4th Ward - Chicago | |
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Coordinates: 41°48′58″N87°36′18″W / 41.816°N 87.605°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Illinois |
County | Cook |
City | Chicago |
Communities | |
Government | |
• Type | Ward |
• Body | City of Chicago |
• Alderman | Lamont Robinson (D) |
Website | www.cityofchicago.org |
The 4th Ward is one of the 50 aldermanic wards with representation in the City Council of Chicago, Illinois. It is divided into 52 election precincts. [2] Lake Michigan is the ward's eastern boundary for much of its area. [2] Its northwesternmost point, as of 2002, was located at the intersection of East 26th Street and South Prairie Avenue and its southeasternmost point at the intersection of East 55th Street and Lake Park Avenue. [2]
David K. Fremon wrote in 1988 that "No other ward has wealth and poverty in such proximity." [3]
The 4th ward was one of six created upon Chicago's incorporation as a city in 1837. At the time its boundaries were the city limits at North Avenue and Wood Street to its respective north and west, Randolph Street to its south, and the Chicago River to its east. In 1847 it was moved to the Loop and Near South Side, being bounded by the Chicago River to its north and west, 22nd street (modern Cermak) to its south, and Wells Street to its east. In 1857 the southern boundary was extended to 31st street and in 1863 the ward was significantly moved eastward, bounded by 16th street, Lake Michigan, 31st street, and Clark Street. In 1869 its southern boundary was retracted to 26th street. [4]
In 1876 it was moved southward, between 26th street and Egan Street (modern-day Pershing) and Lake Michigan and Clark Street. In 1887 it was moved south yet again, to the area bounded by the Lake, 33rd and 39th streets, and Stewart Avenue. In 1901 it was extended west to once again touch the River, which it would do until 1923. In 1923, coincident with the City being divided into its modern 50 wards, it covered Kenwood and northern Washington Park. [4]
Before 1923, Wards were represented by two aldermen
Aldermen | # Council | Aldermen | ||||||||||||
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Alderman | Term in office | Party | Notes | Cite | Alderman | Term in office | Party | Notes | Cite | |||||
John S.C. Hogan | 1837–1838 | Redistricted to the 2nd ward in 1838 | [4] | 1st | Asahel Pierce | 1837–1840 | [4] | |||||||
Francis C. Taylor | 1838–1839 | [4] | 2nd | |||||||||||
John Murphy Jr. | 1839–1840 | [4] | 3rd | |||||||||||
Seth Johnson | 1840–1841 | [4] | 4th | William Otis Snell | 1840–1842 | [4] | ||||||||
G.W. Rogers | 1841–1842 | [4] | 5th | |||||||||||
Eben C. Chalonder | 1842–1843 | [4] | 6th | Daniel Elston | 1842–1843 | Later elected alderman again in 1851 in the 6th ward | [4] | |||||||
John Murphy Jr. | 1843–1845 | [4] | 7th | William S. Warner | 1843–1844 | [4] | ||||||||
8th | James Poussard | 1844 | [4] | |||||||||||
Asahel Pierce | 1844–1846 | [4] | ||||||||||||
Thomas McDonough | 1845–1846 | [4] | 9th | |||||||||||
Henry Magee | 1846–1847 | [4] | 10th | Joseph Wilson | 1846–1847 | [4] | ||||||||
Robert H. Foss | 1847–1852 | [4] | 11th | Charles McDonnelll | 1847–1849 | Previously served in 4th ward | [4] | |||||||
12th | ||||||||||||||
13th | ![]() | Amos G. Throop | 1849–1853 | Later elected alderman again in 1976 in 11th ward | [4] [5] [6] | |||||||||
14th | ||||||||||||||
15th | ||||||||||||||
Charles McDonnelll | 1852–1854 | [4] | 16th | |||||||||||
17th | William Kennedy | 1853–1855 | [4] | |||||||||||
Robert H. Foss | 1854–1855 | Later elected alderman again in 1860 in 5th ward | [4] | 18th | ||||||||||
— | 19th | William Colby | 1855–1857 | Later elected alderman again in 1860 in 1st ward | [4] | |||||||||
Samuel Myers | 1856–1862 | [4] | 20th | |||||||||||
21st | J.M. Kennedy | 1857–1861 | [4] | |||||||||||
22nd | ||||||||||||||
23rd | ||||||||||||||
24th | ||||||||||||||
25th | William Baragwanath | 1861–1863 | [4] | |||||||||||
Andrew Schall | 1862–1863 | Redistricted in 1863 to 1st ward | [4] | 26th | ||||||||||
John T. Edwards | 1863–1864 | Redistricted from 1st ward | [4] | 27th | Benjamin E. Gallup | 1863–1865 | [7] | |||||||
Samuel McRoy | 1864–1866 | [4] | 28th | |||||||||||
29th | H.M. Willmarth | 1865–1867 | [4] | |||||||||||
Alan C. Calkins | 1866–1870 | [4] [7] | 30th | |||||||||||
31st | Samuel McRoy | 1867–1869 | [7] | |||||||||||
32nd | ||||||||||||||
33rd | John H. McAvoy | 1869–1873 | [4] [7] | |||||||||||
34th | ||||||||||||||
Harvey M. Thompson | 1870–1872 | [4] | 35th | |||||||||||
36th | ||||||||||||||
George H. Sidwell | 1872–1874 | [4] | 37th | |||||||||||
38th | Jesse Spaulding | 1873–1876 | [4] [8] | |||||||||||
Rensselaer Stone | 1874–1876 | [4] | 39th | |||||||||||
John W. Stewart | 1876–1878 | [4] | 40th | James H. Gilbert | 1876–1879 | [4] | ||||||||
41st | ||||||||||||||
Herbert E. Mallory | 1878–1880 | [4] | 42nd | |||||||||||
43rd | Amos Grannis | 1879–1881 | Republican | [4] [9] | ||||||||||
William W. Watson | 1880–1882 | Republican | [4] [9] | 44th | ||||||||||
45th | ![]() | Oscar D. Wetherell | 1881–1888 | Republican | Previously served in 3rd ward | [4] [10] | ||||||||
S.D. Foss | 1882–1884 | [4] | 46th | |||||||||||
47th | ||||||||||||||
![]() | Thomas C. Clarke | 1884–1888 | Republican | Previously served in the 5th ward | [4] [10] | 48th | ||||||||
49th | ||||||||||||||
50th | ||||||||||||||
51st | ||||||||||||||
John W. Hepburn | 1888–1896 | Republican | [4] [11] | 52nd | Harry D. Hammer | 1888–1889 | [4] | |||||||
53rd | ![]() | Martin B. Madden | 1889–1897 | Republican | [4] | |||||||||
54th | ||||||||||||||
55th | ||||||||||||||
56th | ||||||||||||||
57th | ||||||||||||||
58th | ||||||||||||||
59th | ||||||||||||||
William S. Jackson | 1896–1901 | Republican | Redistricted to the 3rd ward in 1901 | [4] [12] | 60th | |||||||||
61st | Abraham A. Ballenberg | 1897–1899 | Democratic | [4] [12] | ||||||||||
62nd | ||||||||||||||
63rd | Milton J. Foreman | 1899–1901 | Republican | Redistricted to the 3rd ward in 1901 | [4] [13] | |||||||||
64th | ||||||||||||||
William E. Kent | 1901–1902 | Redistricted from 5th ward; died in office | [4] | 65th | Frank Doubek | 1901–1903 | [4] | |||||||
Henry Stuckart | 1902–1904 | [4] | 66th | |||||||||||
67th | James M. Dailey | 1903–1907 | [4] | |||||||||||
John A. Richert | 1904–1923 | [4] | 68th | |||||||||||
69th | ||||||||||||||
70th | ||||||||||||||
71st | John W. McNeal | 1907–1909 | [4] | |||||||||||
72nd | ||||||||||||||
73rd | James M. Dailey | 1909–1911 | [4] | |||||||||||
74th | ||||||||||||||
75th | Joseph F. Ryan | 1911–1915 | [4] | |||||||||||
76th | ||||||||||||||
77th | ||||||||||||||
78th | ||||||||||||||
79th | David R. Hickey | 1915–1918 | Died in office | [4] | ||||||||||
80th | ||||||||||||||
81st | ||||||||||||||
82nd | — | |||||||||||||
83rd | Timothy A. Hogan | 1919–1923 | Continued as alderman after 1923, but redistricted to the 11th ward | [4] | ||||||||||
84th | ||||||||||||||
85th | ||||||||||||||
86th |
Image | Alderman | Party | Term start | Term end | Ref. |
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Ulysses S. Schwartz | 1923 | 1925 | [4] | ||
![]() | Berthold A. Cronson | Republican | 1925 | December 23, 1937 (died in office) | [4] |
Abraham H. Cohen | 1939 | 1955 | [4] | ||
Claude Holman | Democratic | 1955 | June 1, 1973 (died in office) | [4] | |
Timothy C. Evans | November 27, 1973 | 1991 | [4] | ||
![]() | Toni Preckwinkle | April 2, 1991 | December 6, 2010 | ||
Shirley Newsome | 2010 | 2011 | |||
| William D. Burns | Democratic | May 2011 | April 2016 (resigned) | [14] |
![]() | Sophia King | April 13, 2016 | May 15, 2023 | [15] | |
Lamont Robinson | May 15, 2023 | Incumbent |
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