List_of_Chicago_aldermen_since_1923

List of Chicago alderpersons since 1923

Post-1923 Chicago City Council members

The Chicago City Council assumed its modern form on April 16,^{[dates 1]} 1923, with fifty wards each electing one alderperson. Here is a list of the people who have served as an alderperson since that time.

Since its incorporation as a city in 1837 Chicago had been divided into wards whose number varied^{[lower-alpha 1]} but which were almost^{[lower-alpha 2]} always entitled to two alderpersons. In the early 20th century it was decided that reducing the number of alderpersons to a ward to one would be a cost-saving measure, and an ordinance to that effect was passed in 1920, taking effect in 1923.

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. Numbering the wards such that those on the South Side received the first numbers, followed by in order the West and North sides was a tradition that had dated to the City's founding and division into wards in 1837.^[1] Incumbent alderpersons who started a new term in 1923 are reckoned as having started their term in 1923 regardless of whenever they actually started holding office, which is noted in the "Notes" column.

West Side (Wards 20–41)

North Side (Wards 42–50)

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[2] They were six in 1837 and 35 immediately prior to 1923.

[3] The 3rd and 5th wards were entitled to one alderman each until 1839.

[1837_Wards-5] [1]
"Ward Map – 11 February 1837". Chicagology. Retrieved November 4, 2018.

[1923_Date-1] [D 1]
"Englewood Happenings". Suburbanite Economist. April 13, 1923. Retrieved September 16, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.

[Touhy-Boutell_resignations-10] [D 2]
"Resign Council seats to take other offices". Chicago Tribune. December 2, 1926. Retrieved March 7, 2019.

[Van_Norman_death-11] [D 3]
"City Hall will close in homage to Van Norman". Chicago Sunday Tribune. October 13, 1929. Retrieved March 7, 2019.

[Leahy_swear-in-12] [D 4]
"Jeremiah P. Leahy Takes Oath as Council Member". Chicago Tribune. April 26, 1930. Retrieved March 7, 2019.

[Adamowski_death-16] [D 5]
"Ald. Adamowski will be buried next Saturday". Chicago Tribune. July 18, 1929. Retrieved March 7, 2019.

[Frankhauser_Judge-18] [D 6]
Evans, Arthur (November 6, 1929). "22 Candidates on Democratic slate swept in". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 4, 2019.

[Williston-19] [D 7]
"Williston Wins Council Seat by 2,419 over Dever". Chicago Tribune. May 7, 1930. Retrieved April 4, 2019.

[Parties_'33-4] [P 1]
"The New City Council". Chicago Tribune. April 5, 1933. Retrieved April 4, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

[F25-6] [P 2]
Fremon p. 25

[Parties_'23-runoff-7] [P 3]
"Final Results on Aldermen". Chicago Tribune. Vol. 82, no. 81C. April 4, 1923. p. 4. Retrieved April 7, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

[Leahy_party-13] [P 4]
"Democracy's leaders urge the nomination of Judge Henry Horner". Chicago Tribune. April 10, 1932. Retrieved March 7, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

[F180-14] [P 5]
Fremon p. 180

[1923_ward_boundaries-8] [M 1]
"1930 Census Chicago, Illinois Ward Boundaries". A look at Cook. Retrieved March 16, 2019.

[27th_ward_map-9] [M 2]
"Ward 27" (PDF). CityOfChicago.org. City of Chicago. Retrieved March 16, 2019.

[32nd_ward_map-15] [M 3]
"Ward 32" (PDF). CityOfChicago.org. City of Chicago. Retrieved March 17, 2019.

[42nd_ward_map-17] [M 4]
"Ward 42" (PDF). CityOfChicago.org. City of Chicago. Retrieved March 16, 2019.

[50th_ward_map-20] [M 5]
"Ward 50" (PDF). CityOfChicago.org. City of Chicago. Retrieved April 4, 2019.

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No.		Term in office	Party	Notes
1	John Coughlin	April 16, 1923 – November 11, 1938	Democratic^{[parties 2]}	Had been serving since 1892 Died in office
2	Michael Kenna	April 12, 1939 – April 9, 1943	Democratic^{[parties 2]}	Had previously served from 1897 to 1923
3	John Budinger	April 9, 1943 – 1951	Democratic	Had previously served then-4th ward from 1910 to 1912
4	John D'Arco Sr.	1951 – 1963	Democratic
5	Michael Fiorito	February 16 – May 6, 1963	Democratic	Resigned
6	Donald Parrillo	1963 – 1968	Democratic
7	Fred Roti	1968 – 1991	Democratic
8	Ted Mazola	1991 – 1995	Democratic
9	Jesse Granato	1995 – May 19, 2003	Democratic
10	Manuel Flores	May 19, 2003 – January 4, 2010	Democratic	Appointed to be Chairman of the Illinois Commerce Commission
11	Proco Joe Moreno	March 26, 2010 – May 20, 2019	Democratic
12	Daniel La Spata	May 20, 2019 – present	Democratic

No.		Term in office	Party	Notes
1	Louis B. Anderson	April 16, 1923 – 1933	Republican	Had been serving since 1917
2	William L. Dawson	1933 – April 12, 1939	Republican^{[parties 1]}
3	Earl B. Dickerson	April 12, 1939 – April 9, 1943	Democratic
4	William H. Harvey	April 9, 1943 – December 20, 1968		Became a County Commissioner
5	Fred D. Hubbard	March 11, 1969 – March 16, 1972
6	William Barnett	August 15, 1972 – 1983	Democratic
7	Bobby Rush	1983 – 1993	Democratic
8	Madeline Haithcock	1993 – May 21, 2007	Democratic
9	Robert Fioretti	May 21, 2007 – May 2015	Democratic
10	Brian K. Hopkins	May 2015 – present	Democratic

No.		Term in office	Party	Notes
1	Robert R. Jackson	April 16, 1923 – April 12, 1939	Republican^{[parties 1]}	Had been serving then-2nd ward since 1918
2	Benjaim A. Grant	April 12, 1939 – April 9, 1943
3	Oscar Stanton De Priest	April 9, 1943 – 1947	Republican	Had previously served then-2nd ward from 1915 to 1917
4	Archibald Carey Jr.	1947 – 1955	Republican
5	Ralph Metcalfe	1955 – December 1970	Democratic	Became a Congressman
6	Tyrone T. Kenner	February 23, 1971 – February 11, 1985
7	Dorothy Tillman	February 11, 1985 – April 27, 2007	Democratic
8	Pat Dowell	April 27, 2007 – Present	Democratic

No.		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
6	Toni Preckwinkle	1991 – 2010	Democratic
7	Shirley Newsome	2010 – May 2011
8	William D. Burns	May 2011 – February 2016	Democratic
9	Sophia King	April 16, 2016 – present	Democratic

No.		Term in office	Party	Notes
1	William R. O'Toole	April 16, 1923 – 1931	Democratic	Had been serving then-30th ward since 1914
2	Thomas J. O'Grady	1931 – 1933
3	James J. McDermott	1933 – December 3, 1942	Democratic^{[parties 1]}	Elected to Cook County Board of Appeals
4	Clarence P. Wagner	April 9, 1943 – July 10, 1953		Died in office
5	Joseph P. Burke	November 3, 1953 – May 11, 1968	Democratic	Died in office
6	Edward M. Burke	March 14, 1969 – Present	Democratic

No.		Term in office	Party	Notes
1	Donald S. McKinlay	April 16, 1923 – 1928	Democratic^{[parties 3]}	Resigned
2	O.E. Northrup	1929 – 1935	Republican^{[parties 1]}
3	John J. Duffy	1935 – December 1, 1950		Elected to the Cook County Board of Commissioners
4	David T. McKiernan	1951 – May 25, 1957		Died in office
5	Thomas F. Fitzpatrick	September 17, 1957 – April 1, 1975
6	Jeremiah E. Joyce	April 1, 1975 – February 1, 1979	Democratic	Elected to the Illinois General Assembly for the 28th district
7	Michael F. Sheahan	April 16, 1979 – 1991	Democratic
8	Virginia Rugai	1991 – 2011	Democratic
9	Matthew O'Shea	2011 – present	Democratic

No.		Term in office	Party	Notes
1	John Powers	April 16, 1923 – 1927	Democratic	Had been serving then-19th ward since 1905 and previously from 1888 to 1904
2	James Bowler	1927 – June 7, 1934 February 26, 1935 – July 11, 1953	Democratic^{[parties 1]}	Had previously served then-19th ward between 1906 and 1923 Briefly vacated office to become a Public Vehicle License Commissioner Became a Congressman representing IL-7
3	Vito Marzullo	November 3, 1953 – 1985	Democratic
4	Juan Soliz	1985 – 1991
5	Ambrosio Medrano	1991 – 1996
6	Daniel Solis	1996 – 2019	Democratic
7	Byron Sigcho-Lopez	2019 – present

No.		Term in office	Party	Notes
1	Joseph A. Mendel	April 16, 1923 – 1927
2	Frank A. Sloan	1927 – 1933
3	Frank E. Konkowski	1933 – 1939	Republican^{[parties 1]}	Redistricted from the 31st ward Died in office
4	Alexander J. Sobota	1939 – June 23, 1944		Died in office
5	Mathew William Bieszczat	February 5, 1945 – November 8, 1960		Elected Bailiff of Municipal Court of Chicago
6	Stanley M. Zydlo	February 26, 1963 – April 16, 1979
7	Michael Nardulli	1979 – 1986
8	Luis Gutiérrez	May 2, 1986 – December 12, 1992	Democratic
9	Billy Ocasio	1994 – 2009	Democratic
10	Roberto Maldonado	2009 – present	Democratic

No.		Term in office	Party	Notes
1	John J. Touhy	April 16, 1923 – December 1, 1926^{[dates 2]}	Democratic^{[dates 2]}	Had been serving then-18th ward since 1917 Resigned to take office as a Sanitary District Trustee^{[dates 2]}
2	Harry C. Van Norman	1927 – October 11, 1929^{[dates 3]}	Democratic	Died in office^{[dates 3]}
3	Jeremiah P. Leahy	April 25, 1930^{[dates 4]} – 1933	Democratic^{[parties 4]}
4	Harry L. Sain	1933 – February 23, 1971	Democratic^{[parties 5]}
5	Eugene Ray	February 23, 1971 – 1983	Democratic^{[parties 5]}
6	Wallace Davis Jr., Sheneather Y. Butler	1983 - 1987, – 1987 - 1991	Democratic
7	Rickey R. Hendon	1991 – January 13, 1993	Democratic	Elected to the Illinois Senate for the 5th district
8	Dexter G. Watson	1993 – May 1995	Democratic
9	Walter Burnett Jr.	May 1995 – present	Democratic

No.		Term in office	Party	Notes
1	Stanley Adamkiewicz	April 16, 1923 – 1929	Democratic^{[parties 3]}	Had previously served then-17th ward from 1917 to 1921
2	Frank E. Konkowski	1929 – 1933	Republican^{[parties 1]}	Redistricted to the 26th ward
3	Thomas Patrick Keane	1933 – July 13, 1945	Democratic^{[parties 1]}	Redistricted from the 34th ward Died in office
4	Thomas E. Keane	September 4, 1945 – October 9, 1974		Convicted of mail fraud and conspiracy
5	Adeline Keane	February 25, 1975 – 1979
6	Chester Kuta	April 16, 1979 – November 30, 1981		Resigned
7	Joseph A. Martinez	December 11, 1981 – 1983
8	Miguel Santiago	1983 - 1987
9	Raymond Figueroa	1987 - 1991
10	Ray Suarez	1991 – May 2015
11	Milly Santiago	May 2015 – May 20, 2019
12	Felix Cardona, Jr.	May 20, 2019 – Present

No.		Term in office	Party	Notes
1	Joseph H. Smith	April 16, 1923 – 1933	Democratic^{[parties 3]}	Had been serving then-14th ward since 1914
2	Joseph P. Rostenkowski	1933 – 1955	Democratic^{[parties 1]}	Redistricted from 33rd ward
3	Bernard C. Prusinski	1955 – 1959
4	Robert J. Sulski	1959 – November 28, 1968		Became a Circuit Court Judge
5	Terry Gabinski	March 12, 1969 – May 21, 1998	Democratic
6	Theodore Matlak	May 21, 1998 – May 20, 2007	Democratic
7	Scott Waguespack	May 20, 2007 – present	Democratic

No.		Term in office	Party	Notes
1	Max Adamowski	April 16, 1923 – July 16, 1929^{[dates 5]}	Democratic	Had been serving then-22nd ward since 1916 Died in office^{[dates 5]}
2	Frank H. Landmesser	1929 – 1933	Democratic
3	Henry J. Wieland	1933 – 1935	Democratic^{[parties 1]}
4	Patrick J. Cullerton	1935 – April 17, 1958		Elected Cook County Assessor
5	William J. Cullerton	1959 – April 14, 1973		Died in office
6	Thomas W. Cullerton	November 27, 1973 – 1993		Died in office
7	Thomas R. Allen	1993 – 2010		Became a judge of the Cook County Illinois Circuit Court
8	Timothy Cullerton	2011 – 2013
9	Nicholas Sposato	2013 – present	Independent (since 2017) Democratic (before 2017)	Redistricted from 36th ward

No.		Term in office	Party	Notes
1	Dorsey Crowe	April 16, 1923 – July 1, 1962	Democratic^{[parties 1]}	Had been serving then-21st ward since 1919 Died in office
2	Mayer Goldberg	February 26, 1963 – November 29, 1968	Democratic	Became a Circuit Court Judge
3	Raymond K. Fried	March 11, 1969 – January 26, 1970	Democratic	Died in office
4	Burton Natarus	1971 – 2007	Democratic
5	Brendan Reilly	2007 – Present	Democratic

No.		Term in office	Party	Notes
1	Arthur F. Albert	April 16, 1923 – October 31, 1927	Republican	Had been serving then-22nd ward since 1921 Albert lost the first round of the 1927 election to Haffa, but had been granted a runoff that he would win. However, the runoff was disputed and the Council unseated him in favor of Haffa, claiming that the judge who had granted the runoff had erred in counting spoiled ballots to determine the majority Haffa needed to avoid a runoff.
2	Titus Haffa	1927 – 1929	Republican	Disputed with Albert until October 31, 1927, see above.
1	Arthur F. Albert	1929 – 1931	Republican
3	James B. Waller	1931 – 1933	Republican
4	Paddy Bauler	1933 – April 9, 1943	Democratic^{[parties 1]}
3	James B. Waller	April 9, 1943 – 1947	Republican
4	Paddy Bauler	1947 – 1967	Democratic^{[parties 1]}
5	George B. McCutcheon	April 4, 1967 – 1971	Republican
6	William Singer	1971 – 1975
7	Martin J. Oberman	1975 – 1987	Democratic
8	Edwin Eisendrath	1987 – 1993	Democratic
9	Charles Bernardini	1993 – 1999
10	Vi Daley	1999 – May 16, 2011
11	Michele Smith	May 16, 2011 – August 12, 2022	Democratic
12	Timmy Knudsen	September 21, 2022 – Present	Democratic

No.		Term in office	Party
1	Harry W. Klinke	April 16, 1923 – 1925	Republican^{[parties 3]}
2	John J. Hoellen Sr.	1925 – 1933	Republican
3	Albert F. Schultz	1933 – 1939	Democratic^{[parties 1]}
4	Frank O. Hilburn	1939 – 1947
5	John J. Hoellen Jr.	1947 – 1975	Republican
6	Eugene Schulter	February 25, 1975 – May 16, 2011	Democratic
7	Ameya Pawar	May 16, 2011 – May 20, 2019	Democratic
8	Matt Martin	May 20, 2019 – Present

No.		Term in office	Party	Notes
1	Eli I. Frankhauser	April 16, 1923 – November 1929^{[dates 6]}	Republican^{[dates 6]}	Had been serving then-25th ward since 1921 Elected Superior Court Judge^{[dates 6]}
2	George A. Williston	May 1930^{[dates 7]} – 1935	Republican^{[parties 1]}
3	Frank Keenan	1935 – December 1, 1950		Elected to Cook County Board of Tax Appeals
4	Thomas C. Keegan	1951 – November 1, 1951		Died in office
5	Brian J. Ducey	1951 – 1955		Resigned
6	David J. Hartigan	1955 – April 28, 1959		Died in office
7	Paul T. Wigoda	November 3, 1959 – October 10, 1974		Convicted of Income Tax evasion
8	Esther Saperstein	February 25, 1975 – April 16, 1979
9	David Orr	1979 – 1990	Democratic
10	Robert Clarke	1990 – 1991
11	Joe Moore	1991 – May 20, 2019	Democratic
12	Maria Hadden	May 20, 2019 – present

No.		Term in office	Party	Notes
1	William H. Pontow	April 16, 1923 – 1927	Democratic^{[parties 3]}
2	Aron K. Mose	1927 – 1929	Republican
3	Curtis F. Mellin	1929 – 1931	Republican
4	James R. Quinn	1931 – June 21, 1945	Democratic^{[parties 1]}	Resigned
5	Jerome Huppert	September 4, 1945 – 1947
6	Alban Weber	1947 – 1951
7	Robert S. Bremer	1951 – 1955
8	Jack I. Sperling	1955 – February 1, 1973	Republican	Became a Circuit Court Judge
9	Bernard Stone	1973 – 2011	Democratic (1973–1987; 1990–2011) Republican (1987–1990)
10	Debra Silverstein	2011 – present

List_of_Chicago_aldermen_since_1923

History

South Side (Wards 1–19)

1st Ward

2nd Ward

3rd Ward

4th Ward

5th Ward

6th Ward

7th Ward

8th Ward

9th Ward

10th Ward

11th Ward

12th Ward

13th Ward

14th Ward

15th Ward

16th Ward

17th Ward

18th Ward

19th Ward

West Side (Wards 20–41)

20th Ward

21st Ward

22nd Ward

23rd Ward

24th Ward

25th Ward

26th Ward

27th Ward

28th Ward

29th Ward

30th Ward

31st Ward

32nd Ward

33rd Ward

34th Ward

35th Ward

36th Ward

37th Ward

38th Ward

39th Ward

40th Ward

41st Ward

North Side (Wards 42–50)

42nd Ward

43rd Ward

44th Ward

45th Ward

46th ward

47th Ward

48th Ward

49th Ward

50th Ward

Notes

References

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