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

Alderperson		Term in office	Party		Notes	Cite
	Charles S. Eaton	1923–1927		Republican	redistricted from 6th ward in 1923; served again beginning in 1929
	Leonard J. Grossman	1927–1929
	Charles S. Eaton	1929–1931		Republican	previously served in 5th and 6th wards
	Irving J. Schreiber	1931–1933
	James J. Cusack Jr.	1933–1937		Democratic
	Paul Douglas	1939–1942		Democratic	Resigned to join the United States Armed Forces
	Bertram B. Moss	1943–1947
	Robert E. Merriam	1947–1955		Republican
	Leon Despres	1955–1975		Democratic
	Ross Lathrop	1975–79		Independent
	Lawrence Bloom	1979–1995		Independent Democrat
	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

References

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