The 7th Ward is one of the 50 aldermanic wards with representation in the City Council of Chicago, Illinois.
History
The ward was created on February 16, 1847, when the number of wards in the city increased from six to nine. Also created were the 8th and 9th wards.
Past alders The current alderperson for the 7th ward is Gregory Mitchell, who has represented the ward since 2015.
Before 1923 Before 1923, wards were represented by two aldermen.
Aldermen# Council AldermenAldermanTerm in officePartyNotesCiteAldermanTerm in officePartyNotesCite Elihu Granger 1847–1848 Redistricted from 4th ward 11th Charles Sloan 1847–1849 Peter Turbot 1848–1850 12th 13th George Brady 1849–1851 Previously served in the 5th ward Elihu Granger 1850–1852 14th 15th Charles E. Moore 1851–1853 16th Ezra Taylor 1853–1854 17th Maurice Evans 1853 Michael O'Neil 1853–1855 Elihu Granger 1854–1856 18th 19th James J.H. Howe 1855–1857 Previously served in 6th ward John Dempsey 1856–1858 20th 21st John Dunlap 1957–1859 Henry Wendt 1958–1860 22nd 23rd John Alston 1859–1861 Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard 1860– 1862 24th 25th Alonzo Harvey 1861–1863 James Conlan 1862–1863 Redistricted to 15th ward in 1863 26th James E. Abbott 1863–1864 27th John Comiskey 1863–1865 Democratic Redistricted from 10th ward; later elected alderman again in 1867 in 8th ward Joseph Sherwin 1864–1866 28th 29th Avery Moore 1865–1867 Later elected alderman again in 1872 in 13th ward Max Schuler 1866–1868 30th 31st John Macalister 1867–1869 James H. Hildreth 1868–1869 Redistricted to 8th ward in 1869 32nd 33rd William Batterman 1869–1871 34th P.J. Hickey 1869–1872 35th Edward Cullerton 1871–1876 Democratic Redistricted to 6th ward in 1876 36th 37th Patrick McClory 1872–1876 38th 39th James H. Hildreth 1876–1877 Redistricted from 8th ward 40th Henry Keber 1876–1878 41st John Riordan 1878–1885 Democratic 42nd John McNally 1878–1880 43rd 44th James H. Hildreth 1880–1888 Democratic 45th 46th 47th 48th Joseph M. Weber 1885–1888 Republican Redistricted to 8th ward in 1888 49th 50th 51st William Love 1888–1890 52nd William J. Murphy 1888–1893 53rd John A. Cooke 1890–1896 Republican 54th 55th 56th 57th William J. O'Neill 1893–1895 58th 59th Edward Haas 1895–1897 Nathan T. Brenner 1896–1898 60th 61st William J. Murphy 1897–1899 Henry F. Fick 1898–1901 Redistricted to 9th ward in 1901 62nd 63rd Nathan T. Brenner 1899–1901 Redistricted to 9th ward in 1901 64th Frank I. Bennett 1901–1909 Republican Redistricted from 34th ward; died in office 65th colspan=7 66th Bernard W. Snow 1902–1912 Republican 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd Charles E. Merriam 1909–1911 Republican 73rd 74th Willis O. Nance 1911–1912 Redistricted to 6th ward in 1912 75th colspan=7 76th John H. Helwig 1912–1914 Charles E. Merriam 1913–1917 Independent Previously represented same ward Ruble, Second Metropolis: Pragmatic Pluralism in Gilded Age Chicago, Silver Age Moscow, and Meiji Osaka, 2001, p. 239. 77th 78th John N. Kimball 1914–1918 79th 80th William R. Fetzer 1917–1920?? Republican 81st 82nd Guy Guernsey 1918–1923 Republican Continued as alderman after 1923, but redistricted to 6th ward 83rd rowspan=3 colspan=7 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 officePartyNotesCite Ross A. Woodhull 1923–1928 redistricted from 8th ward; resigned from office Clement A. Nance 1929–1931 Barnet Hodes 1931–1933 Thomas J. Daley 1933–1937 Democratic Nicholas J. Bohling 1943–1971 Republican Resigned in order to accept an appointed judgeship Robert S. Wilinski 1972–1973 Did not seek re-election after being redistricted outside of the ward's boundaries Gerald E. Jones 1973–1975 Robert S. Wilinski 1975–1979 Previously represented the same ward Joseph G. Bertand 1979–1983 William Beavers 1983–2006 Democratic Resigned in order to take office as a member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Darcel Beavers 2006–2007 Democratic Appointed by Mayor Richard M. Daley Sandi Jackson 2007–2013 Democratic Resigned while under criminal indictment Natashia Holmes 2013–15 Democratic Appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel Gregory Mitchell 2015–present Democratic
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