member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners from 1923 to 1926 and again from 1930 until his death in 1961.
From 1986 until 1988, he worked as the Senior Assistant Attorney General, [3] working under Illinois Attorney General Neil Hartigan. Elrod was then appointed as a judge on the Circuit Court of Cook County in August 1988, where he continued to serve until his death in 2014. [3] He died of cancer in Chicago, Illinois. [10] [11]
Allan C. Carr (c.1929–November 12, 2021) was an American politician who served as Cook County commissioner from 1988 to 2002, serving from suburban Cook County at-large from 1988–1994 and from the 16th district from 1994–2002. Before this, he served as Cicero city clerk, as well as its committeeman.
While sheriff, he was elected President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners and served from 1966 to 1969, when he resigned upon being elected Governor of Illinois. As of 2024 [update] , he was the last Republican to serve as the chief executive of Cook County. [ 1 ]
Thomas J. Maloney (1925–2008) was a judge in Cook County, Illinois who served from 1977 until his indictment for bribery in 1991. Since 1981, the court was being investigated by the FBI in Operation Greylord, [1] and he was eventually convicted [2] on four counts of accepting bribes (including fixing three murder cases).
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Albert Grannis Lane [4] (March 15, 1841 – August 22, 1906), was an American educator who served as superintendent of Chicago Public Schools, Cook County superintendent of public instruction, and president of the National Education Association.