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Richard Jones Hamilton, First Circuit Court Clerk of Cook County, 1831–1841. On January 1, 1964, the circuit courts of Cook County were unified. [1] Before this, there were more than 200 separate courts in Cook County. [1] In its unified form, it now had a single, popularly elected, clerk of court. [1]
New boundaries were adopted in August 2001, with redistricting taking place following the 2000 United States Census. [3]In regards to townships and equivalent jurisdictions, the district's redistricted boundaries included portions of the city of Chicago and portions of the Bloom, Bremen, Calumet, Rich, Thornton, and Worth townships.
The clerk is a citywide elected office, and is one of three city-wide elected officials in the City of Chicago, along with the Mayor and the Treasurer. The current city clerk is Anna Valencia. One former city clerk is more famous for his non-political activities: The late Baseball Hall of Famer Cap Anson served one term from 1905-1907.
The First Municipal District encompasses the City of Chicago. Municipal Districts Two through Six encompass the communities in suburban Cook County. The Municipal Department hears civil suits for damages up to $30,000 in the First Municipal District & up to $100,000 in Municipal Districts Two through Six, and less serious criminal matters.
Clerk Term in office Party Notes Cite 1st George Davis: 1837–1849 First elected Cook County Clerk [1] 2nd Edmund S. Kimberly: 1849–1853 [1] 3rd Charles B. Farwell: 1853–1861 [1] 4th Laurin P. Hilliard: 1861–1865 [1] 5th Edward S. Salomon: 1865–November 1869 Republican [2] [3] 6th John G. Gindele: 1869–January 1872 Died in office [1 ...
The City Hall-County Building, commonly known as City Hall, is a 12-story building in Chicago, Illinois that houses the seats of government of the City of Chicago and Cook County. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The building's west side (City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle St.) [ 3 ] holds the offices of the mayor , city clerk , and city treasurer ; some city departments ...
Chicago Heights lies on the high land of the Tinley Moraine, with the higher and older Valparaiso Moraine lying just to the south of the city.. According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Chicago Heights has a total area of 10.30 square miles (26.68 km 2), of which 10.28 square miles (26.63 km 2) (or 99.87%) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km 2) (or 0.13%) is water.
The Cook County Sheriff's Office is the sheriff.All Cook County Sheriff's Deputies have police powers regardless of their particular job function or title. Like other Sheriffs' departments in Illinois, the Sheriff can provide all traditional law-enforcement functions, including county-wide patrol and investigations irrespective of municipal boundaries, even in the city of Chicago, but has ...