7th ward, Chicago

7th Ward - Chicago
Ward
Ward 7
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Cook
City	Chicago
Established	1847
Communities	list
Government
• Type	Ward
• Body	Chicago City Council
• Alderperson	Gregory Mitchell (Democratic Party)
Website

The 7th 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, 1847, when the number of wards in the city increased from six to nine. Also created were the 8th and 9th wards. ^[1]

Past alders

The current alderperson for the 7th ward is Gregory Mitchell, who has represented the ward since 2015.

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
		Elihu Granger	1847–1848		Redistricted from 4th ward	[1]	11th			Charles Sloan	1847–1849			[1]
		Peter Turbot	1848–1850			[1]	12th
							13th			George Brady	1849–1851		Previously served in the 5th ward	[1]
		Elihu Granger	1850–1852			[1] [2]
							14th
							15th			Charles E. Moore	1851–1853			[1]
							16th
		Ezra Taylor	1853–1854			[1]
							17th			Maurice Evans	1853			[1]
										Michael O'Neil	1853–1855			[1]
		Elihu Granger	1854–1856			[1]	18th
							19th			James J.H. Howe	1855–1857		Previously served in 6th ward	[1]
		John Dempsey	1856–1858			[2] [3]	20th
							21st			John Dunlap	1957–1859			[1]
		Henry Wendt	1958–1860			[1]	22nd
							23rd			John Alston	1859–1861			[1]
		Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard	1860– 1862			[1]	24th
							25th			Alonzo Harvey	1861–1863			[1]
		James Conlan	1862–1863		Redistricted to 15th ward in 1863	[1]	26th
		James E. Abbott	1863–1864			[1]	27th			John Comiskey	1863–1865	Democratic	Redistricted from 10th ward; later elected alderman again in 1867 in 8th ward	[1]
		Joseph Sherwin	1864–1866			[1]	28th
							29th			Avery Moore	1865–1867		Later elected alderman again in 1872 in 13th ward	[1]
		Max Schuler	1866–1868			[1]	30th
							31st			John Macalister	1867–1869			[4]
		James H. Hildreth	1868–1869		Redistricted to 8th ward in 1869	[1] [4]	32nd
							33rd
		William Batterman	1869–1871			[1]	34th			P.J. Hickey	1869–1872			[1]
							35th
		Edward Cullerton	1871–1876	Democratic	Redistricted to 6th ward in 1876	[1] [2] [5]	36th
							37th			Patrick McClory	1872–1876			[1] [2]
							38th
							39th
		James H. Hildreth	1876–1877		Redistricted from 8th ward	[1]	40th			Henry Keber	1876–1878			[1]
							41st
		John Riordan	1878–1885	Democratic		[1] [6]	42nd			John McNally	1878–1880			[1]
							43rd
							44th			James H. Hildreth	1880–1888	Democratic		[1] [7]
							45th
							46th
							47th
							48th
		Joseph M. Weber	1885–1888	Republican	Redistricted to 8th ward in 1888	[1] [7]	49th
							50th
							51st
		William J. Murphy	1888–1893			[1]	52nd			William Love	1888–1890			[1]
							53rd
							54th			John A. Cooke	1890–1896	Republican		[1] [8]
							55th
							56th
		William J. O'Neill	1893–1895			[1]	57th
							58th
		Edward Haas	1895–1897			[1]	59th
							60th			Nathan T. Brenner	1896–1898			[1]
		William J. Murphy	1897–1899			[1]	61st
							62nd			Henry F. Fick	1898–1901		Redistricted to 9th ward in 1901	[1]
		Nathan T. Brenner	1899–1901		Redistricted to 9th ward in 1901	[1]	63rd
							64th
		Frank I. Bennett	1901–1909	Republican	Redistricted from 34th ward; died in office	[1] [9]	65th	—
							66th			Bernard W. Snow	1902–1912	Republican		[1] [9]
							67th
							68th
							69th
							70th
							71st
							72nd
		Charles E. Merriam	1909–1911	Republican		[1]	73rd
							74th
		Willis O. Nance	1911–1912		Redistricted to 6th ward in 1912	[1]	75th
—							76th			John H. Helwig	1912–1914			[1]
		Charles E. Merriam	1913–1917	Independent	Previously represented same ward	[1] [10]	77th
							78th			John N. Kimball	1914–1918			[1]
							79th
							80th
		William R. Fetzer	1917–1920??	Republican		[1] [11]	81st
							82nd			Guy Guernsey	1918–1923	Republican	Continued as alderman after 1923, but redistricted to 6th ward	[1] [11]
							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
	Ross A. Woodhull	1923–1928			redistricted from 8th ward; resigned from office	[1]
	Clement A. Nance	1929–1931				[1]
	Barnet Hodes	1931–1933				[1]
	Thomas J. Daley	1933–1937		Democratic		[1] [12]
	Nicholas J. Bohling	1943–1971		Republican	Resigned in order to accept an appointed judgeship	[1]
	Robert S. Wilinski	1972–1973			Did not seek re-election after being redistricted outside of the ward's boundaries	[1]
	Gerald E. Jones	1973–1975				[1]
	Robert S. Wilinski	1975–1979			Previously represented the same ward	[1]
	Joseph G. Bertand	1979–1983				[1]
	William Beavers	1983–2006		Democratic	Resigned in order to take office as a member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners	[1]
	Darcel Beavers	2006–2007		Democratic	Appointed by Mayor Richard M. Daley	[1]
	Sandi Jackson	2007–2013		Democratic	Resigned while under criminal indictment	[1]
	Natashia Holmes	2013–15		Democratic	Appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel	[1]
	Gregory Mitchell	2015–present		Democratic		[1]

References

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2. 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.
3. Andreas, Alfred Theodore (1884). History of Chicago Volume 1. Arno Press. pp. 184–185. ISBN   978-0-405-06845-4 . Retrieved December 26, 2020.
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5. Schmidt, John R. (January 28, 2014). On This Day in Chicago History. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN   9781625847317 . Retrieved June 21, 2020.
6. Andreas, Alfred Theodore (1886). History of Chicago: From the fire of 1871 until 1885. A. T. Andreas. pp. 101–102, 865–870.
7. "Roll of the New Council, Including Holding-Over Aldermen and Those Elected Yesterday". Chicago Tribune. April 7, 1886. Retrieved July 20, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
8. "All Fond of the Council" . The Chicago Chronicle. January 27, 1896. Retrieved July 1, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
9. "Board of Aldermen in Chicago Played a Role in Iroquois Theater Fire". www.iroquoistheater.com. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
10. Ruble, Second Metropolis: Pragmatic Pluralism in Gilded Age Chicago, Silver Age Moscow, and Meiji Osaka, 2001, p. 239.
11. "The Common Council Full List of Aldermen Composing the Governing Body of the City of Chicago" . Chicago Eagle. March 1, 1919. Retrieved December 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
12. "The New City Council" . Chicago Tribune. April 5, 1933. Retrieved April 4, 2019– via Newspapers.com.