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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 ...
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 ...
City council elections in Chicago have been formally nonpartisan since 1920. Nevertheless, many alderpersons have had, [parties 1] and continue to have, de facto partisan affiliations that are reflected in this list. This list is organized by which side of the Chicago River the wards were on as of 1923.
Redistricted from 10th ward [1] Richard Clark 1863–1865 [1] 27th 28th Patrick Rafferty: 1864–1869 [4] M.L. Frisbee 1865–1867 [1] 29th 30th John Comiskey: 1867–1869 Democratic: Previously served in 10th and 7th wards; redistricted to 9th ward in 1869 [1] 31st 32nd 33rd James H. Hildreth: 1869–1870 Democratic: Redistricted from 7th ward ...
Redistricted from 3rd ward [1] [12] [13] 65th [14] 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 ...
Redistricted from 7th ward; later elected alderman again in 1914 in the 20th ward [1] 66th Michael J. Preib 1903–1905 [1] 67th 68th Abraham J. Harris 1905–1907 [1] 69th 70th Dennis J. Egan: 1907–1912 Redistricted to 20th ward in 1912 [1] 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th Eugene Block: 1912–1917 Redistricted from 33rd ward [1] 76th Charles E ...
Previously served in 11th ward; later elected alderman again in 1897 in 17th ward [1] [4] 47th 48th Michael McNurney 1884–1886 Republican [1] [4] Stephen P. Revere 1885–1887 Republican: Later elected alderman again in 1895 in 17th ward [1] [7] 49th 50th Henry M. Deal 1886–1888 [1] [7] J.N. Mulvihill 1887-1888 Redistricted to 17th ward in ...
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 the 1940s, the ward was referred to as being the "wealthiest ward in the world".