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5th ward, Chicago - Wikipedia

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5th Ward - Chicago
Ward
Ward 5
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Cook
City	Chicago
Established	1837
Communities	list
Government
• Type	Ward
• Body	Chicago City Council
• Alderperson	Desmon Yancy (Democratic Party)
Website	[1]

The 5th Ward is one of the 50 aldermanic wards with representation in the City Council of Chicago, Illinois.

History

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Past alders

The current alderperson for the 5th ward is Desmon Yancy.

Before 1923

Before 1923, wards were represented by two aldermen.

Aldermen						# Council	Aldermen
Alderman		Term in office	Party	Notes	Cite	# Council	Alderman		Term in office	Party	Notes	Cite
	Francis C. Taylor	1837–1838			^[1]	1st	—
	Henry L. Rucker	1838–1842		Later elected alderman again in 1849 in 2nd ward	^[1]	2nd	—
						3rd		John C. Wilson	1839–1840			^[1]
						4th		William Allen	1840–1841			^[1]
						5th		Samuel Grier	1841–1842			^[1]
	George Brady	1842–1843		Later elected alderman again in 1849 in 7th ward	^[1]	6th		Edward Carroll	1842–1843			^[1]
	John Curver	1843–1844			^[2]^[3]	7th		Samuel Grier	1843–1844			^[1]
	Thomas Brown	1844–1845			^[1]	8th		Patrik Kain	1844–1845			^[1]
	Elihu Granger	1845–1847		Redistricted to 7th ward in 1847	^[1]	9th		Samuel Grier	1845–1847			^[1]
	Elihu Granger	1845–1847		Redistricted to 7th ward in 1847	^[1]	10th		Samuel Grier	1845–1847			^[1]
	Thomas James	1847–1849			^[1]	11th		John Sheriffs	1847–1848			^[1]
	Thomas James	1847–1849			^[1]	12th		John Charles Haines	1848–1854			^[1]
	E.H. Chapin	1849			^[1]^[4]	13th
	Alson S. Sherman	1849–1851		Previously served in 3rd ward	^[1]	13th
	Alson S. Sherman	1849–1851		Previously served in 3rd ward	^[1]	14th
	J.L. James	1851–1853			^[1]	15th
	J.L. James	1851–1853			^[1]	16th
	William H. Scoville	1853–1855			^[1]	17th
	William H. Scoville	1853–1855			^[1]	18th		Jasper D. Ward	1854–1856			^[1]
	Charles N. Holden	1855–1857			^[5]	19th		Jasper D. Ward	1854–1856			^[1]
	Charles N. Holden	1855–1857			^[5]	20th		Russell Green	1856–1858			^[1]
	Artimas Carter	1857–1859			^[1]	21st		Russell Green	1856–1858			^[1]
	Artimas Carter	1857–1859			^[1]	22nd		Jasper D. Ward	1858–1860			^[1]
	L.B. Taft	1959–1861			^[1]	23rd		Jasper D. Ward	1858–1860			^[1]
	L.B. Taft	1959–1861			^[1]	24th		Robert H. Foss	1860–1862	Republican	Previously served as alderman from the 4th ward (1847–1852; 1854-55); died in office	^[1]^[6]
	Charles C. P. Holden	1861–1863	Republican	Redistricted to 10th ward in 1863	^[4]^[7]	25th		Robert H. Foss	1860–1862	Republican		^[1]^[6]
	Charles C. P. Holden	1861–1863	Republican	Redistricted to 10th ward in 1863	^[4]^[7]	26th		William A. Groves	1862–1863			^[1]
	Mark Sheridan	1863–1866			^[1]	27th		Constantine Kann	1863–1867			^[1]
						28th
						29th
	M. Finucan	1866–1867			^[1]	30th
	M. Finucan	1866–1867			^[1]	31st		John Raber	1867–1869			^[1]^[8]
	Mark Sheridan	1868–1869		Redistricted to 6th ward in 1869	^[1]^[8]	32nd
	Mark Sheridan	1868–1869		Redistricted to 6th ward in 1869	^[1]^[8]	33rd
	Peter Daggy	1869–1872			^[1]	34th		George S. Whitaker	1869–1871			^[1]
						35th		George S. Whitaker	1869–1871			^[1]
						36th		R.B. Stone	1871–1876			^[1]^[2]
	Aquilla H. Pickering	1872–1874			^[1]	37th
	Aquilla H. Pickering	1872–1874			^[1]	38th
	Thomas C. Clarke	1874–1876	Republican	Later elected alderman again in 1884 in 4th ward	^[5]^[2]^[9]	39th
	Fred Sommer	1876–1878		Redistricted from 6th ward	^[1]	40th		Mark Sheridan	1876–1877		Previously served in 6th and 5th wards	^[5]
	Fred Sommer	1876–1878		Redistricted from 6th ward	^[1]	41st		John D. Tully	1877–1879			^[1]
	George Turner	1878–1880			^[1]	42nd		John D. Tully	1877–1879			^[1]
	George Turner	1878–1880			^[1]	43rd		Michael McAuley	1879–1881	Democratic		^[1]^[10]
	Edward P. Burke	1880–1886	Democratic	Later elected alderman again in 1888 in 6th ward	^[1]^[10]^[11]	44th		Michael McAuley	1879–1881	Democratic		^[1]^[10]
						45th		Henry F. Sheridan	1881–1887	Democratic		^[1]^[9]
						46th
						47th
						48th
						49th
	Charles Hillcock	1886–1888	Independent		^[1]^[9]	50th
	Charles Hillcock	1886–1888	Independent		^[1]^[9]	51st		Edward D. Connor	1887–1889			^[1]
	John S. Oehmen	1888–1890			^[1]	52nd		Edward D. Connor	1887–1889			^[1]
	John S. Oehmen	1888–1890			^[1]	53rd		Timothy C. Hickey	1889–1991			^[1]
	Charles Duer	1890–1892			^[1]	54th		Timothy C. Hickey	1889–1991			^[1]
	Charles Duer	1890–1892			^[1]	55th		Patrick J. Wall	1891–1895			^[1]
	John Voght	1892–1894	Republican		^[1]^[12]	56th
	John Voght	1892–1894	Republican		^[1]^[12]	57th
	David Deist	1894–1896	Democratic		^[1]^[13]	58th
	David Deist	1894–1896	Democratic		^[1]^[13]	59th		William J. Doerr	1895–1897			^[1]
	William E. Kent	1896–1898			^[1]	60th		William J. Doerr	1895–1897			^[1]
	William E. Kent	1896–1898			^[1]	61st		Frank X. Cloidt	1897–1899			^[1]
	Edward D. Connor	1898–1900			^[1]	62nd		Frank X. Cloidt	1897–1899			^[1]
	Edward D. Connor	1898–1900			^[1]	63rd		Michael M. Blake	1899–1901			^[1]
	William E. Kent	1900–1901		Redistricted to 4th ward in 1901	^[1]	64th		Michael M. Blake	1899–1901			^[1]
	Charles Martin	1901–1902	Democratic	Redistricted from 6th ward	^[1]	65th		Edward Litzinger	1901–1903			^[1]
	Robert K. Sloan	1902–1904			^[1]	66th		Edward Litzinger	1901–1903			^[1]
	Robert K. Sloan	1902–1904			^[1]	67th		Thomas Rooney	1903–1905			^[1]
	James J. McCormick	1904–1908		Previously served in 6th ward	^[1]	68th		Thomas Rooney	1903–1905			^[1]
						69th		Charles Martin	1905–1907	Democratic	Previously served in 5th and 6th wards	^[1]^[13]
						70th		Charles Martin	1905–1907	Democratic	Previously served in 5th and 6th wards	^[1]^[13]
						71st		Alex J. Burke	1907–1911			^[1]
	William J. McKenna	1908–1910			^[1]	72nd
	William J. McKenna	1908–1910			^[1]	73rd
	Charles Martin	1910–1914	Democratic	Previously serve in 5th and 6th wards	^[1]	74th
						75th		Patrick J. Carr	1911–1914			^[1]
						76th
						77th
	Thomas A. Doyle	1914–1918	Democratic	Later elected an alderman again in 1931	^[1]	78th
						79th		Charles Martin	1915–1917	Democratic	Previously served in 5th and 6th wards	^[1]
						80th		Charles Martin	1915–1917	Democratic	Previously served in 5th and 6th wards	^[1]
						81st		Joseph B. McDonough	1917–1923	Democratic	Continued as alderman after 1923; redistricted to 13th ward	^[1]^[14]
	Robert J. Mulcahy	1918–1923		Democratic	^[1]^[14]	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.

	Term in office		Notes	Cite
Charles S. Eaton	1923–1927	Republican	redistricted from 6th ward in 1923; served again beginning in 1929	^[1]^[15]
Leonard J. Grossman	1927–1929			^[1]
Charles S. Eaton	1929–1931	Republican	previously served in 5th and 6th wards	^[1]^[15]
Irving J. Schreiber	1931–1933			^[1]
James J. Cusack Jr.	1933–1937	Democratic		^[16]
Paul Douglas	1939–1942	Democratic	Resigned to join the United States Armed Forces	^[1]
Bertram B. Moss	1943–1947			^[1]
Robert E. Merriam	1947–1955	Republican		^[1]
Leon Despres	1955–1975	Democratic		^[1]
Ross Lathrop	1975–79	Independent		^[1]
Lawrence Bloom	1979–1995	Independent Democrat		^[17]^[18]
Barbara Holt	1995–1999
Leslie Hairston	1995–2023	Democratic
Desmon Yancy	2023–present	Democratic

Demographics

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Electoral history

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Notes

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