9th ward, Chicago

9th Ward - Chicago
Ward
Ward 9
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Cook
City	Chicago
Established	1847
Communities	list
Government
• Type	Ward
• Body	Chicago City Council
• Alderperson	Anthony Beale (Democratic Party)
Website

The 9th 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. ^[1]

Past alders

The current alderperson for the 9th ward is Michelle A. Harris, who has represented the ward since 2006.

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
		Michael McDonald	1847–1849			[1]	11th			William B. Ogden	1847–1848	Democratic	Previously served in 6th ward	[1]
							12th			Samuel McKay	1848–1850			[1]
		F.C. Hageman	1849–1852			[1]	13th
							14th			R. J. Hamilton	1849-1851	Democratic		[1] [2]
							15th			Walter L. Newberry	1851-1853			[1]
		John H. Kinzie	1852–1854		Previously served in the 6th ward	[1]	16th
							17th			Henry A. Mitchell	1853–1855			[1] [3] [4]
		Morgan L. Keith	1854–1856			[1]	18th
							19th			Samuel McKay	1855–1857			[1]
		Michael Diversey	1856–1858		Previously served in 6th ward	[1]	20th
							21st			Philip Conley	1857–1859			[1]
		Benjamin Carpenter	1858–1860			[1]	22nd
							23rd			J.A. Huck	1859–1861			[1]
		Gurden Perkins	1860–1862			[1]	24th
							25th			Robert Law	1861-1863			[1]
		William T. Shufeldt	1862–1863		Redistricted to 16th ward in 1864	[1]	26th
		Francis C. Brown	1863–1864		Redistricted from 6th ward	[1]	27th			Mancel Talcott	1863–1867		Redistricted from 6th ward	[1]
		Willard Woodard	1864–1869	Republican	Redistricted to 12th ward in 1869	[1]	28th
							29th
							30th
							31st			John H. Carpenter	1867–1869			[5]
							32nd
							33rd
		John Comiskey	1869–1870	Democratic	Redistricted from 8th ward	[1]	34th			George Powell	1869–1873			[1]
		William B. Bateham	1870–1872			[1]	35th
							36th
		James O'Brien	1872–1875		Later elected alderman again in 1876 in 8th ward	[1]	37th
							38th			Thomas H. Bailey	1873–1875			[1]
							39th
		Jacob Beidler	1876–1879			[1]	40th			John M. Van Osdel	1876–1878	Republican		[1] [6]
							41st
							42nd			John M. Smyth	1878–1882	Republican		[1] [7]
		James Peevey	1879–1883	Democratic		[1] [7]	43rd
							44th
							45th
							46th			Michael Gaynor	1882–1884	Democratic		[1] [7]
		John Foley	1883–1884	Democratic		[1] [7]	47th
		John Gaynor	1884–1886			[7]	46th			William F. Mahoney	1884–1887	Democratic	Later elected alderman again in 1890 in 18th ward	[1] [8]
							49th
		John R. Wheeler	1886–1888	Republican		[8]	50th
							51st			Madison R. Harris	1887–1888		Redistricted to 18th ward in 1888	[1]
		Henry C. Bartels	1888–1889			[1]	52nd			Edward Cullerton	1888–1892	Democratic	Redistricted from 6th ward	[1] [9]
		Joseph E. Bidwill	1889–1897			[1]	53rd
							54th
							55th
							56th			Frederick Rohde	1892–1896	Democratic		[1] [10]
							57th
							58th
							59th
							60th			Vaclar Klinka	1896–1898			[1]
		Rudolph Hurt	1897–1901		Later elected alderman again in 1904 in 10th ward	[1]	61st
							62nd			Edward Cullerton	1898–1900	Democratic	Later elected alderman again in 1901 in 11th ward	[1] [9]
							63rd
							64th			Charles J. Byrne	1900–1901		Redistricted to 11th ward in 1901	[1]
		Nathan T. Brenner	1901–1903		Redistricted from 7th ward	[1]	65th			Henry L. Fick	1901–1912		Redistricted from 7th ward; later elected alderman again in 1914 in the 20th ward	[1]
							66th
		Michael J. Preib	1903–1905			[1]	67th
							68th
		Abraham J. Harris	1905–1907			[1]	69th
							70th
		Dennis J. Egan	1907–1912		Redistricted to 20th ward in 1912	[1]	71st
							72nd
							73rd
							74th
							75th
		Eugene Block	1912–1917		Redistricted from 33rd ward	[1]	76th			Charles E. Reading	1912		Redistricted from 33rd ward	[1]
							77th			Hiram Vanderbilt	1913–1917	Democratic		[1] [11]
							78th
							79th
							80th
		Charles V. Johnson	1917–1919	Socialist		[1] [12]	81st	—
							82nd			Sheldon M. Govier	1918–1933	Democratic	Continued to serve as alderman of this ward after 1923, serving until 1933	[1] [12]
		Guy Madderom	1919–1923			[1]	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
	Sheldon M. Govier	1923–1933		Democratic		[1] [12]
	Arthur G. Lindell	1933-1946		Republican	Resigned	[1] [13]
	Reginald DuBois	1946–1959				[1]
	Dominic J. Lupo	1959–1971				[1]
	Alexander A. Adduci	1971–1979				[1]
	Robert Shaw	1979–1983		Democratic		[14]
	Perry H. Hutchinson	1983–1987		Democratic		[14]
	Robert Shaw	1987–1998		Democratic	Resigned in order to assume a seat on the Cook County Board of Review	[14] [15]
	Melvin Powell Sr.	1999			Appointed by Mayor Richard M. Daley	[15]
	Anthony Beale	1999–present		Democratic		[16]

References

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