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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 ...
Los Angeles City Hall. This is a list of elected officials serving the city of Los Angeles, California. It includes member of the Los Angeles City Council, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, California State Assembly, California State Senate, United States House of Representatives, and Los Angeles citywide officials.
Alderman Term in office Party Notes Cite Alderman Term in office Party Notes Cite James Lane 1847–1849 [1] 11th William B. Snowhook 1847–1848 [1] 12th William B. Herrick 1848–1850 [1] Henry R. Payson 1849–1850 [1] 13th John C. Dodge 1850–1852 [1] 14th George F. Foster 1850–1851 Previously served in 6th ward [1] 15th Robert Malcolm ...
Alderman Term in office Party Notes Cite Alderman Term in office Party Notes Cite Michael McDonald 1847–1849 [1] 11th William B. Ogden: 1847–1848 Democratic: Previously served in 6th ward [1] 12th Samuel McKay 1848–1850 [1] F.C. Hageman 1849–1852 [1] 13th 14th R. J. Hamilton: 1849-1851 Democratic [1] [2] 15th Walter L. Newberry: 1851 ...
Generally speaking, the mayor and city departments comprise the executive branch of the city government, and the city council comprises the legislative branch. [3] However, the mayor does have some formal legislative functions such as being the presiding officer of the council and being able to break tie votes, and informally has dominated legislative activity since the late 19th century.
Forty-five out of 50 Chicago aldermen have opted to accept a 5.5% pay increase in 2022 that will push the highest paid among them to a salary over $130,000. One council member who the city ...
(The Center Square) – Former Chicago Alderman Daniel Solis, now a cooperating witness for the federal government, has started testifying at the corruption trial of former Illinois House Speaker ...
Term in office Party Notes 1 Ulysses S. Schwartz April 16, 1923 – 1925 Had been serving then-3rd ward since 1916 2 Berthold A. Cronson 1925 – December 23, 1937 Republican [parties 1] Died in office 3 Abraham H. Cohen: April 12, 1939 – 1955 4 Claude Holman: 1955 – June 1, 1973 Died in office 5 Timothy C. Evans: November 27, 1973 – 1991 ...