The 5th Ward is one of the 50 aldermanic wards with representation in the City Council of Chicago, Illinois.
Past alders The current alderperson for the 5th ward is Desmon Yancy.
Before 1923 Before 1923, wards were represented by two aldermen.
Aldermen# Council AldermenAldermanTerm in officePartyNotesCiteAldermanTerm in officePartyNotesCite Francis C. Taylor 1837–1838 1st rowspan=2 colspan=7 Henry L. Rucker 1838–1842 Later elected alderman again in 1849 in 2nd ward 2nd 3rd John C. Wilson 1839–1840 4th William Allen 1840–1841 5th Samuel Grier 1841–1842 George Brady 1842–1843 Later elected alderman again in 1849 in 7th ward 6th Edward Carroll 1842–1843 John Curver 1843–1844 7th Samuel Grier 1843–1844 Thomas Brown 1844–1845 8th Patrik Kain 1844–1845 Elihu Granger 1845–1847 Redistricted to 7th ward in 1847 9th Samuel Grier 1845–1847 10th Thomas James 1847–1849 11th John Sheriffs 1847–1848 12th John Charles Haines 1848–1854 E.H. Chapin 1849 13th Alson S. Sherman 1849–1851 Previously served in 3rd ward 14th J.L. James 1851–1853 15th 16th William H. Scoville 1853–1855 17th 18th Jasper D. Ward 1854–1856 Charles N. Holden 1855–1857 19th 20th Russell Green 1856–1858 Artimas Carter 1857–1859 21st 22nd Jasper D. Ward 1858–1860 L.B. Taft 1959–1861 23rd 24th Robert H. Foss 1860–1862 Republican Previously served as alderman from the 4th ward (1847–1852; 1854–55); died in office Charles C. P. Holden 1861–1863 Republican Redistricted to 10th ward in 1863Rogues, Rebels, And Rubber Stamps: The Politics Of The Chicago City Council, 1863 To The Present by Dick Simpson, Routledge, Mar 8, 2018 (page 30) 25th 26th William A. Groves 1862–1863 Mark Sheridan 1863–1866 27th Constantine Kann 1863–1867 28th 29th M. Finucan 1866–1867 30th 31st John Raber 1867–1869 Mark Sheridan 1868–1869Redistricted to 6th ward in 1869 32nd 33rd Peter Daggy 1869–1872 34th George S. Whitaker 1869–1871 35th 36th R. B. Stone 1871–1876 Aquilla H. Pickering 1872–1874 37th 38th Thomas C. Clarke 1874–1876 Republican Later elected alderman again in 1884 in 4th ward 39th Fred Sommer 1876–1878 Redistricted from 6th ward 40th Mark Sheridan 1876–1877 Previously served in 6th and 5th wards 41st John D. Tully 1877–1879 George Turner 1878–1880 42nd 43rd Michael McAuley 1879–1881 Democratic Edward P. Burke 1880–1886 Democratic Later elected alderman again in 1888 in 6th ward 44th 45th Henry F. Sheridan 1881–1887 Democratic 46th 47th 48th 49th Charles Hillcock 1886–1888 Independent 50th 51st Edward D. Connor 1887–1889 John S. Oehmen 1888–1890 52nd 53rd Timothy C. Hickey 1889–1991 Charles Duer 1890–1892 54th 55th Patrick J. Wall 1891–1895 John Voght 1892–1894 Republican 56th 57th David Deist 1894–1896 Democratic 58th 59th William J. Doerr 1895–1897 William E. Kent 1896–1898 60th 61st Frank X. Cloidt 1897–1899 Edward D. Connor 1898–1900 62nd 63rd Michael M. Blake 1899–1901 William E. Kent 1900–1901 Redistricted to 4th ward in 1901 64th Charles Martin 1901–1902 Democratic Redistricted from 6th ward 65th Edward Litzinger 1901–1903 Robert K. Sloan 1902–1904 66th 67th Thomas Rooney 1903–1905 James J. McCormick 1904–1908 Previously served in 6th ward 68th 69th Charles Martin 1905–1907 Democratic Previously served in 5th and 6th wards 70th 71st Alex J. Burke 1907–1911 William J. McKenna 1908–1910 72nd 73rd Charles Martin 1910–1914 Democratic Previously serve in 5th and 6th wards 74th 75th Patrick J. Carr 1911–1914 76th 77th Thomas A. Doyle 1914–1918 Democratic Later elected an alderman again in 1931 78th 79th Charles Martin 1915–1917 Democratic Previously served in 5th and 6th wards 80th 81st Joseph B. McDonough 1917–1923 Democratic Continued as alderman after 1923; redistricted to 13th ward Robert J. Mulcahy 1918–1923 Democratic 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.
AlderpersonTerm in officePartyNotesCiteCharles S. Eaton 1923–1927 Republican redistricted from 6th ward in 1923; served again beginning in 1929Leonard J. Grossman 1927–1929Charles S. Eaton 1929–1931 Republican previously served in 5th and 6th wards Irving J. Schreiber1931–1933James J. Cusack Jr. 1933–1937 DemocraticPaul Douglas 1939–1942 Democratic Resigned to join the United States Armed Forces Bertram B. Moss 1943–1947 Robert E. Merriam1947–1955 Republican Leon Despres1955–1975 DemocraticRoss Lathrop1975–79 IndependentLawrence Bloom1979–1995Independent Democrat Barbara Holt1995–1999 Leslie Hairston1995–2023 Democratic Desmon Yancy2023–present Democratic References