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6th Ward - Chicago
Ward
Ward 6
CountryUnited States
StateIllinois
CountyCook
CityChicago
Established1837
Communitieslist
Government
 • TypeWard
 • BodyChicago City Council
 • AlderpersonWilliam Hall (Democratic Party)
Website[1]

The 6th Ward is one of the 50 aldermanic wards with representation in the City Council of Chicago, Illinois.

History

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19th century

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At its incorporation as a city in 1837, Chicago was divided into six wards. The 6th ward represented areas north of the Chicago River, and east of North Clark Street. Beginning February 16, 1847 (when the city increased its number of wards to nine), the ward represented areas west of the Chicago River and north of Randolph Street.[1] The Illinois and Michigan Canal was completed in 1848, running through the district.[2]

Beginning February 16, 1857 (when the city increased its number of wards to ten), the ward represented areas of Chicago's West Side that were to the north of West Randolph Street.[1] Beginning in 1863 (when the city increased its number of wards to sixteen) the ward was bounded by Van Buren Street (at its north), Jefferson Street (at its east), and the south branch of the Chicago River (at its south).[1]

Beginning in 1869 (when the city expanded its number of wards to twenty),[1] the "6th ward" numbering was given to a ward which represented much of the area that had been in the previous incarnation of the 7th ward.[3] The ward's northern boundaries were defined by 16th street and the south branch of the Chicago River (including a segment of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal). Its southern boundary was defined by Egan Street (the former 39th Street, which was later renamed Pershing Road). Its eastern boundary was defined by Clark Street.[1] This district was on the South Side. Located within its its boundaries were the neighborhoods of Bridgeport, Mt. Pleasant (today known asM McKinley Park), as well as the area that is today home to the Armour Square neighborhood (including the land today occupied by Wentworth Gardens and Rate Field, and Chinatown).

Beginning on March 22, 1876 (when the city decreased the number of wards to 18) the district's boundaries were defined at its north by 16th street as well as the South Branch of the Chicago river (including a portion of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal); at its east by the city limits (the lakeshore), at its south by Pulaski Road/40th Avenue, and at its west by the city limits and the south branch of the Chicago River.[1] This included all of the areas that had been in 1869 incarnation of the district, and also included further territory. The new territory added to the ward included Oakland, the area that is today known as "Douglas", and the Near South Side.

Beginning in 1890 (when Chicago expanded its number of wards to thirty-four) the ward's boundaries were defined at its north by 33rd street and portions of the of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (along the south branch of the Chicago River); on its east by Halsted Street, on its south by 39th Street (today known as "Pershing Road"); and on its west by Western Boulevard.[1] This contained the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood (today known as McKinley Park) and a portion of the Bridgeport neighborhood.

20th century

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21st century

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Past alders

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The current alderperson for the 6th ward is William Hall.

Before 1923

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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
Samuel Jackson 1837–1838 [1] 1st Bernard Ward 1837–1838 [1]
George W. Dole 1838–1839 [1] 2nd Grant Goodrich 1838–1839 [1]
John H. Kinzie 1839–1840 Later elected alderman again in 1852 in 9th ward [1] 3rd   Buckner Stith Morris 1839–1840 Whig [1]
  R.J. Hamilton 1840–1841 Democratic Later elected in 1849 in the 9th ward [1][4] 4th   William B. Ogden 1840–1841 Democratic Later elected adlerman again in 1947 in 9th ward [1]
George F. Foster 1841–1842 Later elected alderman again in 1850 in 8th ward [1] 5th James J.H. Howe 1841–1842 Later elected alderman again in 1855 in 7th ward [1]
George O. Bryan 1842–1843 [1] 6th George W. Dole 1842–1844 [1]
J. Marback 1843–1844 [1] 7th
Michael Diversey 1844–1845 Later elected alderman again in 1856 in 9th ward [1] 8th Buckner Stith Morris 1844 [1]
James H. Rees 1844–1845 [1]
Mahlon D. Ogden 1845–1846 Later elected alderman again in 1871 in 19th ward [1] 9th Richard C. Ross 1845–1847 [1]
William M. Larrabee 1846–1847 [1] 10th
Asahel Pierce 1847–1849 Previously served in 4th ward [5] 11th Henry Smith 1847–1849 [1]
12th
13th G.W. Wentworth 1849–1851 [1]
Daniel Richards 1849–1851 [1]
14th
Daniel Elston 1851–1852 [1] 15th James M. Hannah 1851 [5]
Read A. Williams 1851–1852 [1]
A.C. Ellithorpe 1852 [1] 16th Henry Smith 1852–1853 [1]
Thomas B. Dywer 1852–1854 [1]
17th William Carpenter 1853–1855 [1]
William Wayman 1854–1856 [1] 18th
19th A.C. Ellithorpe 1855–1857 [1]
  Henry Greenbaum 1856–1858 Republican [1][6] 20th
21st George Sitts 1857–1859 [1]
John Van Horn 1858–1860 [1] 22nd
23rd C.A. Reno 1859–1861 [1]
James W. Cobb 1860–1862 [1] 24th
25th   Edward S. Salomon 1861–1863 Republican [1][7]
Francis C. Brown 1862–1863 Redistricted to 9th ward in 1863 [1] 26th
Malcolm McDonald 1863–1864 Previously served in 10th ward [1] 27th David Walsh 1863–1865 [1]
John Wallwork 1864–1868 [1] 28th
29th Thomas C. Hatch 1865–1867 [1]
30th
31st David Walsh 1867–1869 [1]
Michael Keeley 1868–1869 [8] 32nd
33rd
Mark Sheridan 1869–1870 Redistricted from 5th ward; later elected alderman again in 1876 in 5th ward [1][8] 34th William Tracy 1869–1873 [1][8]
Daniel Heenan 1870 [1][8]
Michael Schmitz 1870–1874 [1] 35th
36th
37th
38th Phillip Reidy 1873–1976 [1][9]<
Fred Sommer 1874–1876 Redistricted to 5th ward in 1876 [1] 39th
  Edward Cullerton 1876–1888 Democratic Redistricted from 7th ward, redistricted to 9th ward in 1888 [1][10] 40th Fred Lodding 1876–1879 [1]
41st
42nd
43rd   John J. Altpeter 1879–1883 Socialist Labor [1][11]
44th
45th   Republican and Socialist Labor
46th
47th   Charles F. L. Doerner 1883–1887 Democratic [12][11]
48th
49th
50th
51st   Charles A. Monear 1887–1888 Independent Democrat Redistricted in 1888 to 8th ward [1][11]
Edward P. Burke 1888–1892 Previously served as alderman in the 5th ward [1] 52nd George Emmerich 1888–1889 [1]
53rd William H. O'Brien 1889–1893 [1]
54th
55th
Henry Stuckart 1892–1894 later represented same ward again [1] 56th
57th Thomas Reed 1893–1895 [1]
  Charles Martin 1894–1901 Democratic Redistricted to 5th ward in 1901 [1] 58th
59th Henry Stuckart 1895–1897 previously had represented the same ward; later represented the 4th ward [1]
60th
61st William H. O'Brien 1897–1899 [1]
62nd
63rd James J. McCormick 1899–1901 Later elected alderman again in 1904 in the 5th ward [1]
64th
  William Mavor 1901–1904 Republican Redistricted from 32nd ward; Died in office [1][13] 65th   Linn H. Young 1901–1909 Republican [1][13]
66th
67th
  Edward C. Potter 1904–1906 Independent Republican [1][14] 68th
69th
Arthur S. McCoid 1906–1910 [1] 70th
71st
72nd
73rd Theodore K. Long 1909–1915 [1]
William R. Parker 1910–1912 [1] 74th
75th
  Willis O. Nance 1912–1918 Republican [1][15] 76th
77th
78th
79th   Alexander A. McCormick 1915–1921 Republican [1][16]
80th
81st
82nd
83rd
  Charles S. Eaton 1919–1923 Republican Continued as alderman after 1923, but redistricted to 5th ward [1][17] 84th
85th
86th

Since 1923

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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.

Alderman Term in office Councils served in Party Notes Cite
  Guy Guernsey Republican Redistricted from the 7th ward [1][15]
  John F. Healy Democratic [18]
Patrick Sheridan Smith
Francis J. Hogan
David R. Muir
Sydney A. Jones Jr.
Robert H. Miller
A. A. Rayner Jr. 1967–1971 98th retired from council [19]
  Eugene Sawyer February 28, 1971 – December 2, 1987 98th-103rd Democratic Resigned after being appointed mayor [20]
  Ronald Robinson 1987–1989 103rd Democratic Appointed by Mayor Eugene Sawyer [21]
  John O. Steele 1989–December 1997 103rd-105th Democratic Elected in a special election; resigned after being appointed an associate judge for the Cook County Circuit Court in December 1997 [21][22]
 n Freddrenna Lyle February 8, 1998 – May 16, 2011 105th–109th Democratic Appointed by Mayor Richard M. Daley in 1998; subsequently elected to three full terms; lost re-election in 2011
  Roderick Sawyer May 16, 2011 – May 15, 2023 110th–113th Democratic Son of Eugene Sawyer, who formerly held the same aldermanic seat; retired in 2023 in order to (unsuccessfully) run for mayor [23][24]
  William Hall May 15, 2023–present 114th, 115th Democratic

Demographics

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Electoral history

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References

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