Cook County Coroner

The Cook County Coroner was the coroner of Cook County, Illinois until the position's abolishment in 1976.

Cook County Coroner
AbolishedDecember 6, 1976

History

The office had existed as an elected position since the early history of Cook County's government.

Officeholders included Herman Bundesen, Henry L. Hertz, Orrin L. Mann, Canute R. Matson, and Orsemus Morrison.

Elimination

In 1972, Cook County voters strongly voted by referendum in favor of eliminating the elected position of county coroner, replacing it with an appointed medical examiner.[1][2] This was the last time that voters in Cook County would vote on whether to eliminate an office until 2016 when they voted to eliminate the office of Cook County Recorder of Deeds and merge it's duties into the Cook County Clerk's office.[1]

The office was eliminated on December 6, 1976.[2] It was replaced by the appointed position of Cook County Medical Examiner.[2]

Reference
  1. Dardick, Hal (November 4, 2016). "Cook County voters to decide fate of recorder of deeds office". chicagotribune.com. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  2. "Medical Examiner | CookCountyIL.gov". www.cookcountyil.gov. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
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