2nd ward, Chicago

2nd Ward - Chicago
Ward
Ward 2
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Cook
City	Chicago
Established	1837
Communities	list
Government
• Type	Ward
• Body	Chicago City Council
• Alderperson	Brian K. Hopkins (Democratic Party)
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The 2nd Ward is one of the 50 aldermanic wards with representation in the City Council of Chicago, Illinois.

Past alders

The current alderperson for the 2nd ward is Brian K. Hopkins.

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
		Peter Bolles	1837–1838			[1]	1st			Francis C. Sherman	1837–1838			[1]
		James Curtiss	1838–1839	Democratic	Later elected alderman again in 1846 in 3rd ward	[1]	2nd			John S.C. Hogan	1838–1839		Redistricted from 4th ward (where he served 1837–1838)	[1]
		Eli S. Prescott	1839–1840			[1] [2]	3rd			Clement C. Stose	1839–1840			[1] [2]
		James Carney	1840–1841		Later elected alderman again in 1849 in the 1st ward	[1]	4th			Augustus Garrett	1840–1841	Democratic		[1]
		Jason McCord	1841–1842			[1]	5th			Peter Page	1841–1842		Later elected alderman again in 1849 in 1st ward	[1]
		Charles McDonnell	1842–1843		Later elected alderman again in 1847 in 4th ward	[1]	6th			Caleb Morgan	1842–1843			[1]
		Jason McCord	1843–1844			[1]	7th			Charles Sauter	1843–1844			[1]
		Samuel W. Tallmadge	1844–1845			[1]	8th			William Wheeler	1844–1845			[3]
		Robert P. Hamilton	1845–1846			[1]	9th			James H Woodworth	1845–1846		Later elected alderman again in 1847 in 1st ward	[1]
		N.H. Bolles	1846–1847			[3]	10th			Andrew Smith	1846–1847			[1]
		Levi Boone	1847–1848		Redistricted from 2nd ward	[1]	11th			Isaac Speer	1847–1849			[1]
		Edward Manierre	1848–1849			[1] [3]	12th
		George W. Snow	1849–1850			[1] [4]	13th			Henry L. Rucker	1849–1850			[1] [3]
							14th			Isaac Lawrence Milliken	1850–1854	Democratic		[1]
		Alexander Loyd	1850–1851			[1] [4]
		Hugh Maher	1851–1853			[1]	15th
							16th
		John Evans	1853–1855			[1]	17th
							18th			Levi Boone	1854–1855			[1]
							19th			Thomas Allen	1855–1856			[1] [3]
		Owen Kendall	1856–1858			[3]				R.M. Hough	1855–1856			[1]
							20th			Lucius A. Willard	1856–1857			[3]
										Jacob Harris	1857–1858			[1] [3]
							21st
		Smith McClevey	1858–1859			[1]
							22nd			Charles H. Abbott	1858–1860			[1]
		Jacob Harris	1859–1861			[1]	23rd
							24th			James M. Marshall	1860–1861			[1] [5]
		J.Q. Hoyt	1861–1863			[1]	25th			Patrick Sanders	1861–1862			[1] [3]
							26th			Peter Shimp	1862–1866 [note 1]	Democratic Party		[1] [6]
		A.D. Titsworth	1863–1865		Redistricted from 3rd ward	[1]	27th
							28th
		William H. Carter	1865–1867			[1]	29th
							30th			Calvin DeWolf	1866–1868		Previously served in 3rd ward	[1]
		Arthur Dixon	1867–1876	Republican	later elected alderman again in 1879 in 1st ward	[1] [7]	31st
							32nd			P.M. Donnellan	1868–1870			[3] [5]
							33rd
							34th
							35th			Joseph E. Otis	1870–1872			[1]
							36th
							37th			Francis W. Warren	1872–1876			[1] [3] [7]
							38th
							39th
		Addison Ballard	1876–1881	Republican		[1] [8]	40th			Jacob Rosenberg	1876–1878			[1]
							41st
							42nd			Patrick Sanders	1978–1886	Democratic		[3] [8]
							43rd
44th
		James T. Appleton	1881–1889	Democratic	redistricted into 1st ward ahead for 1889 election and lost the election in that ward	[1] [9] [10]	45th
							46th
							47th
							48th
							49th
							50th			George H. Mueller	1886–1888	Republican		[1] [9]
							51st
							52nd			John H. Hamline	1888–1889		Redistricted from 3rd ward	[1]
		John Summerfield	1889–1891			[1]	53rd			Frank C. Vierling	1889–1892			[1]
							54th
		John W. Woodard	1891–1893			[1]	55th
							56th			Daniel J. Horan	1892–1894			[1]
		Martin Best	1893–1897	Republican		[1] [11]	57th
							58th			Addison Ballard	1894–1896	Republican [note 2]		[1] [12] [11]
							59th
							60th			Charles F. Gunther	1896–1900	Democratic		[1]
		Patrick J. Cook	1897–1899			[1]	61st
							62nd
		Eugene R. Pike	1899–1901	Republican		[1] [13]	63rd
							64th			William Hale Thompson	1900–1902	Republican		[1] [13] [14]
		Charles Alling	1901–1905	Republican	Redistricted from 3rd ward	[1] [13] [14]	65th							[15]
								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] [13] [8] [14]
							67th
							68th
		George F. Harding Jr.	1905–1915			[1]	69th
							70th
							71st
							72nd
							73rd
							74th			Wilson Shufelt	1910–1912			[1]
							75th
							76th			Norris Hugh	1912–1918		Later elected alderman again in 1943 in 3rd ward	[1]
							77th
							78th
		Oscar Stanton De Priest	1915–1917	Republican		[1] [16]	79th
							80th
		Louis B. Anderson	1917–1933	Republican		[1] [17]	81st
							82nd			Robert R. Jackson	1918–1923	Republican	Redistricted to the 3rd ward in 1923	[1] [17]
							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.

Originally covering Douglas and its immediate surroundings, this ward has drastically moved northward to its current location across the Near North Side and West Town.

No.	Alderperson			Term in office	Party	Notes	Cite
1			Louis B. Anderson	April 16, 1923 – 1933	Republican	Had been serving since 1917	[1]
2			William L. Dawson	1933 – April 12, 1939	Republican		[1] [18]
3			Earl B. Dickerson	April 12, 1939 – April 9, 1943	Democratic		[1]
4			William H. Harvey	April 9, 1943 – December 20, 1968	[1]	Became a County Commissioner
5			Fred D. Hubbard	March 11, 1969 – March 16, 1972		Elected in 1969 special election; seat declared vacant after disappearance	[1] [19]
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

Notes

1. declared self a "war democrat" during first term, voting often with the Republican Party aldermen during that term ^[6]
2. Ballard was elected in the 1894 aldermanic election as an independent Republican, rather than being nominated by the city's Republican Party for that election

References

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2. Fergus, Robert (1876). "Fergus' Directory of the City of Chicago 1839". Northern Illinois University Digital Library (Newberry Library at Northern Illinois University). Robert Fergus. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
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7. Ahern, M. L. (1886). Political History of Chicago: (covering the Period from 1837 to 1887) Local Politics from the City's Birth; Chicago's Mayors, Aldermen and Other Officials; County and Federal Officers; the Fire and Police Departments; the Haymarket Horror; Miscellaneous. Donohue & Henneberry, printers and binders. pp. 116–120.
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    • "Makeup of New City Council" . Chicago Tribune. April 1, 1901 – via Newspapers.com.
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    • "One-Year-Men Shut Out" . Chicago Tribune. April 9, 1901. Retrieved December 25, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
    • "One-Year Aldermen Lose" . Chicago Tribune. April 12, 1901. Retrieved December 25, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
    • "Short Term Aldermen Go to Court" . Chicago Tribune. April 11, 1901. Retrieved December 25, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
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17. "The Common Council Full List of Aldermen Composing the Governing Body of the City of Chicago" . Chicago Eagle at Newspapers.com. March 1, 1919. Retrieved December 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
18. "The New City Council" . Chicago Tribune. April 5, 1933. Retrieved April 4, 2019– via Newspapers.com.
19. "4 Aldermen Sworn In By Mayor Daley" . Newspapers.com. Chicago Tribune. March 15, 1969. Retrieved January 7, 2022.