The Cook County Recorder of Deeds was the recorder of deeds of county government in Cook County, Illinois, prior to the position's abolishment in 2020.
An early incarnation of a dedicated county recorder of deeds was established with the creation of Cook County in 1831. In 1848, it was eliminated, being merged into the position of clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County (which was renamed "clerk and recorder"). For decades thereafter, the clerk of the Circuit Court served as the ex-officio county recorder of deeds.
An independent position of Cook County recorder of deeds was re-created in December 1872.
On November 8, 2016, Cook County voters approved a binding referendum to eliminate the office, merging its functions into the purview of the Cook County Clerk. The office formally ceased to exist on December 7, 2020.
|- | colspan=16 style="text-align:center;" |Cook County Recorder of Deeds general elections |- !Year !Winning candidate !Party !Vote (pct) !Opponent !Party ! Vote (pct) !Opponent !Party ! Vote (pct) !Opponent !Party ! Vote (pct) |- |1984 | | Harry "Bus" Yourell | | Democratic | | 1,232,485 (60.94%) | | Deborah L. Murphy | | Republican | | 789,906 (39.06%) | | | | | | |- |1988 | | Carol Moseley Braun | | Democratic | | 1,020,805 (54.32%) | | Bernard L. Stone | | Republican | | 795,540 (42.33%) |Text style="background:#008000 | Edward M. Wojkowski |Text style="background:#008000 | Illinois Solidarity |Text style="background:#008000 | 62,968 (3.35%) | | | |- |1992 | | Jesse White | | Democratic | | 1,121,865 (58.07%) | | Susan Catania | | Republican | | 809,963 (41.93%) | | | | | | |- |1996 | | Jesse White | | Democratic | | 1,061,436 (65.33%) | | Patrick A. Dwyer | | Republican | | 499,551 (30.75%) |Text style="background:#D2B48C | Brenda Hernandez Frias |Text style="background:#D2B48C | Harold Washington Party |Text style="background:#D2B48C | 53,421 (3.29%) | Smith Wiiams | Justice Party | 10,251 (0.63%) |- |2000 | | Eugene "Gene" Moore | | Democratic | | 1,167,630 (73.01%) | | Arthur D. Sutton | | Republican | | 431,717 (26.99%) | | | | | | |- |2004 | | Eugene "Gene" Moore | | Democratic | | 1,283,762 (70.74%) | | John H. Cox | | Republican | | 530,945 (29.26%) | | | | | | |- |2008 | | Eugene "Gene" Moore | | Democratic | | 1,324,426 (70.49%) | | Gregory Goldstein | | Republican | | 451,452 (24.03%) | | Terrence A. Gilhooly | | Green | | 102,968 (5.48%) | | | |- |2012 | | Karen Yarbrough | | Democratic | | 1,313,967 (73.82%) | | Sherri Griffith | | Republican | | 466,038 (26.18%) | | | | | | |- |2016 | | Karen Yarbrough | | Democratic | | 1,647,174 (98.58%) | Others | Write-ins | 7,250 (0.81%) | | | | | |