Atlanta's 3rd City Council district is one of the twelve geographic districts in the Atlanta City Council. It is currently represented by Byron Amos, who was elected in 2022 after defeating incumbent Antonio Brown.
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 Third Ward existed in various forms from 1854 to 1954.
History Atlanta's Third Ward was defined in 1880 as the area bounded on the North by Georgia Railroad, West by Butler & McDonough Streets, South and East by the city limits (the green section of picture)
Generally in Atlanta's Ward System, it encompassed the following modern neighborhoods: Grant Park, Ormewood Park and Cabbagetown.
List of aldermen by boundary (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 1855 John Farrar and J. W. Thompson 1856 Thomas L. Thomas and James L. Terry 1857 John B. Peck and John Glen 1858 James E. Williams and J.M. Blackwell 1859 Coleman F. Wood and J.M. Blackwell 1860 James R.D. Ozburn and Merrill T. Castelberry 1861 Seymour B. Love and Robert Crawford 1862 John Farrar and James G. Kelly 1863 F.D. Thurman and James G. Kelly 1864 William Watkins and Robert Crawford 1865 Thomas R. Ripley and F.M. Richardson 1866 Robert Crawford and James G. Kelly 1867 W.C. Anderson and George W. Terry 1868 (no election) 1869 Vardy P Sisson and William C. Anderson 1870 James G. Kelly and W.C. Anderson
1871
1871 George Graham 1872 Lemuel P. Grant and Thomas A. Morris 1873 Robert C. Young and David A. Beatie 1874 James G. Kelly and Robert C. Young 1875 Thomas A. Morris and David A. Beatie
1876
The new city charter reduced the number of wards to 5 and created a Board of Aldermen 1876 William Gray 1877 J.M. Buice 1878 William E. Hayne 1879 James K. Thrower 1880 Thomas J. Buchanan 1881 David A. Beatie 1882 Zachry W. Adamson 1883 Samuel W. Day
1884 Sixth Ward (north Peachtree corridor) added
1884 C. Wheeler Mangum 1885 David A. Beatie 1886 Edgar A. Angier 1887 Elisha T. Allen 1888 James G. Woodward 1889 James G. Woodward and A.S. Robbins 1890 A.S. Robbins and W.H. Hulsey 1891 W.H. Hulsey and Arnold Broyles 1892 John F. McWaters 1893 David A. Beatie
1894 Seventh Ward (West End) added 1894 Robert P. Dodge 1895 Walter S. Bell 1896 William E. Adamson 1897 Eldred S. Lumpkin 1898 Edward P. Burns 1899 J. Sidney Holland, manager Kimball House Saloon 1900 Axton C. Minhinnett, grocer 1901 John C. Reed, lawyer 1902 James E. Warren, lawyer 1903 J. Sid Holland, tobacconist 1904 Thomas H. Goodwin, lawyer
1905 Eighth Ward (West End) added 1905 William Oldknow, poolroom proprietor
1935
Aldermen
L. O. Moseley
Councilmembers
Archie L. Lindsey J. Allen Couch
1954
W. T. "Bill" Knight" Jimmy Vickers (Position 2, -1966) Q. V. Williamson (Position 2, 1966-1974)
List of councilmembers (1974present) James Howard (19741987) Jabari Simama (1987 January 3, 1994) Michael Julian Bond (January 3, 1994 2002) Ivory Lee Young (20022018) Antonio Brown (20192022) Byron Amos (2022present)
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