11th ward, Chicago
{{Short description|Ward in Chicago}}
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{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2019}}
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| name = 11th Ward - Chicago
| official_name = Ward 11
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| settlement_type = {{nowrap|Ward}}
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| image_skyline = 11th Ward - "Daley Machine" HQ.jpg
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| established_title = Established
| established_date = 1863
| image_caption = 11th Ward - "Daley Machine" HQ, Chicago
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| government_type = Ward
| governing_body = City of Chicago
| leader_party = Democratic Party
| leader_title = Alderman
| leader_name = Nicole Lee
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = United States
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = Illinois
| subdivision_type2 = County
| subdivision_name2 = Cook
| subdivision_type3 = City
| subdivision_name3 = Chicago
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| p1 = Bridgeport
| p2 = Armour Square
| p3 = Canaryville
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| website = [http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/about/wards/11.html www.cityofchicago.org]
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The 11th Ward is one of the 50 aldermanic wards with representation in the City Council of Chicago, Illinois. It is broken into 38 election precincts.{{cite web|url=http://app.chicagoelections.com/documents/general/document_3988.pdf|title=11th Ward: 38 Election Precincts|publisher=Chicagoelections.com|date=2013-08-20|access-date=2015-04-05}} Five Mayors of Chicago have come from this ward: Edward Joseph Kelly, Martin H. Kennelly, Richard J. Daley, Michael A. Bilandic and Richard M. Daley.{{Cite web|title=Get to Know Your Ward: 11th Ward|url=https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/get-to-know-your-ward-11th-ward/113666/|access-date=2021-09-08|website=NBC Chicago|language=en-US}}
The ward has had notable levels of political corruption.{{Cite web|last=Joravsky|first=Ben|date=2021-05-05|title=We're number one!|url=http://chicagoreader.com/columns-opinion/were-number-one/|access-date=2021-09-08|website=Chicago Reader|language=en-US}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OqdYAAAAIBAJ&dq=11th+Ward%2C+Chicago&pg=PA23&article_id=4268,2908271|title=The Bulletin|publisher=The Bulletin|language=en}}{{cite web |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2017/4/7/18321661/wrigley-factory-taxes-triple-hit-chicago-taxpayers |title=Chicago taxpayers take triple hit on closed Wrigley gum factor |first=Tim |last=Novak |date=April 7, 2017 |url-access=limited |website=chicago.suntimes.com |access-date=May 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220508201146/https://chicago.suntimes.com/2017/4/7/18321661/wrigley-factory-taxes-triple-hit-chicago-taxpayers |archive-date=May 8, 2022 |url-status=live}} It is home to the headquarters of the so-called Daley machine and the 11th ward "...had by far the highest number of trucking firms benefitting from the City of Chicago's Hired Truck Program".{{Cite web|date=2020-02-12|title=Sun Times-Clout on Wheels|url=http://www.ipsn.org/streets_and_sanitation/getting_in.htm|access-date=2021-09-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212074136/http://www.ipsn.org/streets_and_sanitation/getting_in.htm|archive-date=February 12, 2020}}
Alderpersons
The current alderperson for the 11th ward is Nicole Lee.
Before 2021, alderpersons were formally known as "aldermen".{{cite web |last1=Victory |first1=Lauren |title=Alderman, Alderperson, Alderwoman? The Great Debate Continues - CBS Chicago |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/alderman-alderperson-alderwoman-debate/ |website=CBS News |access-date=16 December 2024 |date=11 May 2023}}
Previous aldermen include:
- Patrick Daley Thompson who, in 2022 was sentenced to four months in federal prison.{{cite web|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/7/6/23196579/patrick-daley-thompson-sentenced-tax-charges-lying-regulators-washington-federal-bank|title=Patrick Daley Thompson Sentenced to 4 Months in Federal Prison|access-date=2023-01-24|publisher=Chicago Sun-Times}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/about/wards/11.html|publisher=City of Chicago|title=Ward 11|access-date=2016-08-22}} His conviction arose from a federal indictment for "five counts of filing false tax returns and two counts of lying to the FDIC".{{Cite web|last=Seidel|first=Jon|date=2021-06-10|title=Feds say Patrick Daley Thompson lied, claimed he made payments on loans from failed Bridgeport bank|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/6/10/22527933/patrick-daley-thompson-lied-failed-bridgeport-washington-federal-bank-savings|access-date=2021-09-08|website=Chicago Sun-Times|language=en}}
- James Balcer
- Pat Huels, resigned due to conflicts of interest{{Cite news |author=Gary Washburn |author2=Andrew Martin |title=HUELS FEELS THE HEAT, RESIGNS AS ALDERMAN|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-10-22-9710220076-story.html|access-date=2021-09-08|newspaper=Chicago Tribune |language=en-US}}{{cite conference |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Daniel-Bliss-3/publication/253342850_The_New_Daley_Machine_1989-2004_by/links/562a743608ae04c2aeb1a7c9/The-New-Daley-Machine-1989-2004-by.pdf |title=The New Daley Machine: 1989{{endash}}2004 |conference=City's Future Conference |date=July 2004 |last1=Simpson |first1=Dick |last2=Adeoye |first2=Ola |last3=Bliss |first3=Daniel |last4=Navratil |first4=Kevin |last5=Raines |first5=Rebecca}}
- Michael Anthony Bilandic
- Matthew J. Danaher, indicted{{cite web |last1=Gradel |first1=Thomas J. |last2=Simpson |first2=Dick |last3=Zimelis |first3=Andris |last4=Byers |first4=Kirsten |last5=Michelberger |first5=David |last6=Olson |first6=Chris |last7=Sanghani |first7=Nirav |title=The Depth of Corruption in Illinois: Anti-Corruption Report Number 2 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andris-Zimelis/publication/329218698_The_Depth_of_Corruption_in_Illinois_Anti-Corruption_Report_Number_2/links/5bfd73ba299bf1c2329e6af8/The-Depth-of-Corruption-in-Illinois-Anti-Corruption-Report-Number-2.pdf |website=ResearchGate |publisher=University of Illinois |date=May 2009}}
- Amos G. Throop
- George Bell Swift
- Lester L. Bond
=1863–1923=
From the creation of the district in 1863 until 1923, it was represented by two aldermen elected to two-year terms. Elections were staggered.
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" colspan="7"| Aldermen
! rowspan=2 scope=col|# Council ! scope="col" colspan="7"| Aldermen |
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| scope="col" colspan="3"|Alderman
!scope="col"|Term in office !scope="col"|Party !scope="col"|Notes !scope="col"|Cite !scope="col" colspan="3"|Alderman !scope="col"|Term in office !scope="col"|Party !scope="col"|Notes !scope="col"|Cite |
| rowspan=3 bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
| rowspan=3| 50px ! rowspan=3 scope="row"| Lester L. Bond | rowspan=3| 1863–1866 | rowspan=3| Republican | rowspan=3| Later elected alderman again in 1871 in 10th ward | style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 27th | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| ! rowspan=2 scope="row"| George Von Hollen | rowspan=2| 1863–1865 | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| |
| style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 28th |
| style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 29th
| rowspan=5| | rowspan=5| ! rowspan=5 scope="row"| S.I. Russell | rowspan=5| 1865–1869 | rowspan=5| | rowspan=5| |
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2| ! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Henry Ackhoff | rowspan=2| 1866–1868 | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| | style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 30th |
| style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 31st |
| rowspan=3|
| rowspan=3| ! rowspan=3 scope="row"| B.F. Russell | rowspan=3| 1868–1870 | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3| | style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 32nd |
| style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 33rd |
| style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 34th
| rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| ! rowspan=2 scope="row"| James Walsh | rowspan=2| 1869–1871 | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| Later elected in 1883 in 10th ward |
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2| ! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Herman O. Glade | rowspan=2| 1970–1872 | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| | style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 35th |
| rowspan=2 style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 36th
| rowspan=3| | rowspan=3| ! rowspan=3 scope="row"| Henry Sweet | rowspan=3| 1871–1873 | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3| |
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! scope="row"| T.T. Verdier | 1972 | | |
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2| ! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Patrick Kehoe | rowspan=2| 1872–1874 | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| | style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 37th |
| style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 38th
| rowspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | | rowspan=2| 50px ! rowspan=2 scope="row"| George E. White | rowspan=2| 1873–1876 | rowspan=2| Republican | rowspan=2| Redistricted to 10th ward in 1876 | rowspan=2| {{cite book |last1=Andreas |first1=Alfred Theodore |title=History of Chicago: From the fire of 1871 until 1885 |date=1886 |publisher=A. T. Andreas |pages=101–102; 865–870 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pw1FAQAAMAAJ |language=en}} |
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!scope="row"| S. F. Gunderson | 1874–1875 | | | style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 39th |
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!scope="row"| J.G. Briggs | 1876–1877 | | | style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 40th | rowspan=4| | rowspan=4| 50px ! rowspan=4 scope="row"| Amos G. Throop | rowspan=4| 1876–1880 | rowspan=4| | rowspan=4| Previously served in 4th ward |
| rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2| ! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Ansel B. Cooke | rowspan=2| 1877–1879 | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| | style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 41st |
| style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 42nd |
| rowspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
| rowspan=2| 50px ! rowspan=2 scope="row"| George Bell Swift | rowspan=2| 1879–1881 | rowspan=2| Republican | rowspan=2| Later served again | style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 43rd |
| style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 44th
| rowspan=6 bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | | rowspan=6| ! rowspan=6 scope="row"| Thomas N. Bond | rowspan=6| 1880–1886 | rowspan=6| Republican | rowspan=6| |
| rowspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
| rowspan=2| ! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Thaddeus Dean | rowspan=2| 1881–1883 | rowspan=2| Republican | rowspan=2| | style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 45th |
| style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 46th |
| rowspan=4 bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |
| rowspan=4| 50px ! rowspan=4 scope="row"| Samuel Simons | rowspan=4| 1883–1887 | rowspan=4| Republican | rowspan=4| | rowspan=4| {{cite web |title=Roll of the New Council, Including Holding-Over Aldermen and Those Elected Yesterday |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=36889934 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=Chicago Tribune |accessdate=20 July 2020 |language=en |date=7 April 1886}} | style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 47th |
| style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 48th |
| style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 49th |
| style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 50th
| rowspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | | rowspan=2| 50px ! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Samuel Kerr | rowspan=2| 1886–1888 | rowspan=2| Republican | rowspan=2| |
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| rowspan=2| 50px ! rowspan=2 scope="row"| John J. Badenoch | rowspan=2| 1887–1889 | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| | style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 51st |
| style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 52nd
| rowspan=4| | rowspan=4| ! rowspan=4 scope="row"| Walter M. Pond | rowspan=4| 1888–1892 | rowspan=4| | rowspan=4| |
| rowspan=6|
| rowspan=6| ! rowspan=6 scope="row"| William D. Kent | rowspan=6| 1889–1895 | rowspan=6| | rowspan=6| | style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 53rd |
| style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 54th |
| style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 55th |
| style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 56th
| rowspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | | rowspan=2| 50px ! rowspan=2 scope="row"| George Bell Swift | rowspan=2| 1892–1894 | rowspan=2| Republican | rowspan=2| had previously served; was acting mayor Nov. 9–Dec. 27, 1893 |
| style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 57th |
| style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 58th
| rowspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | | rowspan=2| ! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Alexander H. Watson | rowspan=2| 1894–1896 | rowspan=2| Republican | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| {{cite web |title=All Fond of the Council |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/668107697 |website=Newspapers.com |publisher=The Chicago Chronicle |access-date=1 July 2021 |language=en |url-access=subscription |date=27 Jan 1896}} |
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| rowspan=2| ! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Charles E. Hambleton | rowspan=2| 1895–1897 | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| | style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 59th |
| style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 60th
| rowspan=2 colspan=7 {{N/A}} |
| rowspan=4|
| rowspan=4| ! rowspan=4 scope="row"| George Duddleson | rowspan=4| 1897–1901 | rowspan=4| | rowspan=4| | style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 61st |
| style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 62nd
| rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| ! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Robert K. Colson | rowspan=2| 1898–1900 | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| |
| style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 63rd |
| style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 64th
| | !scope="row"| Nicholas R. Finn | 1900–1901 | | Redistricted to 20th ward in 1901 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| ! scope="row"| Charles J. Byrne | 1901–1902 | Redistricted from 9th ward | {{cite book |title=The Daily News Almanac and Yearbook for 1902 |publisher=Chicago Daily News |page=382 |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3006938&view=1up&seq=394&q1=board%20of%20aldermen |accessdate=20 July 2020}} | style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 65th | rowspan=19 bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | | rowspan=19| 50px ! rowspan=19 scope="row"| Edward Cullerton | rowspan=19| 1901–1920 | rowspan=19| Democratic | rowspan=19| Previously served in 6th, 7th, and 9th wards; died in office | rowspan=19| {{cite book |last1=Schmidt |first1=John R. |title=On This Day in Chicago History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XfJ2CQAAQBAJ |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |accessdate=21 June 2020 |language=en |date=28 January 2014|isbn=9781625847317 }} |
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| rowspan=2| ! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Charles J. Moertel | rowspan=2| 1902–1904 | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| | style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 66th |
| style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 67th |
| rowspan=4|
| rowspan=4| ! rowspan=4 scope="row"| Peter K. Hoffman | rowspan=4| 1904–1908 | rowspan=4| | rowspan=4| | style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 68th |
| style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 69th |
| style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 70th |
| style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 71st |
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| rowspan=2| ! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Otto J. Novak | rowspan=2| 1908–1910 | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| | style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 72nd |
| style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 73rd |
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| rowspan=2| ! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Frank P. Danisch | rowspan=2| 1910–1912 | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| | style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 74th |
| style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 75th |
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| rowspan=2| ! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Frank W. Bewersdorf | rowspan=2| 1912–1914 | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| | style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 76th |
| style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 77th |
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| rowspan=2| ! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Cleophas F. Pettkoske | rowspan=2| 1914–1916 | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| | style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 78th |
| style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 79th |
| rowspan=4 bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |
| rowspan=4| ! rowspan=4 scope="row"| Herman Krumdrick | rowspan=4| 1916–1920 | rowspan=4| Democratic | rowspan=4| | rowspan=4| {{cite web |title=The Common Council Full List of Aldermen Composing the Governing Body of the City of Chicago |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/668145924 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription |publisher=Chicago Eagle at Newspapers.com |access-date=2 December 2024 |language=en |date=March 1, 1919}} | style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 80th |
| style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 81st |
| style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 82nd |
| style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 83rd |
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| rowspan=3| ! rowspan=3 scope="row"| Dennis A. Horan | rowspan=3| 1920–1923 | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3| Continued as alderman after 1923, redistricted to 21st ward | rowspan=3| {{cite book |last1=Langland |first1=James |title=The Chicago Daily News Almanac and Year Book for 1921 |date=1920 |publisher=Chicago Daily News Company |pages=771–772 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-lIiAQAAMAAJ |accessdate=9 July 2020 |language=en}} | style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 84th | rowspan=3 colspan=7 {{n/a}} |
| style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 85th |
| style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 86th |
=1923–present=
{{see also|List of Chicago alderpersons since 1923}}
Since 1923, the district has been a single-member district.
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!scope="col"|Term in office !scope="col" colspan="2"|Party !scope="col"|Notes !scope="col"|Cite |
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| !scope="row"|Timothy A. Hogan | | | | | |
| style="height:2em;"
| !scope="row"| John P. Wilson | | | | | |
| style="height:2em;"
| !scope="row"| Thomas A. Doyle | | bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | | |
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| !scope="row"| Hugh B. Connelly | | | | | |
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| !scope="row"| John F. Wall | | | | | |
| style="height:2em;"
| !scope="row"| Stanley J. Nowakowski | | | | | |
| style="height:2em;"
| !scope="row"| Matthew J. Danaher | | | | | |
| style="height:2em;"
| 50px !scope="row"| Michael A. Bilandic | June 12, 1969–June 7, 1977 | bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | | became acting mayor on December 28, 1976; resigned from council after being elected mayor in a special election |
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| !scope="row"| Patrick M. Huels | | bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | | | |
| style="height:2em;"
| 50px !scope="row"| James Balcer | 1997–2015 | bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | | | |
| style="height:2em;"
| 50px !scope="row"| Patrick Daley Thompson | May 18, 2015–February 14, 2022 | bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | | | |
| style="height:2em;"
| !scope="row"| Nicole Lee | March 28, 2022–present | bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | | Appointed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot, re-elected in 2023 | |
