The 1st Ward is one of the 50 aldermanic wards with representation in the City Council of Chicago, Illinois.
History
By the mid-1890s, the ward's partisan lean had firmly become Democratic. The last Republican to represent the ward on the Chicago City Council was Francis P. Gleason, who left office in 1897.
In the 1940s, the ward 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 AldermenAldermanTerm in officePartyNotesCiteAldermanTerm in officePartyNotesCite 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 James Carney 1849–1851 Previously served in 2nd ward 13th R.C. Bristol 1849 Peter Page 1849–1852 Previously served in 2nd ward 14th John Sears Jr. 1851–1853 15th 16th Eli B. Williams 1852–1855 A.D. Taylor 1853–1855 17th 18th Sylvester Sexton 1855–1857 19th James Long 1855–1860 20th William Bross 1857–1859 Republican 21st 22nd J.K. Botsford 1859–1863 23rd 24th William Colby 1860–1862 Previously served in 4th ward 25th 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 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 36th Chauncey T. Bowen 1871–1873 William H. Richardson 1872–1876 37th 38th Thomas Foley 1873–1876 39th Daniel Kimball Pearsons 1876–1879 40th John T. McAuley 1876–1878 41st 42nd Murray F. Tuley 1878–1879 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 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 58th Francis P. Gleason 1895–1897 Republican 59th 60th Michael Kenna 1897–1923 Democratic later represented ward again (1939–1943) 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 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.
AldermanTerm in officeCouncils served inPartyNotesCite 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 See also First Ward Ball
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