10th ward, Chicago

10th Ward - Chicago
Ward
Ward 10
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Cook
City	Chicago
Established	1857
Communities	list
Government
• Type	Ward
• Body	Chicago City Council
• Alderperson	Peter Chico (Democratic Party)
Website

The 10th Ward is one of the 50 aldermanic wards with representation in the City Council of Chicago, Illinois.

History

The ward was created on February 16, 1857, when the number of wards in the city increased from nine to ten. ^[1]

Past alders

The current alderperson for the 10th ward is Peter Chico, who has represented the ward since 2023.

Before 1923

Before 1923, wards were represented by two aldermen.

Aldermen							# 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		Later elected alderman again in 1963 in 6th ward	[1]
							25th
							26th			Redmond Sheridan	1862–1863		Redistricted to 8th ward in 1863	[1]
		George Hilmrod	1863–1865			[1]	27th			Charles C. P. Holden	1863–1872	Republican	Redistricted from 5th ward in 1863	[2] [3]
							28th
		Edmund Bixby	1865–1867		Died in office	[1] [2]	29th
							30th
							31st
		Alvin Salisbury	1868–1869			[2]	32nd
							33rd
		Thomas Wilco	1869–1871			[2]	34th
							35th
		Lester L. Bond	1871–1873	Republican	Previously represented 11th ward; served as acting mayor in 1873	[1]	36th
							37th			David W. Clark Jr.	1872–1875			[4]
		Charles L. Woodman	1873–1876		Redistricted from 20th ward	[1] [2]	38th
							39th
		George E. White	1876–1878	Republican	Redistricted from 11th ward	[1] [4]	40th			Andrew F. Smith	1876–1877			[1]
							41st			Michael McNurney	1877–1881	Republican		[1] [4]
		John Eiszner	1878–1880			[5] [6]	42nd
							43rd
		H. Schroeder	1880–1882	Democratic		[1] [4]	44th
							45th			Daniel Nelson	1881–1883	Republican		[1] [4]
		George E. White	1882–1884	Republican		[1] [4]	46th
							47th			James Walsh	1883–1885	Democratic	Previously served in 11th ward; later elected alderman again in 1897 in 17th ward	[1] [4]
		Michael McNurney	1884–1886	Republican		[1] [4]	48th
							49th			Stephen P. Revere	1885–1887	Republican	Later elected alderman again in 1895 in 17th ward	[1] [7]
		Henry M. Deal	1886–1888			[1] [7]	50th
							51st			J.N. Mulvihill	1887–1888		Redistricted to 17th ward in 1888	[1]
		Simon Walner	1888–1890			[1]	52nd			Augustus W. Nohe	1888–1889			[1]
							53rd			Thomas McEnerny	1889–1891			[1]
		William Schwerin	1890–1892			[1]	54th
							55th			John F. Dorman	1891–1895			[1]
		Charles C. Schumacher	1892–1894			[1]	56th
							57th
		Fred C. Engel	1894–1896	Republican		[1] [8]	58th
							59th			Zina R. Carter	1895–1896	Republican		[1] [8]
		August W. Miller	1896–1899			[1]	60th			Anton Novak	1896–1897			[1]
							61st			Peter Biewer	1897–1899			[1]
							62nd
		Michael Zimmer	1899		Later elected alderman again in 1901 in 12th ward	[1]
		William F. Brennan	1899–1901		Redistricted to 12th ward in 1901	[1]	63rd			Anton Novak	1899–1901			[1]
							64th
		Edward J. Novak	1901–1904	Democratic	Redistricted from 8th ward	[1] [9]	65th			Joseph Sindelar	1901–1902		Died in office	[1]
							66th			Charles G. Foucek	1902–1903	Republican		[1] [10]
							67th			Jacob Sindelar	1903–1905			[1]
		Rudolph Hurt	1904–1910		Previously served in 9th ward	[1]	68th
							69th			Thomas F. Scully	1905–1911	Democratic		[1] [11]
							70th
							71st
							72nd
							73rd
		Frank J. Vavricek	1910–1914			[1]	74th
							75th			Frank Klaus	1911–1921	Democratic		[1] [12]
							76th
							77th
		James McNichols	1914–1923	Democratic		[1] [13]	78th
							79th
							80th
							81st
							82nd
							83rd
							84th
							85th	—
							86th

Since 1923

See also: List of Chicago alderpersons since 1923

Since 1923, wards have been represented by a single alderman. Elections have also been nonpartisan, though officeholders often still publicly affiliate with parties.

Alderperson		Term in office	Party		Notes	Cite
	Ernest M. Cross	1923–1927		Republican	Redistricted from the 8th ward	[1] [14]
	William A. Rowan	1927–1942		Democratic		[1] [15]
	William J. Pieczynski	1943–1945			Died in office	[1]
	Emil V. Pacini	1945–1963				[1] [16]
	John J. Buchanan	1963–1971			Lost re-election	[1]
	Edward Vrdolyak	1971–1987		Democratic
	Victor Vrdolyak	1987–1991		Democratic		[17]
	John J. Buchanan	1991–1999
	John Pope	1999–2015		Democratic	Lost re-election
	Susan Sadlowski Garza	2015–2023		Democratic
	Peter Chico	2023-present		Democratic

References

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10. "The Chicago Daily News Almanac and Year Book for 1903". Chicago Daily News Company. 1902. p. 381. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
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17. Tribune, Chicago (June 7, 1992). "Victor A. Vrdolyak, 59, 10th Ward Ex-Alderman". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 12, 2025.