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Derrick G. Curtis [1] (born 1968/69) [2] is an American politician who has served as the alderman of Chicago's 18th ward since 2015. He became the Democratic committeeman of the ward in 2011 after Lona Lane stepped down from that position. [3]
Lamont J. Robinson Jr. (born February 21, 1982) [1] is an American insurance agent, educator, and politician who is the alderman for the 4th ward in the Chicago City Council, having won the 2023 election for the office. The 4th ward includes parts of the Douglas, Kenwood, and Near South Side neighborhoods.
# Council Aldermen Alderman Term in office Party Notes Cite Alderman Term in office Party Notes Cite Samuel Jackson 1837–1838 [2] 1st Bernard Ward 1837–1838 [2] George W. Dole: 1838–1839 [2] 2nd Grant Goodrich: 1838–1839 [2] John H. Kinzie: 1839–1840 Later elected alderman again in 1852 in 9th ward [2] 3rd Buckner Stith Morris: 1839 ...
The Chicago City Council is the legislative branch of the government of the City of Chicago in Illinois. It consists of 50 alderpersons elected from 50 wards to serve four-year terms. [ 1 ] The council is called into session regularly, usually monthly, to consider ordinances, orders, and resolutions whose subject matter includes code changes ...
1901 redistricting resulted in two "holdover" council members (Dixon and Thompson) being drawn into the ward. Ward was temporary represented by three aldermen Thomas J. Dixon: 1901–1910 Republican: Redistricted from 3rd ward 66th [1] [12] [8] [13] 67th 68th George F. Harding Jr. 1905–1915 [1] 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th Wilson Shufelt ...
By the mid-1890s, the ward's partisan lean had firmly become Democratic. [1] The last Republican to represent the ward on the Chicago City Council was Francis P. Gleason, who left office in 1897.
In 1917, Chicago alderman Oscar Stanton De Priest founded the Peoples Movement Club and made Unity Hall its headquarters. De Priest was the first African-American to serve on the Chicago City Council, and he established the Peoples Movement Club to organize the black community politically.
The building, at 678 N. Orleans St. (700N, 300W), Chicago, Illinois, United States, was erected in 1872 by James McCole, just one year after the Great Chicago Fire. [1] [2] It has a wooden frame, a building technique outlawed in the Central Business District by an ordinance passed by Chicago City Council shortly afterwards. [1]