Atlanta's 2nd City Council district

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Atlanta's 2nd City Council district is one of the twelve geographic districts in the Atlanta City Council. It is currently represented by Carden Wyckoff since 2025, who was appointed to the seat after Amir Farokhi's resignation. [1]

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The district was created in 1973 after a new city charter was passed, which replaced the former at-large six-member Board of Aldermen with a 15-member City Council of 12 districts and 6 (later 3) at-large posts. A previous Second Ward existed in various forms from 1854 to 1954.

List of aldermen (1854-1954)

1854

The original boundaries for five wards were laid out in an unknown fashion and two councilmen from each ward were elected to coincide with the completion of the first official city hall in 1854.

Third Ward councilmen of this period were:

1935

Aldermen

Councilmembers

  • Joe Allen [2]
  • R. E. Lee Field [3]

List of councilors (1974-present)

References

  1. ↑ "Carden Wyckoff appointed to Atlanta City Council District 2 seat". Center for Civic Innovation. Retrieved 2025-12-10.
  2. ↑ Georgia, Digital Library of. "The bulletin of the Catholic Laymen's Association of Georgia. (Augusta, Ga.) 1920-1957, August 25, 1945, Image 20".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ↑ Georgia, Digital Library of. "The bulletin of the Catholic Laymen's Association of Georgia. (Augusta, Ga.) 1920-1957, August 27, 1949, Image 21".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ↑ Henry, Scott (2017-11-04). "Everything you need to know about the 2017 Atlanta City Council races in 10 minutes". Atlanta Magazine. Retrieved 2025-12-10.
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