From 1992 to 1993, Stroger served as a member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners from 1970 until 2006.
26 Facts About John Stroger
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John Stroger additionally served as president of the National Association of Counties from 1992 through 1993.
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John Stroger was born May 19,1929, in Helena, Arkansas.
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In 1953, John Stroger relocated to Chicago and became active in the Democratic Party organization in the South Side of Chicago.
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John Stroger then served as personnel director at the Cook County Jail from 1955 to 1961.
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John Stroger attended law school at the DePaul University College of Law and graduated in 1965.
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In 1970, John Stroger was elected to the Cook County Board of Commissioners as one of several members representing Chicago.
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John Stroger sponsored legislation on the committee aimed at assisting minority- and female-owned businesses.
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In 1980, John Stroger unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic nomination in Illinois's 1st congressional district against incumbent Bennett Stewart.
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John Stroger served as president of the National Association of Counties from 1992 through 1993.
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In 1994, John Stroger was both elected county board president while winning re-election to the board.
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The 1994 election was the first in which board members were elected to represent single-member districts, and John Stroger was elected to represent the 4th district.
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John Stroger instituted a Juvenile Drug Court, appointed a Commission on Women's Issues and opened a new AIDS treatment and research facility.
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John Stroger served on the Chicago Metropolitan Healthcare Council and the board of South Shore Hospital.
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In 2002, John Stroger had no Democratic primary challenger and went on to rout Republican challenger Christopher Bullock by a margin of more than two to one.
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John Stroger came under increased fire in the later years of his presidency for what his critics call a scandal- and patronage-ridden administration.
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John Stroger supporters counterclaimed that he dedicated his public career to providing quality and affordable health care for the poorer residents of Cook County.
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In 2006, John Stroger initially sought a fourth term as county president and as a board member.
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Claypool who ran as a reform candidate, and accused John Stroger of presiding over a "bloated" government.
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The severity of John Stroger's condition was concealed from voters both before the primary election and for three months thereafter, possibly allowing his primary victory and preventing independent opposition to the replacement Democratic candidate in the general election.
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However, after securing the Democratic nomination, John Stroger's health became an issue.
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John Stroger was a diabetic, had battled prostate cancer and underwent a quadruple bypass in 2001.
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Details about John Stroger's condition was released to the public through indirect disclosures.
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John Stroger was replaced as president by Bobbie L Steele.
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John Stroger was a longtime member of St Felicitas Catholic Church on the South Side of Chicago.
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John Stroger cast an absentee ballot for Barack Obama in the Illinois Democratic Presidential Primary before he died.