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Ward in Chicago

Ward in Illinois, United States

1st Ward - Chicago
Ward
Ward 1
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Cook
City	Chicago
Established	1837
Communities	list
Government
• Type	Ward
• Body	Chicago City Council
• Alderperson	Daniel La Spata (Democratic Party)
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The 1st Ward is one of the 50 aldermanic wards with representation in the City Council of Chicago, Illinois.

History

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In the 1940s, the ward's was referred to as being the "wealthiest ward in the world".

Past alders

The current alderperson for the 1st ward is Daniel La Spata.

Before 1923

Before 1923, wards were represented by two aldermen.

Aldermen						# Council	Aldermen
Alderman		Term in office	Party	Notes	Cite	# Council	Alderman		Term in office	Party	Notes	Cite
	J.C. Goodhue	1837–1838				1st		Hiram Pearson	1837–1838
	E.A. Haddock	1838–1839				2nd		Eli B. Williams	1838–1839
	James A. Smith	1839–1840				3rd		Oliver H. Thompson	1839–1840
	Orsemus Morrison	1840–1841				4th		Julius Wadsworth	1840–1841
	John Davlin	1841–1842				5th		Charles Follansbee	1841–1842
	John Calhoun	1842–1843				6th		Norman B. Judd	1842–1843
	Cyrenus Beers	1843–1844				7th		Hugh T. Dickey	1843–1844
	John P. Chapin	1844–1845	Whig			8th		Asher Rossiter	1844–1845
	Thomas Church	1845–1846				9th		J. Young Scammon	1845–1846	Whig
	Levi Boone	1846–1847		Redistricted to 2nd ward in 1847		10th		George Manierre	1846–1847	Democratic
	James Hutchinson Woodworth	1847–1848		Previously served in 2nd ward		11th		Peter L. Updike	1847–1849
	Edward Manierre	1848–1849		Previously served in 2nd ward		12th		Peter L. Updike	1847–1849
	James Carney	1849–1851		Previously served in 2nd ward		13th		R.C. Bristol	1849
						13th		Peter Page	1849–1852		Previously served in 2nd ward
						14th
	John Sears Jr.	1851–1853				15th
	John Sears Jr.	1851–1853				16th		Eli B. Williams	1852–1855
	A.D. Taylor	1853–1855				17th
	A.D. Taylor	1853–1855				18th
	Sylvester Sexton	1855–1857				19th		James Long	1855–1860
	Sylvester Sexton	1855–1857				20th
	William Bross	1857–1859	Republican			21st
	William Bross	1857–1859	Republican			22nd
	J.K. Botsford	1859–1863				23rd
						24th		William Colby	1860–1862		Previously served in 4th ward
						25th		William Colby	1860–1862		Previously served in 4th ward
						26th		John T. Edwards	1862–1863		Redistricted to 4th ward in 1863
	James Hahn	1863–1864		Redistricted from 3rd ward; later elected alderman again in 1867 in 3rd ward		27th		Andrew Schall	1863–1864		Redistricted from 4th ward
	George W. Gage	1864–1866	Republican			28th		Charles D. Peacock Sr.	1864–1865
	George W. Gage	1864–1866	Republican			29th		Joshua C. Knickerbocker	1865–1869
	William Cox	1866–1870				30th
						31st
						32nd
						33rd
						34th		Richard Sommers	1869–1871
	Joshua C. Knickerbocker	1870–1872				35th		Richard Sommers	1869–1871
	Joshua C. Knickerbocker	1870–1872				36th		Chauncey T. Bowen	1871–1873
	William H. Richardson	1872–1876				37th		Chauncey T. Bowen	1871–1873
						38th		Thomas Foley	1873–1876
						39th		Thomas Foley	1873–1876
	Daniel Kimball Pearsons	1876–1879				40th		John T. McAuley	1876–1878
						41st		John T. McAuley	1876–1878
						42nd		Murray F. Tuley	1878–1879
						42nd		Swayne Wickersham	1879–1884	Democratic
	Arthur Dixon	1879-1891	Republican	Previously served in 2nd ward		43rd
						44th
						45th
						46th
						47th
						48th		William P. Whelan	1884–1890	Democratic
						49th
						50th
						51st
						52nd
						53rd
						54th		Nicholas A. Cremer	1890–1892
	John R. Morris	1891–1893				55th		Nicholas A. Cremer	1890–1892
	John R. Morris	1891–1893				56th		John Coughlin	1892–1938	Democratic	Continued as 1st ward alderman after 1923 switch to single-member constituencies, later died in office
	Louis I. Epstean	1893–1895				57th
	Louis I. Epstean	1893–1895				58th
	Francis P. Gleason	1895–1897				59th
	Francis P. Gleason	1895–1897				60th
	Michael Kenna	1897–1923	Democratic	later represented ward again (1939–1943)		61st
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						81st
						82nd
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						86th

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.

	Term in office	Councils served in	Party	Notes
John Coughlin	1892–1938	61st–93rd	Democratic	Continued as 1st ward alderman after 1923 switch to single-member constituencies, died in office
Michael Kenna	April 2, 1939 – April 9, 1943	94th	Democratic	Previously represented ward 1897–1923
John Budinger	April 9, 1943 – 1951	95th, 96th	Democratic
John D'Arco Sr.	1951–1963	97th–99th	Democratic
Michael Fiorito	February 16, 1963 – May 6, 1963	99th	Democratic
Donald Parrillo	1963–1968	100th, 101st	Democratic	Resigned
Fred Roti	1968–1993	101st–106th	Democratic
Jesse Granato	1993–May 19, 2003	106th, 107th, 108th	Democratic
Manuel Flores	May 19, 2003 – January 4, 2010	109th, 110th	Democratic	Resigned to assume office as chairman of the Illinois Commerce Commission
Proco Joe Moreno	March 26, 2010 – May 20, 2019	111th, 112th, 113th	Democratic
Daniel La Spata	May 20, 2019–present	114th, 115th	Democratic

Demographics

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Electoral history

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See further

First Ward Ball

References

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Andreas, Alfred Theodore (1886). History of Chicago: From the fire of 1871 until 1885. A. T. Andreas. pp. 101–102, 865–870.
^ "Roll of the New Council, Including Holding-Over Aldermen and Those Elected Yesterday". Newspapers.com. Chicago Tribune. April 7, 1886. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
^ Evans, Arthur (November 12, 1938). "Coughlin to Get Kind of Funeral That He'd Wish". Chicago Tribune. Chicago, IL: Tribune Co. p. 12.
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