List of Chicago alderpersons since 1923

The Chicago City Council assumed its modern form on April 16, 1923, with fifty wards each electing one alderperson. Here is a list of the people who have served as an alderperson since that time.

Since its incorporation as a city in 1837 Chicago had been divided into wards whose number varied but which were almost always entitled to two alderpersons. In the early 20th century it was decided that reducing the number of alderpersons to a ward to one would be a cost-saving measure, and an ordinance to that effect was passed in 1920, taking effect in 1923.

City council elections in Chicago have been formally nonpartisan since 1920. Nevertheless, many alderpersons have had, and continue to have, de facto partisan affiliations that are reflected in this list.

This list is organized by which side of the Chicago River the wards were on as of 1923. Numbering the wards such that those on the South Side received the first numbers, followed by in order the West and North sides was a tradition that had dated to the City's founding and division into wards in 1837. Incumbent alderpersons who started a new term in 1923 are reckoned as having started their term in 1923 regardless of whenever they actually started holding office, which is noted in the "Notes" column.

History
Chicago was incorporated in 1837 and initially comprised six wards.

1st Ward
Originally covering the Loop, Near South Side, and the northern part of Armour Square, this ward was significantly moved to its current location in 1993 to help stymie corruption.

2nd Ward
Originally covering Douglas and its immediate surroundings, this ward has drastically moved northward to its current location across the Near North Side and West Town.

5th Ward

 * Charles S. Eaton (Republican )
 * Leonard J. Grossman
 * Charles S. Eaton (Republican )
 * Irving J. Schreiber
 * James J. Cusack Jr. (Democratic )
 * Paul H. Douglas
 * Bertram B. Moss
 * Robert E. Merriam
 * Leon Despres
 * Ross Lathrop
 * Lawrence Bloom
 * Barbara Holt
 * Leslie Hairston

6th Ward

 * Guy Guernsey
 * John F. Healy (Democratic )
 * Patrick Sheridan Smith
 * Francis J. Hogan
 * David R. Muir
 * Sydney A. Jones Jr.
 * Robert H. Miller
 * A. A. Rayner Jr.
 * Eugene Sawyer
 * John O. Steele
 * Freddrenna Lyle
 * Roderick Sawyer


 * William E. Hall

7th Ward

 * Ross A. Woodhull
 * Clement A. Nance
 * Barnet Hodes
 * Thomas J. Daley (Democratic )
 * Nicholas J. Bohling (Republican)
 * Robert S. Wilinski
 * Gerald E. Jones
 * Robert S. Wilinski
 * Joseph G. Bertrand
 * William Beavers
 * Darcel Beavers
 * Sandi Jackson
 * Natashia Holmes
 * Gregory Mitchell

8th Ward

 * William D. Meyering (Democratic )
 * David L. Sutton (Democratic )
 * Michael F. Mulcahy
 * Roy E. Olin
 * Einar Johnson
 * James A. Condon
 * William Cousins Jr.
 * Marian Humes
 * Keith Caldwell
 * Lorraine L. Dixon
 * Todd Stroger
 * Michelle A. Harris

9th Ward

 * Sheldon M. Govier
 * Arthur G. Lindell (Republican )
 * Reginald DuBois
 * Dominic J. Lupo
 * Alexander A. Adduci
 * Robert Shaw
 * Perry H. Hutchinson
 * Robert Shaw
 * Anthony Beale

10th Ward

 * Ernest M. Cross (Republican )
 * William A. Rowan (Democratic )
 * William J. Pieczynski
 * Emil V. Pacini
 * John J. Buchanan
 * Edward Vrdolyak
 * Victor Vrdolyak
 * John J. Buchanan
 * John Pope
 * Susan Sadlowski Garza

11th Ward

 * Timothy A. Hogan
 * John P. Wilson
 * Thomas A. Doyle (Democratic )
 * Hugh B. Connelly
 * John F. Wall
 * Stanley J. Nowakowski
 * Matthew J. Danaher
 * Michael Anthony Bilandic
 * Patrick M. Huels
 * James Balcer
 * Patrick Daley Thompson
 * Nicole Lee

12th Ward



 * Ernest J. Kunstmann (Republican )
 * Bryan Hartnett (Democratic )
 * Benjamin J. Zintak
 * Bryan Hartnett
 * Edmund J. Kucharski
 * Arthur V. Zelezinski
 * Donald T. Swinarski
 * George A. Kwak
 * Aloysius Majerczyk
 * Mark J. Fary
 * Ray Frias
 * George Cardenas
 * Anabel Abarca
 * Julia Ramirez

13th Ward



 * Joseph B. McDonough
 * Thomas A. Doyle
 * John E. Egan (Democratic )
 * Michael P. Hogan
 * John E. Egan
 * David W. Healy
 * Casamir J. Staszcuk
 * John S. Madrzyk
 * Frank Olivo
 * Marty Quinn

15th Ward

 * Thomas F. Byrne
 * James F. Kovarik (Democratic )
 * Edward F. Vyzral
 * Frank Micek
 * Joseph J. Krska
 * Francis X. Lawlor
 * Kenneth B. Jaksy
 * Frank J. Brady
 * Marlene C. Carter
 * Virgil E. Jones
 * Theodore Thomas
 * Toni Foulkes
 * Raymond Lopez

16th Ward



 * Terence Moran (Democratic )
 * John S. Boyle
 * Paul M. Sheridan Sr.
 * Paul M. Sheridan Jr.
 * Anna Langford
 * Eloise Barden
 * Anna Langford
 * Shirley Coleman
 * JoAnn Thompson
 * Toni Foulkes
 * Stephanie Coleman (2019–present)

17th Ward

 * John H. Lyle (Republican )
 * Robert E. Barbee
 * James G. Coyle
 * Frank J. Corr (Democratic )
 * William T. Murphy
 * Arthur A. Slight
 * Charles Chew
 * William H. Shannon
 * Tyrone McFolling
 * Allan Streeter
 * Terry Peterson
 * Latasha Thomas
 * David H. Moore

18th Ward

 * Patrick F. Ryan
 * Walter W. Morris
 * Harry E. Perry (Democratic )
 * Bernard J. O'Hallaren
 * Thomas J. Corcoran
 * Frank J. McGrath
 * James C. Murray
 * Edward J. Hines
 * Robert T. Kellam
 * Thomas W. Murphy
 * Lona Lane
 * Derrick Curtis

20th Ward

 * Henry L. Fick
 * A.J. Prignano
 * William V. Pacelli (Republican )
 * Anthony Pistilli
 * Kenneth E. Campbell
 * Clifford P. Kelley
 * Ernest Jones
 * Arenda Troutman
 * Willie Cochran
 * Jeanette Taylor

21st Ward

 * Dennis A. Horan
 * John J. Lagodney (Democratic )
 * Joseph F. Ropa
 * Charles S. Bonk
 * Samuel Yaksic
 * Wilson Frost, Democratic
 * Bennett Stewart, Democratic
 * Niles Sherman
 * Jesse J. Evans
 * Leonard DeVille
 * Howard Brookins Jr.

22nd Ward

 * Joseph Cepak
 * Henry Sonnenschein (Democratic )
 * Otto F. Janousek
 * Frank D. Stemberk
 * Jesús "Chuy" García
 * Ricardo Muñoz
 * Michael D. Rodriguez

23rd Ward

 * Joseph O. Kostner
 * John Toman (Democratic )
 * Joseph Kacena Jr.
 * George J. Tourek
 * Frank J. Kuta
 * Joseph Potempa
 * Bill Lipinski
 * William F. Krystyniak
 * James Laski
 * Michael R. Zalewski
 * Silvana Tabares

24th Ward

 * Jacob Arvey (Democratic )
 * Fred Fischman
 * Louis London
 * Sidney D. Deutsch
 * Benjamin F. Lewis
 * George W. Collins
 * David Rhodes
 * Walter Shumpert
 * William C. Henry
 * Jesse L. Miller Jr.
 * Michael Chandler
 * Sharon Denise Dixon
 * Michael Chandler
 * Michael Scott Jr.

28th Ward

 * George M. Maypole
 * George D. Kells (Democratic )
 * Patrick P. Petrone
 * Anthony G. Girolami
 * Alphonse Tomaso
 * Angelo C. Provenzano
 * Joseph Jambrone
 * Jimmy L. Washington
 * William Carothers
 * Ed Smith
 * Jason Ervin

29th Ward

 * Albert J. Horan
 * Thomas J. Terrell (Democratic )
 * Joseph S. Gillespie
 * George R. Pigott
 * Thomas F. Burke
 * Robert Biggs
 * Leroy Cross
 * Danny K. Davis
 * Sam Burrell
 * Isaac Carothers
 * Deborah L. Graham
 * Chris Taliaferro

30th Ward

 * John S. Clark Jr. (Democratic )
 * Edward J. Upton
 * Edmund J. Hughes
 * Daniel J. Ronan
 * Edwin H. McMahon
 * Elmer R. Filippini
 * George A. Hagopian
 * George J. Hagopian
 * Carole Bialczak
 * Michael Wojcik
 * Ariel Reboyras

33rd Ward

 * Joseph Petlak
 * George M. Rozczynialski
 * Joseph P. Rostenkowski
 * Zefiryn H. Kadow (Democratic )
 * Vincent S. Zwiefka
 * John B. Brandt
 * Robert Brandt
 * Rex Sande
 * Richard Mell
 * Deb Mell
 * Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez (2019–present)

34th Ward

 * Edward J. Kaindl
 * Thomas Patrick Keane (Democratic )
 * Matt Porten (Democratic )
 * Herbert F. Geisler
 * Rex Sande
 * Wilson Frost
 * Lemuel Austin Jr.
 * Carrie Austin
 * Bill Conway

35th Ward

 * George Seif (Democratic )
 * Matt Porten
 * Walter J. Orlikoski (Democratic )
 * Frank Peska
 * Casimir C. Laskowski
 * John C. Marcin
 * Joseph S. Kotlarz Jr.
 * Michael A. Wojcik
 * Vilma Colom
 * Rey Colón
 * Carlos Ramirez-Rosa

36th Ward

 * A.C. Sievers (Republican )
 * Eugene L. Nusser
 * George W. Robinson (Democratic )
 * Richard M. Walsh
 * Louis P. Garippo
 * Frank Ringa
 * Alfred J. Cilella
 * Robert L. Massey
 * John F. Aiello
 * Louis Farina
 * William Banks
 * John Rice
 * Nicholas Sposato
 * Gilbert Villegas

37th Ward

 * Wiley W. Mills (Democratic )
 * James H. Taylor
 * Wiley W. Mills
 * Roger J. Kiley (Democratic )
 * Francis E. Callahan
 * William J. Lancaster
 * Paul T. Corcoran
 * Thomas J. Casey
 * Frank A. Damato
 * Percy Z. Giles
 * Emma Mitts

39th Ward

 * Frank J. Tomczak (Democratic )
 * Frank R. Ringa
 * Walter J. Orlikoski
 * James H. Hurley (Democratic )
 * Hyman L. Brody
 * Ray N. Jacobs
 * George L. Buckley
 * Phillip A. Shapiro
 * Anthony C. Laurino
 * Margaret Laurino
 * Samantha Nugent

40th Ward

 * Christ A. Jensen (Democratic )
 * John William Chapman
 * Joseph C. Ross (Republican )
 * Samuel Gurman
 * Benjamin M. Becker
 * Seymour Simon
 * Nathan J. Kaplan
 * Seymour Simon
 * Solomon Gutstein
 * Ivan Rittenberg
 * Patrick J. O'Connor
 * Andre Vasquez (2019–present)

41st Ward

 * Thomas J. Bowler (Democratic )
 * James C. Moreland (Republican )
 * William J. Cowhey
 * Joseph P. Immel Jr.
 * Harry Bell
 * Edward T. Scholl
 * Roman Pucinski
 * Brian Doherty
 * Mary O'Connor
 * Anthony Napolitano

42nd Ward
This ward, historically covering most of the Near North Side, has recently moved slightly south to also encompass the northern part of the Loop.

44th Ward

 * Thomas O. Wallace
 * Albert Loescher
 * John J. Grealis (Democratic )
 * Leo C. Burmeister Jr.
 * Thomas Rosenberg
 * William Singer
 * Dick Simpson
 * Bruce Young
 * John Merlo
 * Bernie Hansen
 * Tom Tunney
 * Bennett Lawson

45th Ward



 * Leo M. Brieske
 * William Feigenbutz
 * Edwin F. Meyer (Democratic )
 * Theron W. Merryman
 * Charles J. Fleck
 * Charles H. Weber
 * Edwin P. Fifielski
 * Richard S. Clewis
 * Gerald McLaughlin
 * Patrick Levar
 * John Arena
 * Jim Gardiner

46th ward

 * Oscar F. Nelson (Republican )
 * James F. Young
 * Joseph R. Kerwin
 * Christopher B. Cohen
 * Ralph Axelrod
 * Jerome M. Orbach
 * Helen Shiller
 * James Cappleman
 * Angela Clay

48th Ward



 * Frank J. Link (Republican )
 * Francis L. Boutell (1925 – December 1, 1926, resigned to join the Cook County Board of Commissioners, Republican)
 * John A. Massen (Republican )
 * Robert C. Quirk
 * Allen A. Freeman
 * Morris H. Hirsh
 * Robert J. O'Rourke
 * Marilou Hedlund
 * Dennis H. Block
 * Marion K. Volini
 * Kathy Osterman
 * Mary Ann Smith
 * Harry Osterman
 * Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth