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Ward in Chicago

Ward in Illinois, United States

7th Ward - Chicago
Ward
Ward 7
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Cook
City	Chicago
Established	1947
Communities	list
Government
• Type	Ward
• Body	Chicago City Council
• Alderperson	Gregory Mitchell (Democratic Party)
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The 7th Ward is one of the 50 aldermanic wards with representation in the City Council of Chicago, Illinois.

History

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The ward was created on February 16, 1847, when the number of wards in the city increased from six to nine.

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	# Council	Alderman		Term in office	Party	Notes	Cite
	Elihu Granger	1847–1848		Redistricted from 4th ward		11th		Charles Sloan	1847–1849
	Peter Turbot	1848–1850				12th		Charles Sloan	1847–1849
	Peter Turbot	1848–1850				13th		George Brady	1849–1851		Previously served in the 5th ward
	Elihu Granger	1850–1852				13th
						14th
						15th		Charles E. Moore	1851–1853
						16th
	Ezra Taylor	1853–1854				16th
						17th		Maurice Evans	1853
						17th		Michael O'Neil	1853–1855
	Elihu Granger	1854–1856				18th		Michael O'Neil	1853–1855
	Elihu Granger	1854–1856				19th		James J.H. Howe	1855–1857		Previously served in 6th ward
	John Dempsey	1856–1858				20th		James J.H. Howe	1855–1857		Previously served in 6th ward
	John Dempsey	1856–1858				21st		John Dunlap	1957–1859
	Henry Wendt	1958–1860				22nd		John Dunlap	1957–1859
	Henry Wendt	1958–1860				23rd		John Alston	1859–1861
	Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard	1860– 1862				24th		John Alston	1859–1861
	Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard	1860– 1862				25th		Alonzo Harvey	1861–1863
	James Conlan	1862–1863		Redistricted to 15th ward in 1863		26th		Alonzo Harvey	1861–1863
	James E. Abbott	1863–1864				27th		John Comiskey	1863–1865	Democratic	Redistricted from 10th ward; later elected alderman again in 1867 in 8th ward
	Joseph Sherwin	1864–1866				28th		John Comiskey	1863–1865	Democratic
	Joseph Sherwin	1864–1866				29th		Avery Moore	1865–1867		Later elected alderman again in 1872 in 13th ward
	Max Schuler	1866–1868				30th		Avery Moore	1865–1867		Later elected alderman again in 1872 in 13th ward
	Max Schuler	1866–1868				31st		John Macalister	1867–1869
	James H. Hildreth	1868–1869		Redistricted to 8th ward in 1869		32nd
	James H. Hildreth	1868–1869		Redistricted to 8th ward in 1869		33rd
	William Batterman	1869–1871				34th		P.J. Hickey	1869–1872
	William Batterman	1869–1871				35th
	Edward Cullerton	1871–1876	Democratic	Redistricted to 6th ward in 1876		36th
						37th		Patrick McClory	1872–1876
						38th
						39th
	James H. Hildreth	1876–1877		Redistricted from 8th ward		40th		Henry Keber	1876–1878
	James H. Hildreth	1876–1877		Redistricted from 8th ward		41st		Henry Keber	1876–1878
	John Riordan	1878–1885	Democratic			42nd		John McNally	1878–1880
						43rd		John McNally	1878–1880
						44th		James H. Hildreth	1880–1888	Democratic
						45th
						46th
						47th
						48th
	Joseph M. Weber	1885–1888	Republican	Redistricted to 8th ward in 1888		49th
						50th
						51st
	William J. Murphy	1888–1893				52nd		William Love	1888–1890
						53rd		William Love	1888–1890
						54th		John A. Cooke	1890–1896	Republican
						55th
						56th
	William J. O'Neill	1893–1895				57th
	William J. O'Neill	1893–1895				58th
	Edward Haas	1895–1897				59th
	Edward Haas	1895–1897				60th		Nathan T. Brenner	1896–1898
	William J. Murphy	1897–1899				61st		Nathan T. Brenner	1896–1898
	William J. Murphy	1897–1899				62nd		Henry F. Fick	1898–1901		Redistricted to 9th ward in 1901
	Nathan T. Brenner	1899–1901		Redistricted to 9th ward in 1901		63rd
	Nathan T. Brenner	1899–1901		Redistricted to 9th ward in 1901		64th
	Frank I. Bennett	1901–1909	Republican	Redistricted from 34th ward; died in office		65th	—
						66th		Bernard W. Snow	1902–1912	Republican
						67th
						68th
						69th
						70th
						71st
						72nd
	Charles E. Merriam	1909–1911	Republican			73rd
	Charles E. Merriam	1909–1911	Republican			74th
	Willis O. Nance	1911–1912		Redistricted to 6th ward in 1912		75th
—						76th		John H. Helwig	1912–1914
	Charles E. Merriam	1913–1917	Independent	Previously represented same ward		77th		John H. Helwig	1912–1914
						78th		John N. Kimball	1914–1918
						79th
						80th
	William R. Fetzer	1917–1920??	Republican			81st
						82nd		Guy Guernsey	1918–1923	Republican	Continued as alderman after 1923, but redistricted to 6th ward
						83rd
—						84th
						85th
						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		Notes
Ross A. Woodhull	1923–1928		redistricted from 8th ward; resigned from office
Clement A. Nance	1929–1931
Barnet Hodes	1931–1933
Thomas J. Daley	1933–1937	Democratic

Nicholas J. Bohling	1943–1971	Republican	Resigned in order to accept an appointed judgeship
Robert S. Wilinski	1972–1973		Did not seek re-election after being redistricted outside of the ward's boundaries
Gerald E. Jones	1973–1975
Robert S. Wilinski	1975–1979		Previously represented the same ward
Joseph G. Bertand	1979–1983
William Beavers	1983–2006	Democratic	Resigned in order to take office as a member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners
Darcel Beavers	2006–2007	Democratic	Appointed by Mayor Richard M. Daley
Sandi Jackson	2007–2013	Democratic	Resigned while under criminal indictment
Natashia Holmes	2013–15	Democratic	Appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel
Gregory Mitchell	2015–present	Democratic

Demographics

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Electoral history

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References

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^ "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.
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