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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 ...
# Council Aldermen Alderman Term in office Party Notes Cite Alderman Term in office Party Notes Cite Dennis Coughlin 1857–1859 [1] 21st J. Schmidt 1857–1858 [1] 22nd Andrew Enzenbacher 1858–1860 [1] John Comiskey: 1859–1863 Democratic: Redistricted to 7th ward in 1863 [1] 23rd 24th Malcolm McDonald 1860–1862
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 ...
The City Council voted 42-7 to pass the so-called small-box retailer ordinance, which blocks dollar store companies from opening within 1 mile of preexisting locations and requires the stores to ...
The 27-23 vote came just weeks before the end-of-the-year deadline, avoiding what would have been Chicago’s first shutdown of the city government. The mayor needed at least 26 of 50 alders for a ...
The City Charter was abolished in favor of the Cities and Villages Act of 1872, which renamed the council the "City Council". In 1920 elections were made officially nonpartisan. In 1923 the number of alderpersons per ward was decreased to one and the number of wards was increased to fifty, while the entire council was once again elected at each ...
# Council Aldermen Alderman Term in office Party Notes Cite Alderman Term in office Party Notes Cite John D. Canton 1837–1839 [2] 1st — 2nd Ira Miltimore: 1839–1842 [2] 3rd William H. Stow 1839–1840 [2] [3] 4th John Gage 1840–1841 [2] 5th William H. Stow 1841–1842 [2] Hamilton Barnes 1842–1843 [2] 6th Alson S. Sherman: 1842–1843
Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth (born 1969/1970) [1] is an American politician and small business owner. She is the alderwoman for the 48th ward in the Chicago City Council, having won the 2023 election for the office.