3rd ward, Chicago

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3rd Ward - Chicago
Ward 3
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CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyCook
CityChicago
Established1837
Communitieslist
Government
 • TypeWard
 • BodyChicago City Council
 • AlderpersonPat Dowell (Democratic Party)
Website[1]

The 3rd Ward is one of the 50 aldermanic wards with representation in the City Council of Chicago, Illinois.

History

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By the 1940s, the ward's demographics had become heavily African–American.[1]

Past alders

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The current alderperson for the 3rd ward is Pat Dowell.

Before 1923

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Before 1923, wards were represented by two aldermen.

Aldermen # Council Aldermen
Alderman Term in office Party Notes Cite Alderman Term in office Party Notes Cite
John D. Canton 1837–1839 [2] 1st
2nd
  Ira Miltimore 1839–1842 [2] 3rd William H. Stow 1839–1840 [2][3]
4th John Gage 1840–1841 [2]
5th William H. Stow 1841–1842 [2]
Hamilton Barnes 1842–1843 [2] 6th File:Alsonsherman (1).jpeg Alson S. Sherman 1842–1843 Later elected alderman again in 1849 in 5th [2]
Azel Peck 1843–1844 [2] 7th Charles Taylor 1843–1844 [2]
George Davis 1844 [2] 8th   Ira Miltimore 1844–1845 Liberty [2][4][5]
Hamilton Barnes 1844–1845 [2][6]
Francis Edwards 1845–1846 [2] 9th Francis H. Taylor 1845–1846 [2]
  File:Jamescurtis (1).jpeg James Curtiss 1846–1847 Democratic Previously served in 2nd ward [2] 10th Michael Kehoe 1846–1847 [2]
J. Brinkerhoff 1847–1849 [2] 11th File:BWRaymond (1).jpg Benjamin Wright Raymond 1847–1848 [2]
12th William Jones 1848–1850 [2]
W.H. Adams 1849–1851 [2] 13th
14th S.J. Sherwood 1850–1852 [2]
  File:Oscar D. Wetherell sketch, Chicago Tribune, 1887 (1).png Oscar D. Wetherell 1851–1853 Republican [2][7] 15th
16th O.J. Rose 1852–1854 [2]
J.H. Gray 1853–1855 [2] 17th
18th William L. Church 1854–1856 [2]
Lorenzo Fletcher 1855–1857 [2] 19th
20th Calvin DeWolf 1856–1858 Later elected alderman again in 1866 in 2nd ward [2]
Hiram Joy 1857–1859 [2] 21st
22nd Levi J. North 1858–1860 [2]
File:Fernando Jones (1cb34b685e3ded) (3x4).png Fernando Jones 1859–1861 [2] 23rd
24th Hiram Joy 1860–1862 [2]
A.D. Titsworth 1861–1863 Redistricted to 2nd ward in 1863 [2] 25th
26th James Hahn 1862–1863 Redistricted to 1st in 1863 [2]
James H. Roberts 1863–1865 [2] 27th Stephen Barrett 1863–1868 Died in office [2][8]

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28th
Charles G. Wicker 1865–1869 Later elected alderman again in 1872 in 13th ward [2][8] 29th
30th
31st
32nd
James Hahn 1868–1870 Previously served in 1st and 3rd wards [2][8]
33rd
Joseph A. Montgomery 1869–1871 Democratic [2][9] 34th
35th David Coey 1870–1876 [2][6]
John W. McGenniss 1871–1873 [2] 36th
37th
William Fitzgerald 1873–1876 [2][6] 38th
39th
  File:WilliamAldrich.jpg William Aldrich 1876–1877 Republican [2] 40th John L. Thompson 1876–1878 [2]
  File:Eugene Cary 7efd7ad3d (3x4).jpg Eugene Cary 1877–1879 Republican [2] 41st
42nd   O.B. Phelps 1878–1880 Republican [2][10]
  John M. Clark 1879–1881 Republican [2][6][10] 43rd
44th   Daniel Lewis Shorey 1880–1886 Republican [2][10]
  O.B. Phelps 1881–1883 Republican [2][10] 45th
46th
  Frank Follansbee 1883–1885 Republican [10] 47th
48th
  File:Charles W. Drew sketch, Chicago Tribune, 1887 (1).png Charles W. Drew 1885–1887 Republican [2][7] 49th
50th   File:David H. Gile sketch, Chicago Tribune, 1887 (1).png David H. Gile 1886–1888 Republican [2][7]
  John H. Hamline 1887–1888 Republican Redistricted to 2nd ward in 1888 [2] 51st
52nd Anson Gorton 1888–1892 [2]
Laban B. Dixon 1889–1893 [2] 53rd
54th
55th
56th   File:Edward Marrenner sketch, Chicago Inter Ocean, 1894 (1).png Edward Marrenner 1892–1896 Republican [2][11]
Eli E. Smith 1893–1895 [2] 57th
58th
Noble Brandon Judah Sr. 1895–1897 [2] 59th
60th Henry S. Fitch 1896–1900 [2]
Charles Alling 1897–1901 Redistricted to 2nd ward in 1901 [2] 61st
62nd
63rd
64th Thomas J. Dixon 1900–1901 Redistricted to 2nd ward in 1901 [2]
  Milton J. Foreman 1901–1911 Republican Redistricted from 4th ward [2][12] 65th William S. Jackson 1901–1904 Redistricted from 4th ward [2]
66th
67th
68th William J. Pringle 1904–1912 [2]
69th
70th
71st
72nd
73rd
74th
Albert R. Tearney 1911–1912 [2] 75th
76th Simon D. Mayer 1912–1914 [2]
Thomas D. Nash 1913–1915 Democratic [2][13] 77th
78th Jacob Lindheimer 1914–1915 [2]
Edward J. Werner 1915–1917 Republican [2][13] 79th Nathaniel R. Stern 1915–1916 Republican [2][13]
80th Ulysses S. Schwartz 1916–1923 Democratic Continued as alderman after 1923, but redistricted to 4th ward [2][14]
George F. Iliff 1917–1919 Democratic [2][14] 81st
82nd
John H. Passmore 1919–1921 [2] 83rd
84th
John H. Johntry 1921–1923 [2] 85th
86th

Since 1923

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Since 1923, wards have been represented by a single alderman. Elections have also been nonpartisan, though officeholders often still publicly affiliate with parties.

Alderperson Term in office Party Notes Cite
File:Robert R. Jackson (1) (a).jpg Robert R. Jackson April 16, 1923

April 12, 1939
  Republican Had been serving then-2nd ward since 1918 [2][15]
  Benjamin A. Grant April 12, 1939

April 9, 1943
  Democratic Lost re-election [2][16]
File:Oscar Stanton De Priest.jpg Oscar Stanton De Priest April 9, 1943

1947
  Republican Had previously served then-2nd ward from 1915 to 1917 [2][16]
Archibald Carey Jr. 1947

1955
  Republican [2][17]
File:Ralph Metcalfe.jpg Ralph Metcalfe 1955

December 1970
  Democratic Resigned in order to take office as a U.S. congressman [2]
Tyrone T. Kenner February 23, 1971

February 11, 1985
Dorothy Tillman February 11, 1985

April 27, 2007
  Democratic
File:Pat Dowell at Victory Monument 2019 Cropped.png Pat Dowell April 27, 2007

Present
  Democratic

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