The 3rd Ward is one of the 50 aldermanic wards with representation in the City Council of Chicago, Illinois.
History By the 1940s, the ward's demographics had become heavily African–American.
Past alders The current alderperson for the 3rd ward is Pat Dowell.
Before 1923 Before 1923, wards were represented by two aldermen.
Aldermen# Council AldermenAldermanTerm in officePartyNotesCiteAldermanTerm in officePartyNotesCite John D. Canton1837–1839 1st rowspan=2 colspan=7 2nd Ira Miltimore 1839–1842 3rd William H. Stow 1839–1840 4th John Gage 1840–1841 5th William H. Stow 1841–1842 Hamilton Barnes 1842–1843 6th Alson S. Sherman 1842–1843 Later elected alderman again in 1849 in 5th Azel Peck 1843–1844 7th Charles Taylor 1843–1844 George Davis 1844 8th Ira Miltimore 1844–1845 Liberty Hamilton Barnes 1844–1845 Francis Edwards 1845–1846 9th Francis H. Taylor 1845–1846 James Curtiss 1846–1847 Democratic Previously served in 2nd ward 10th Michael Kehoe 1846–1847 J. Brinkerhoff 1847–1849 11th Benjamin Wright Raymond 1847–1848 12th William Jones 1848–1850 W.H. Adams 1849–1851 13th 14th S.J. Sherwood 1850–1852 Oscar D. Wetherell 1851–1853 Republican 15th 16th O.J. Rose 1852–1854 J.H. Gray 1853–1855 17th 18th William L. Church 1854–1856 Lorenzo Fletcher 1855–1857 19th 20th Calvin DeWolf 1856–1858 Later elected alderman again in 1866 in 2nd ward Hiram Joy 1857–1859 21st 22nd Levi J. North 1858–1860 Fernando Jones 1859–1861 23rd 24th Hiram Joy 1860–1862 A.D. Titsworth 1861–1863 Redistricted to 2nd ward in 1863 25th 26th James Hahn 1862–1863 Redistricted to 1st in 1863 James H. Roberts 1863–1865 27th Stephen Barrett 1863–1868 Died in office 28th Charles G. Wicker 1865–1869 Later elected alderman again in 1872 in 13th ward 29th 30th 31st 32nd James Hahn 1868–1870 Previously served in 1st and 3rd wards 33rd Joseph A. Montgomery 1869–1871 Democratic 34th 35th David Coey 1870–1876 John W. McGenniss 1871–1873 36th 37th William Fitzgerald 1873–1876 38th 39th William Aldrich 1876–1877 Republican 40th John L. Thompson 1876–1878 Eugene Cary 1877–1879 Republican 41st 42nd O.B. Phelps 1878–1880 Republican John M. Clark 1879–1881 Republican 43rd 44th Daniel Lewis Shorey 1880–1886 Republican O.B. Phelps 1881–1883 Republican 45th 46th Frank Follansbee 1883–1885 Republican 47th 48th Charles W. Drew 1885–1887 Republican 49th 50th David H. Gile 1886–1888 Republican John H. Hamline 1887–1888 Republican Redistricted to 2nd ward in 1888 51st colspan=7 52nd Anson Gorton 1888–1892 Laban B. Dixon 1889–1893 53rd 54th 55th 56th Edward Marrenner 1892–1896 Republican Eli E. Smith 1893–1895 57th 58th Noble Brandon Judah Sr. 1895–1897 59th 60th Henry S. Fitch 1896–1900 Charles Alling 1897–1901 Redistricted to 2nd ward in 1901 61st 62nd 63rd 64th Thomas J. Dixon 1900–1901 Republican Redistricted to 2nd ward in 1901 Milton J. Foreman 1901–1911 Republican Redistricted from 4th ward 65th William S. Jackson 1901–1904 Redistricted from 4th ward 66th 67th 68thWilliam J. Pringle 1904–1912 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd 74th Albert R. Tearney 1911–1912 75th 76th Simon D. Mayer 1912–1914 Thomas D. Nash 1913–1915 Democratic 77th 78th Jacob Lindheimer 1914–1915 Edward J. Werner 1915–1917 Republican 79th Nathaniel R. Stern 1915–1916 Republican 80th Ulysses S. Schwartz 1916–1923 Democratic Continued as alderman after 1923, but redistricted to 4th ward George F. Iliff 1917–1919 Democratic 81st 82nd John H. Passmore 1919–1921 83rd 84th John H. Johntry 1921–1923 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.
AlderpersonTerm in officePartyNotesCite Robert R. Jackson–April 12, 1939 RepublicanHad been serving then-2nd ward since 1918 Benjamin A. Grant –April 9, 1943 Democratic Lost re-election Oscar Stanton De Priest –1947 Republican Had previously served then-2nd ward from 1915 to 1917 Archibald Carey Jr.–1955 Republican Ralph Metcalfe–December 1970 Democratic Resigned in order to take office as a U.S. congressman Tyrone T. Kenner–February 11, 1985Dorothy Tillman–April 27, 2007 DemocraticPat Dowell–Present Democratic References