Timothy C. Evans

Who is Timothy C. Evans?

Timothy C. Evans is the Chief Judge of the Cook County Circuit Court. He is the first black Chief Judge of the Cook County Circuit Court and a graduate of the John Marshall Law School in Chicago. He was first elected to the bench in 1992.

Evans was elected alderman of Chicago's South Side 4th Ward in a November 27, 1973 special election to fill the vacancy created six month earlier by the death of Ald. Claude Holman on June 1, 1973. An ally of Mayors Daley, Bilandic, Byrne and Washington, he served as floor leader and Chicago City Council Finance Chair during Harold Washington's mayoral administration.

Following Washington's death Evans sought to fill Washington's unexpired term but was defeated in the Chicago City Council by Eugene Sawyer.

Evans ran in the 1989 special election for Mayor of Chicago to fill Washington's term as independent candidate and lost the 1989 election to Richard M. Daley.

Evans was later defeated for re-election in the 4th Ward by Toni Preckwinkle in 1991.