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3rd ward, Chicago

{{Short description|Ward in Chicago}}

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| leader_name = Pat Dowell

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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.{{cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Ryan |title=Kelly Wins, But G.O.P. Gains; Return Mayor to Office By 116,159 Margin; Machine Strength Slips Sharply |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/372045300 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription |page=2 |publisher=Chicago Tribune |access-date=13 January 2025 |language=en |date=April 7, 1943}}

Past alders

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

=Before 1923=

Before 1923, wards were represented by two aldermen.

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scope="col" colspan="7"| Aldermen

! rowspan=2 scope=col|# Council

! scope="col" colspan="7"| Aldermen

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

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! rowspan=2 scope="row"| John D. Canton

| rowspan=2|1837–1839

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| rowspan=2| {{Cite web |url=http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/LIB/AldermansList.htm |title=Centennial List of Mayors, City Clerks, City Attorneys, City Treasurers, and Aldermen, elected by the people of the city of Chicago, from the incorporation of the city on March 4, 1837 to March 4, 1937, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the years during which each official held office. |access-date=December 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904052355/http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/LIB/AldermansList.htm |archive-date=September 4, 2018 |url-status=dead }}

| style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 1st

| rowspan=2 colspan=7 {{N/A}}

style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 2nd
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| rowspan=3|

! rowspan=3 scope="row"| Ira Miltimore

| rowspan=3| 1839–1842

| rowspan=3|

| rowspan=3|

| rowspan=3|

|style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 3rd

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!scope="row"| William H. Stow

| 1839–1840

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| {{cite web |last1=Fergus |first1=Robert |title=Fergus' Directory of the City of Chicago 1839 |url=https://digital.lib.niu.edu/islandora/object/niu-lincoln%3A34907 |website=Northern Illinois University Digital Library (Newberry Library at Northern Illinois University) |publisher=Robert Fergus |access-date=2 December 2024 |language=en |date=1876}}

style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 4th

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!scope="row"| John Gage

| 1840–1841

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style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 5th

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!scope="row"| William H. Stow

| 1841–1842

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!scope="row"| Hamilton Barnes

| 1842–1843

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|style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 6th

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!scope="row"| Alson S. Sherman

| 1842–1843

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| Later elected alderman again in 1849 in 5th

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!scope="row"| Azel Peck

| 1843–1844

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|style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 7th

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!scope="row"| Charles Taylor

| 1843–1844

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!scope="row"| George Davis

| 1844

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| rowspan=2 style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 8th

| rowspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Liberty Party (United States, 1840)}}" | 

| rowspan=2|

! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Ira Miltimore

| rowspan=2| 1844–1845

| rowspan=2| Liberty

| rowspan=2|

| rowspan=2| {{cite book |last1=Pierce |first1=Bessie Louise |title=A History of Chicago, Volume I: The Beginning of a City 1673-1848 |date=2007 |publisher=University of Chicago Press |isbn=978-0-226-66839-0 |page=384 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LzQta-VAUysC |accessdate=29 July 2020 |language=en}}{{cite web |last1=McClell |first1=Edward |title=Chicago's Forgotten Namesakes |url=http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/October-2019/Chicagos-Forgotten-Namesakes/ |website=Chicago magazine |accessdate=29 July 2020 |language=en |date=29 October 2019}}

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!scope="row"| Hamilton Barnes

| 1844–1845

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| {{cite book |last1=Ahern |first1=M. L. |title=Political History of Chicago: (covering the Period from 1837 to 1887) Local Politics from the City's Birth; Chicago's Mayors, Aldermen and Other Officials; County and Federal Officers; the Fire and Police Departments; the Haymarket Horror; Miscellaneous |date=1886 |publisher=Donohue & Henneberry, printers and binders |pages=116–120 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qxkVAAAAYAAJ |language=en}}

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!scope="row"| Francis Edwards

| 1845–1846

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|style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 9th

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!scope="row"| Francis H. Taylor

| 1845–1846

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!scope="row"| James Curtiss

| 1846–1847

| Democratic

| Previously served in 2nd ward

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|style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 10th

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!scope="row"| Michael Kehoe

| 1846–1847

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| rowspan=2|

! rowspan=2 scope="row"| J. Brinkerhoff

| rowspan=2| 1847–1849

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| rowspan=2|

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|style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 11th

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!scope="row"| Benjamin Wright Raymond

| 1847–1848

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| rowspan=2|

! rowspan=2 scope="row"| William Jones

| rowspan=2| 1848–1850

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| rowspan=2|

! rowspan=2 scope="row"| W.H. Adams

| rowspan=2| 1849–1851

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| style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 13th

style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 14th

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| rowspan=2|

! rowspan=2 scope="row"| S.J. Sherwood

| rowspan=2| 1850–1852

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rowspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | 

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! rowspan=2 scope="row"|Oscar D. Wetherell

| rowspan=2| 1851–1853

| rowspan=2| Republican

| rowspan=2|

| rowspan=2| {{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"| 15th

style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 16th

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| rowspan=2|

! rowspan=2 scope="row"| O.J. Rose

| rowspan=2| 1852–1854

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| rowspan=2|

! rowspan=2 scope="row"| J.H. Gray

| rowspan=2| 1853–1855

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|style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 17th

style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 18th

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| rowspan=2|

! rowspan=2 scope="row"| William L. Church

| rowspan=2| 1854–1856

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| rowspan=2|

! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Lorenzo Fletcher

| rowspan=2| 1855–1857

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|style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 19th

style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 20th

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| rowspan=2|

! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Calvin DeWolf

| rowspan=2| 1856–1858

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| rowspan=2| Later elected alderman again in 1866 in 2nd ward

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| rowspan=2|

! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Hiram Joy

| rowspan=2| 1857–1859

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| rowspan=2|

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|style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 21st

style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 22nd

| rowspan=2|

| rowspan=2|

! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Levi J. North

| rowspan=2| 1858–1860

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! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Fernando Jones

| rowspan=2| 1859–1861

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|style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 23rd

style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 24th

| rowspan=2|

| rowspan=2|

! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Hiram Joy

| rowspan=2| 1860–1862

| rowspan=2|

| rowspan=2|

| rowspan=2|

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| rowspan=2|

! rowspan=2 scope="row"| A.D. Titsworth

| rowspan=2| 1861–1863

| rowspan=2|

| rowspan=2| Redistricted to 2nd ward in 1863

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|style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 25th

style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 26th

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! scope="row"| James Hahn

| 1862–1863

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| Redistricted to 1st in 1863

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| rowspan=2|

! rowspan=2 scope="row"| James H. Roberts

| rowspan=2| 1863–1865

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|style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 27th

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| rowspan=6|

! rowspan=6 scope="row"| Stephen Barrett

| rowspan=6| 1863–1868

| rowspan=6|

| rowspan=6| Died in office

| rowspan=6| {{cite book |last1=Andreas |first1=Alfred Theodore |title=History of Chicago: From 1857 until the fire of 1871 |date=1885 |publisher=Higginson Book Company |pages=49–50 |isbn=9780832857249 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iKE4AQAAMAAJ |accessdate=12 July 2020 |language=en}}

style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 28th
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| rowspan=6|

! rowspan=6 scope="row"| Charles G. Wicker

| rowspan=6| 1865–1869

| rowspan=6|

| rowspan=6| Later elected alderman again in 1872 in 13th ward

| rowspan=6|

|style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 29th

style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 30th
style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 31st
rowspan=2 style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 32nd
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| rowspan=3|

! rowspan=3 scope="row"| James Hahn

| rowspan=3| 1868–1870

| rowspan=3|

| rowspan=3| Previously served in 1st and 3rd wards

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style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 33rd
rowspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |

| rowspan=2|

! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Joseph A. Montgomery

| rowspan=2| 1869–1871

| rowspan=2| Democratic

| rowspan=2|

| rowspan=2| {{cite web |title=Democratic Soreheads Morning Session |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/465795217 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription |publisher=Chicago Tribune |access-date=5 February 2025 |language=en |date=October 31, 1871}}

|style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 34th

style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 35th

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| rowspan=5|

! rowspan=5 scope="row"| David Coey

| rowspan=5| 1870–1876

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| rowspan=2|

! rowspan=2 scope="row"| John W. McGenniss

| rowspan=2| 1871–1873

| rowspan=2|

| rowspan=2|

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|style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 36th

style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 37th
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| rowspan=2|

! rowspan=2 scope="row"| William Fitzgerald

| rowspan=2| 1873–1876

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| rowspan=2|

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|style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 38th

style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 39th
bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | 

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!scope="row"| William Aldrich

| 1876–1877

| Republican

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|style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 40th

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| rowspan=2|

! rowspan=2 scope="row"| John L. Thompson

| rowspan=2| 1876–1878

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| rowspan=2|

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! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Eugene Cary

| rowspan=2| 1877–1879

| rowspan=2| Republican

| rowspan=2|

| rowspan=2|

|style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 41st

style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 42nd

| rowspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | 

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! rowspan=2 scope="row"| O.B. Phelps

| rowspan=2| 1878–1880

| rowspan=2| Republican

| rowspan=2|

| 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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! rowspan=2 scope="row"| John M. Clark

| rowspan=2| 1879–1881

| rowspan=2| Republican

| rowspan=2|

| rowspan=2|

|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"| Daniel L. Shorey

| rowspan=6| 1880–1886

| rowspan=6| Republican

| rowspan=6|

| rowspan=6|

rowspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | 

| rowspan=2|

! rowspan=2 scope="row"| O.B. Phelps

| rowspan=2| 1881–1883

| rowspan=2| Republican

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| rowspan=2|

|style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 45th

style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 46th
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! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Frank Follansbee

| rowspan=2| 1883–1885

| rowspan=2| Republican

| rowspan=2|

| rowspan=2|

|style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 47th

style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 48th
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! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Charles W. Drew

| rowspan=2| 1885–1887

| rowspan=2| Republican

| rowspan=2|

| rowspan=2|

|style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 49th

style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 50th

| rowspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | 

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! rowspan=2 scope="row"| David H. Gile

| rowspan=2| 1886–1888

| rowspan=2| Republican

| rowspan=2|

| rowspan=2|

bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | 

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! scope="row"| John H. Hamline

| 1887–1888

| Republican

| Redistricted to 2nd ward in 1888

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|style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 51st

colspan=7 {{N/A}}

|style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 52nd

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| rowspan=4|

! rowspan=4 scope="row"| Anson Gorton

| rowspan=4| 1888–1892

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| rowspan=4|

! rowspan=4 scope="row"| Laban B. Dixon

| rowspan=4| 1889–1893

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|style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 53rd

style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 54th
style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 55th
style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 56th

| rowspan=4 bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | 

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! rowspan=4 scope="row"| Edward Marrenner

| rowspan=4| 1892–1896

| rowspan=4| Republican

| rowspan=4|

| rowspan=4| {{cite news |title=Right Men To Place |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/33775215/ |accessdate=21 July 2020 |work=Newspapers.com |publisher=Chicago Inter Ocean |date=25 March 1894 |language=en}}

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! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Eli E. Smith

| rowspan=2| 1893–1895

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|style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 57th

style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 58th
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| rowspan=2|

! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Noble Brandon Judah Sr.

| rowspan=2| 1895–1897

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|style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 59th

style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 60th

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| rowspan=4|

! rowspan=4 scope="row"| Henry S. Fitch

| rowspan=4| 1896–1900

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| rowspan=4|

! rowspan=4 scope="row"| Charles Alling

| rowspan=4| 1897–1901

| rowspan=4|

| rowspan=4| Redistricted to 2nd ward in 1901

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|style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 61st

style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 62nd
style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 63rd
style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 64th

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!scope="row"| Thomas J. Dixon

| 1900–1901

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| Redistricted to 2nd ward in 1901

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rowspan=10 bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | 

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! rowspan=10 scope="row"| Milton J. Foreman

| rowspan=10| 1901–1911

| rowspan=10| Republican

| rowspan=10| Redistricted from 4th ward

| rowspan=10| {{cite book |last1=Plumbe |first1=George Edward |last2=Langland |first2=James |last3=Pike |first3=Claude Othello |title=Chicago Daily News Almanac and Year Book for 1900 |date=1900 |publisher=Chicago Daily News, Incorporated |page=383 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zXJQAQAAMAAJ |access-date=12 July 2020 |language=en}}

|style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 65th

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| rowspan=3|

! rowspan=3 scope="row"| William S. Jackson

| rowspan=3| 1901–1904

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| rowspan=3| Redistricted from 4th ward

| rowspan=3|

style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 66th
style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 67th
style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 68th

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| rowspan=8|

! rowspan=8 scope="row"|William J. Pringle

| rowspan=8| 1904–1912

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| rowspan=8|

| rowspan=8|

style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 69th
style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 70th
style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 71st
style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 72nd
style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 73rd
style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 74th
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! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Albert R. Tearney

| rowspan=2 | 1911–1912

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| rowspan=2 |

|style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 75th

style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 76th

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! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Simon D. Mayer

| rowspan=2| 1912–1914

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| rowspan=2|

rowspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |

| rowspan=2|

! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Thomas D. Nash

| rowspan=2| 1913–1915

| rowspan=2| Democratic

| rowspan=2|

| rowspan=2|

|style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 77th

style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 78th

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!scope="row"| Jacob Lindheimer

| 1914–1915

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rowspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |

| rowspan=2|

! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Edward J. Werner

| rowspan=2| 1915–1917

| rowspan=2| Republican

| rowspan=2|

| rowspan=2|

|style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 79th

| bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |

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!scope="row"| Nathaniel R. Stern

| 1915–1916

| Republican

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| {{cite web |title=Council Makeup Vital Problem M. V. L. Warning |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/354970057 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription |publisher=Chicago Tribune |access-date=29 November 2024 |language=en |date=March 31, 1915}}

style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 80th

| rowspan=7 bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |

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! rowspan=7 scope="row"| Ulysses S. Schwartz

| rowspan=7| 1916–1923

| rowspan=7| Democratic

| rowspan=7| Continued as alderman after 1923, but redistricted to 4th ward

| rowspan=7| {{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}}

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! rowspan=2 scope="row"| George F. Iliff

| rowspan=2| 1917–1919

| rowspan=2| Democratic

| rowspan=2|

| rowspan=2|

|style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 81st

style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 82nd
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! rowspan=2 scope="row"| John H. Passmore

| rowspan=2| 1919–1921

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| rowspan=2|

|style= "background-color:#C0C0C0" | 83rd

style= "background-color:#FFFFFF" | 84th
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| rowspan=2|

! rowspan=2 scope="row"| John H. Johntry

| rowspan=2| 1921–1923

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| rowspan=2|

| rowspan=2|

|style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 85th

style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 86th

=Since 1923=

{{see also|List of Chicago alderpersons 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.

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!scope="row"|Robert R. Jackson

|{{dts|April 16, 1923}}
–
April 12, 1939

|bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | 

|Republican

|Had been serving then-2nd ward since 1918

| {{cite news |title=The New City Council |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/355103714/ |url-access=subscription |accessdate=April 4, 2019 |work=Chicago Tribune |date=April 5, 1933 |via=Newspapers.com}}

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! scope="row"|Benjaim A. Grant

| {{dts|April 12, 1939}}
–
April 9, 1943

| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | 

|Democratic

| Lost re-election

| {{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Harold |title=Kelly–Nash Get Big Beating In Alderman Vote. G.O.P Backs 7 Winners in 9 Runoffs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/372045260 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription |publisher=Chicago Tribune |access-date=13 January 2025 |language=en |date=April 7, 1943}}

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!scope="row"|Oscar Stanton De Priest

| {{dts|April 9, 1943}}
–
1947

|bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | 

| Republican

| Had previously served then-2nd ward from 1915 to 1917

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!scope="row"|Archibald Carey Jr.

|{{dts|1947}}
–
1955

|bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | 

|Republican

|

| {{Cite book|title=The Dream: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Speech that Inspired a Nation|last=Hansen|first=Drew D.|date=2003|publisher=Harper Collins|isbn=978-0060084769|location=New York|pages=[https://archive.org/details/dreammartinluthe00hans/page/108 108]|language=en|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/dreammartinluthe00hans/page/108}}

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!scope="row"|Ralph Metcalfe

|{{dts|1955}}
–
December 1970

|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | 

|Democratic

| Resigned in order to take office as a U.S. congressman

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!scope="row"|Tyrone T. Kenner

|{{dts|February 23, 1971}}
–
February 11, 1985

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!scope="row"|Dorothy Tillman

|{{dts|February 11, 1985}}
–
April 27, 2007

|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | 

|Democratic

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!scope="row"|Pat Dowell

|{{dts|April 27, 2007}}
–
Present

|bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | 

|Democratic

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