11th ward, Chicago

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11th Ward - Chicago
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Ward 11
11th Ward - "Daley Machine" HQ.jpg
11th Ward - "Daley Machine" HQ, Chicago
11th ward, Chicago
Coordinates: 41°50′17″N87°38′46″W / 41.838°N 87.646°W / 41.838; -87.646
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
County Cook
CityChicago
Established1863
Communities
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Government
 • TypeWard
 • Body City of Chicago
 • Alderman Nicole Lee (Democratic Party)
Website www.cityofchicago.org
2015 boundary of district 11th Ward 2015.svg
2015 boundary of district

The 11th Ward is one of the 50 aldermanic wards with representation in the City Council of Chicago, Illinois. It is broken into 38 election precincts. [1] Five Mayors of Chicago have come from this ward: Edward Joseph Kelly, Martin H. Kennelly, Richard J. Daley, Michael A. Bilandic and Richard M. Daley. [2]

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The ward has had notable levels of political corruption. [3] [4] [5] It is home to the headquarters of the so-called Daley machine and the 11th ward "...had by far the highest number of trucking firms benefitting from the City of Chicago's Hired Truck Program". [6]

Alderpersons

The current alderperson for the 11th ward is Nicole Lee.

Before 2021, alderpersons were formally known as "aldermen". [7]

Previous aldermen include:

1863–1923

From the creation of the district in 1863 until 1923, it was represented by two aldermen elected to two-year terms. Elections were staggered.

Aldermen# CouncilAldermen
AldermanTerm in officePartyNotesCiteAldermanTerm in officePartyNotesCite
  Lester Legrand Bond.jpg Lester L. Bond 1863–1866 Republican Later elected alderman again in 1871 in 10th ward [14] 27thGeorge Von Hollen1863–1865 [14]
28th
29thS.I. Russell1865–1869< [15]
Henry Ackhoff1866–1868 [14] 30th
31st
B.F. Russell1868–1870 [14] 32nd
33rd
34thJames Walsh1869–1871Later elected in 1883 in 10th ward [14]
Herman O. Glade1970–1872 [14] 35th
36thHenry Sweet1871–1873 [14]
T.T. Verdier1972 [14]
Patrick Kehoe1872–1874 [14] 37th
38th  George E. White.jpg George E. White 1873–1876 Republican Redistricted to 10th ward in 1876 [14] [16]
S. F. Gunderson1874–1875 [14] [15] 39th
J.G. Briggs1876–1877 [14] 40th Amos G. Throop 1840 (a).jpg Amos G. Throop 1876–1880Previously served in 4th ward [14] [15]
Ansel B. Cooke1877–1879 [14] 41st
42nd
  George Bell Swift, Mayor of Chicago (1).jpg George Bell Swift 1879–1881 Republican Later served again [15] [16] 43rd
44th Thomas N. Bond1880–1886 Republican [14] [16]
 Thaddeus Dean1881–1883 Republican [14] [16] 45th
46th
  Samuel Simons sketch, Chicago Tribune, 1887 (1).png Samuel Simons1883–1887 Republican [14] [17] 47th
48th
49th
50th  Samuel Kerr sketch, Chicago Tribune, 1886 (1).png Samuel Kerr1886–1888 Republican [14] [17]
John J. Badenoch1887–1889 [14] 51st
52ndWalter M. Pond1888–1892 [14]
William D. Kent 1889–1895 [14] 53rd
54th
55th
56th  George Bell Swift, Mayor of Chicago (1).jpg George Bell Swift 1892–1894 Republican had previously served; was acting mayor Nov. 9–Dec. 27, 1893 [14]
57th
58th Alexander H. Watson1894–1896 Republican [14] [18]
Charles E. Hambleton1895–1897 [14] 59th
60th—
George Duddleson1897–1901 [14] 61st
62ndRobert K. Colson1898–1900 [14]
63rd
64thNicholas R. Finn1900–1901Redistricted to 20th ward in 1901 [14]
 Charles J. Byrne1901–1902 Democratic Redistricted from 9th ward [14] [19] 65th  Edward F. Cullerton (F0115d56a6fa9075) (3x4).jpg Edward Cullerton 1901–1920 Democratic Previously served in 6th, 7th, and 9th wards; died in office [14] [19] [20]
Charles J. Moertel1902–1904 [14] 66th
67th
Peter K. Hoffman1904–1908 [14] 68th
69th
70th
71st
Otto J. Novak1908–1910 [14] 72nd
73rd
Frank P. Danisch1910–1912 [14] 74th
75th
Frank W. Bewersdorf1912–1914 [14] 76th
77th
Cleophas F. Pettkoske1914–1916 [14] 78th
79th
 Herman Krumdrick1916–1920 Democratic [14] [21] 80th
81st
82nd
83rd
Dennis A. Horan 1920–1923Continued as alderman after 1923, redistricted to 21st ward [14] [22] 84th—
85th
86th

1923–present

Since 1923, the district has been a single-member district.

AlderpersonTerm in officePartyNotesCite
Timothy A. Hogan
John P. Wilson
Thomas A. Doyle  Democratic [23]
Hugh B. Connelly
John F. Wall
Stanley J. Nowakowski
Matthew J. Danaher
Judge Michael A. Bilandic.png Michael A. Bilandic June 12, 1969–June 7, 1977  Democratic became acting mayor on December 28, 1976; resigned from council after being elected mayor in a special election [24]
Patrick M. Huels   Democratic
James Balcer (14544978615) (b).jpg James Balcer 1997–2015  Democratic
"Thank You" Event for 9th District Police -2 (28239986522) (Patrick Daley Thompson 1).jpg Patrick Daley Thompson May 18, 2015–February 14, 2022  Democratic
Nicole Lee March 28, 2022–present  Democratic Appointed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot, re-elected in 2023

Demographics

As of 2015, the demographics of the ward [2] were:

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