The day after President John F. Kennedy is assassinated, the @CookCountyBoard assembled for a Special Meeting in memoriam. These were Journal of Proceedings for that meeting. @JFKLibrary @cookcountygov @CookCoArchives #JFK

July 1935. @CookCountyBoard instructs @cookcountygov Highway Superintendent George Quinlan to examine bicycle access on County Roads. I’ll look for the report.

Mayor-elect @Brandon4Chicago attended the first @FPDCC Board Meeting since the election. The District presented him with a farewell resolution. Happy to greet him for the first time since Election Night @ToniPreckwinkle @CookCountyBoard @cookcountygov

Happy #StPatricksDay! Throwback to 1955 when @CookCountyBoard resolution honored St. Patrick allowing @cookcountygov employees...(to) honor...the patron saint of Ireland; Departments heads were "instructed hereby, to allow such employees to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day,"

Good morning to the women Commissioners of the @CookCountyBoard and @cookcountygov President @ToniPreckwinkle gathering for today’s Board mtg during #WomensHistoryMonth

Cook County Commissioner @BrandonCCD1 will be in the runoff for #chicagomayor. The last member of the @CookCountyBoard to be elected Mayor of Chicago was @cookcountygov President Anton Cermak in 1931. @Brandon4Chicago

The six @cookcountyboard Commissioners and the @cookcountygov President @ToniPreckwinkle comprise the largest contingent of African American representation in County history #BlackHistoryMonth

John Jones would serve on the @CookCountyBoard for two terms. He would retire in 1873 and passed away in 1879. He died as one of Chicago's richest men and is buried in Graceland Cemetery next to his wife, Mary.

By the 1860 Census, John Jones was one of the most prominent businessmen in Chicago, steadily acquiring property while taking an active stand against "Black Laws" denying basic rights to Blacks. His work led to bans on Black Laws in Illinois (Alfred Jackson Tyler, 1963)

John Jones was North Carolina son of a free AA woman and a white man. He apprenticed as a tailor in Memphis, came to Cook County in 1845 and made their home a stop on the Underground Railroad to help get slaves to freedom (painting by Alfred Jackson Tyler, 1963, IL State Museum)

The Great Chicago Fire led to creation of the Union Fire Proof ticket and need for prominent members to rebuild. Jones owned $100,000 of real estate in Chicago and was a leading voice for the black community. A month after the fire, Jones was elected to the @CookCountyBoard

As @cookcountygov celebrates #blackhistorymonth2023 we honor some of the most consequential African Americans to play leadership roles in Cook County. The first Black elected official in Illinois history was @cookcountyboard Commissioner John Jones.

Anton Cermak was @cookcountyboard President from 1922 until his election as Mayor of Chicago in 1931.

HAPPY 192nd BIRTHDAY @cookcountygov! Illinois Legislature created Cook in 1831, named for Atty General and Congressman Daniel Pope Cook, who fought for free-state statehood. Cook was born in KY and never visited Cook County, having died four years earlier.

On this date 1969: @cookcountygov President Richard Ogilvie resigns to be sworn in as Illinois Governor. On same day, @CookCountyBoard Finance Committee Chair George Dunne is chosen by Board as President. Dunne held the office 21 yrs. Ogilvie was last Republican president.

Two-part random Berwyn @jimpeterik throwback thread at the @CookCountyBoard mtg mini pop-up concert: "Eye of the Tiger" was next. FYI, this month in 1984 is the release annivsary of "Eye on You," with "I Can't Hold Back" at #15 on the Billboard 100 also JIm Peterik hits

Two-part random throwback thread to when "Ides of March" and "Survivor" guitarist and songwriter, Berwyn's own @jimpeterik was honored at the @CookCountyBoard mtg and did a mini pop-up concert: first, "Vehicle"

1962 #OnThisDay : Final section of Dan Ryan Expressway being complete, entire roadway is opened, 18th-99th Streets. First ticket & arrest occurs that day when food truck enters wrong way on 18th street exit ramp. First accident occurs that afternoon when car hits a guardrail

On the 20th anniversary of John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital, some photos during the one year anniversary of Pres Stroger, Health Services Chief Ruth Rothstein and Hospital Director Johnnie Brown gathering some volunteer "elves" to bring gifts to sick children during the holidays.