| |  | John H. Stroger, Jr. is a politician who in 1994 became the first African American president of the Cook County, Illinois Board of Commissioners.... |  | Richard Joseph Daley was the longest-serving mayor of Chicago. He served for 21 years as the undisputed Democratic boss of Chicago and is... |  | David Duvall Orr, more popularly known as David Orr (born October 4, 1944), is an American politician who served as interim Mayor of Chicago from... |  | Larry Suffredin is Commissioner for the 13th district of Cook County, Illinois, which he has served since 2003. |  | James Robert Thompson III (born May 8, 1936), also known as "Big Jim Thompson", was the longest-serving Governor of the U.S. state of Illinois. A... |  | Rahm Emanuel (born November 29 1959) is an American politician. He has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since... |  | Patrick J. Quinn (born December 16, 1948) is an American politician from Illinois. A career Democrat, he currently serves as the 45th Lieutenant... |  | Richard A. "Dick" Devine (born July 5, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois) is the current Cook County (IL) State's Attorney. He was elected to his third... |  | Roberto Maldonado is Commissioner for the 8th district of Cook County, Illinois. |  | Daniel David "Dan" Rostenkowski (born January 2, 1928 in Chicago, Illinois) was a United States Representative from Illinois from 1959 to 1995. He... | |
