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Ward in Chicago

Ward in Illinois, United States

8th Ward - Chicago
Ward
Ward 8
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Cook
City	Chicago
Established	1847
Communities	list
Government
• Type	Ward
• Body	Chicago City Council
• Alderperson	Michelle A. Harris (Democratic Party)
Website

The 8th Ward is one of the 50 aldermanic wards with representation in the City Council of Chicago, Illinois.

History

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The ward was created on February 16, 1847, when the number of wards in the city increased from six to nine.

Past alders

The current alderperson for the 8th ward is Michelle A. Harris, who has represented the ward since 2006.

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
	James Lane	1847–1849				11th		William B. Snowhook	1847–1848
	James Lane	1847–1849				12th		William B. Herrick	1848–1850
	Henry R. Payson	1849–1850				13th		William B. Herrick	1848–1850
	John C. Dodge	1850–1852				14th		George F. Foster	1850–1851		Previously served in 6th ward
	John C. Dodge	1850–1852				15th		Robert Malcolm	1851–1853
	Andrew J. Brown	1852–1854				16th		Robert Malcolm	1851–1853
	Andrew J. Brown	1852–1854				17th		Francis Hoffmann	1853–1854	Democratic
	William H. Stickney	1854–1855				18th		Francis Hoffmann	1853–1854	Democratic
	William H. Stickney	1854–1855				18th		B.W. Thomas	1854–1855
	Samuel Ashton	1855–1856				19th		Stephen D. LaRue	1855–1858
	Conrad L. Niehoff	1856–1857				20th
	Christian Wahl	1857–1861				21st
						22nd		Andrew Wright	1858–1860
						23rd		Andrew Wright	1858–1860
						24th		Redmond Prindiville	1860–1862
	W.G. White	1861–1862				25th		Redmond Prindiville	1860–1862
	Charles L. Woodman	1862–1863		Redistricted to 16th ward in 1863		26th		Redmond Sheridan	1863		Redistricted from 10th ward
	Charles L. Woodman	1862–1863		Redistricted to 16th ward in 1863		26th		Francis J. Ullbrich	1863–1864		Redistricted from 10th ward
	Richard Clark	1863–1865				27th		Francis J. Ullbrich	1863–1864		Redistricted from 10th ward
	Richard Clark	1863–1865				28th		Patrick Rafferty	1864–1869
	M.L. Frisbee	1865–1867				29th
	M.L. Frisbee	1865–1867				30th
	John Comiskey	1867–1869	Democratic	Previously served in 10th and 7th wards; redistricted to 9th ward in 1869		31st
						32nd
						33rd
	James H. Hildreth	1869–1870	Democratic	Redistricted from 7th ward		34th		William S. Powell	1869–1871
	Michael B. Bailey	1870–1874				35th		William S. Powell	1869–1871
						36th		Jeremiah Clowry	1871–1873
						37th		Jeremiah Clowry	1871–1873
						38th		James H. Hildreth	1873–1876	Democratic	Redistricted to 7th ward in 1876
	Patrick C. McDonald	1874–1875				39th		James H. Hildreth	1873–1876	Democratic	Redistricted to 7th ward in 1876
	Frank Lawler	1876–1886	Democratic	Later elected alderman again in 1895 in 19th ward		40th		James O'Brien	1876–1877		Previously served in 9th ward
						41st		Richard M. Oliver	1877–1879
						42nd		Richard M. Oliver	1877–1879
						43rd		Thomas Purcell	1879–1885	Democratic
						44th
						45th
						46th
						47th
						48th
						49th		Redmond F. Sheridan	1885–1888	Democratic	Redistricted to 19th ward in 1888
	Lawrence A. Yore	1886–1888	Republican			50th
	Lawrence A. Yore	1886–1888	Republican			51st
	Charles A. Monear	1888–1889	Independent Democrat	Redistricted from 6th ward		52nd		Joseph M. Weber	1888–1889		Redistricted from 7th ward
	George F. Bunker	1889–1891				53rd		Frank J. Dvorak	1889–1892
	George F. Bunker	1889–1891				54th
	Martin Morrison	1891–1895				55th
						56th		William Loeffler	1892–1894
						57th		William Loeffler	1892–1894
						58th		Frank Slepicka	1894–1896	Democratic
	John Bennett	1895–1899				59th		Frank Slepicka	1894–1896	Democratic
						60th		Frank Meek	1896–1898
						61st		Frank Meek	1896–1898
						62nd		Edward J. Novak	1898–1901	Democratic	Redistricted to 10th ward in 1901
	Michael S. Garry	1899–1901				63rd
	Michael S. Garry	1899–1901				64th
	John Hugh Jones	1901–1906	Republican	Redistricted from 33rd ward		65th		P. H. Moynihan	1901–1909
						66th
						67rd
						68th
						69th
	John S. Derpa	1906–1908				70th
	John S. Derpa	1906–1908				71st
	John Hugh Jones	1908–1910	Republican			72nd
	John Hugh Jones	1908–1910	Republican			73rd		John R. Emerson	1909–1915	Democratic
	John S. Derpa	1910–1912				74th
	John S. Derpa	1910–1912				75th
	Ernest M. Cross	1912–1917		Later elected alderman again in 1923 in 10th ward		76th
						77th
						78th
						79th		John E. Tyden	1915–1917	Republican
						80th		John E. Tyden	1915–1917	Republican
	Ross A. Woodhull	1917–1923	Democratic			81st	—
						82nd		Martin S. Furman	1918–1923	Democratic
						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
William D. Meyering	1923–1930	Democratic
David L. Sutton		Democratic
Michael F. Mulcahy
Roy E. Olin
Einar Johnson
James A. Condon
William Cousins	1967–1976	Democratic
Marian Humes
Keith Caldwell
Lorraine Dixon			Died in office
Todd Stroger	2001–2006	Democratic	Appointed by Mayor Richard M. Daley. Subsequently won election. Resigned in order to assume office as president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners
Michelle A. Harris	2006–present	Democratic	Appointed by Mayor Richard M. Daley, subsequently has won election to several terms

Demographics

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Electoral history

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References

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Moses, John (1895). History of Chicago, Illinois, Volume 1. Munsell & Company. p. 133. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
^ Andreas, Alfred Theodore (1884). History of Chicago Volume 1. Arno Press. pp. 184–185. ISBN 978-0-405-06845-4. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
^ Andreas, Alfred Theodore (1885). History of Chicago: From 1857 until the fire of 1871. Higginson Book Company. pp. 49–50. ISBN 9780832857249. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
^ "Roll of the New Council, Including Holding-Over Aldermen and Those Elected Yesterday". Chicago Tribune. April 7, 1886. Retrieved July 20, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Andreas, Alfred Theodore (1886). History of Chicago: From the fire of 1871 until 1885. A. T. Andreas. pp. 101–102, 865–870.
Politics and Politicians of Chicago: Cook County, and Illinois. Memorial Volume, 1787-1887. A Comlete Record of Municipal, County, State and National Politics from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. And an Account of the Haymarket Massacre of May 4, 1886, and the Anarchist Trials. Blakely Printing Company. 1886. p. 515. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
"All Fond of the Council". The Chicago Chronicle. January 27, 1896. Retrieved July 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Board of Aldermen in Chicago Played a Role in Iroquois Theater Fire". www.iroquoistheater.com. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
^ "Council Makeup Vital Problem M. V. L. Warning". Chicago Tribune. March 31, 1915. Retrieved November 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "The Common Council Full List of Aldermen Composing the Governing Body of the City of Chicago". Chicago Eagle at Newspapers.com. March 1, 1919. Retrieved December 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Final Results on Aldermen". Chicago Tribune. Vol. 82, no. 81C. April 4, 1923. p. 4. Retrieved April 7, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

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