The 4th Ward is one of the 50 aldermanic wards with representation in the City Council of Chicago, Illinois. It is divided into 28 election precincts.[2] Lake Michigan is the ward's eastern boundary for much of its area.[3] Its northwesternmost point, as of 2022, was located at the intersection of West Jackson Boulevard and South Clark Street and its southeasternmost point at the intersection of East 53rd Street and Lake Park Avenue.[3]
4th Ward - Chicago | |
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Ward 4 | |
Coordinates: 41°48′58″N 87°36′18″W / 41.816°N 87.605°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Illinois |
County | Cook |
City | Chicago |
Communities | |
Government | |
• Type | Ward |
• Body | City of Chicago |
• Alderman | Lamont Robinson (D) |
Website | www.cityofchicago.org |
David K. Fremon wrote in 1988 that "No other ward has wealth and poverty in such proximity."[4] Today the 4th Ward boasts 93,975 residents, with a racially diverse population that is plurality Black (46.0%), followed by White (30.2%), Asian (13.3%), Hispanic or Latino (6.4%), Multiracial (3.5%), Native (0.2%), and Other (0.5%).[5] Between 2010 and 2018, the 4th Ward saw the second-largest population growth in the city after the 42nd Ward, driven primarily by the population influx in the South Loop.[6]
History
editThe 4th Ward was one of six created upon Chicago's incorporation as a city in 1837. At the time its boundaries were the city limits at North Avenue and Wood Street to its respective north and west, Randolph Street to its south, and the Chicago River to its east. In 1847 it was moved to the Loop and Near South Side, being bounded by the Chicago River to its north and west, 22nd Street (modern-day Cermak) to its south, and Wells Street to its east. In 1857 the southern boundary was extended to 31st street and in 1863 the ward was significantly moved eastward, bounded by 16th street, Lake Michigan, 31st street, and Clark Street. In 1869 its southern boundary was retracted to 26th street.[7]
In 1876 it was moved southward, between 26th Street and Egan Street (modern-day Pershing) and Lake Michigan and Clark Street. In 1887 it was moved south yet again, to the area bounded by the Lake, 33rd and 39th streets, and Stewart Avenue. In 1901 it was extended west to once again touch the River, which it would do until 1923. In 1923, coincident with the City being divided into its modern 50 wards, it covered Kenwood and northern Washington Park.[7]
List of aldermen
edit1837 – 1923
editBefore 1923, Wards were represented by two aldermen
Aldermen | # Council | Aldermen | ||||||||||||
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Alderman | Term in office | Party | Notes | Cite | Alderman | Term in office | Party | Notes | Cite | |||||
John S.C. Hogan | 1837–1838 | Redistricted to the 2nd ward in 1838 | [7] | 1st | Asahel Pierce | 1837–1840 | [7] | |||||||
Francis C. Taylor | 1838–1839 | [7] | 2nd | |||||||||||
John Murphy Jr. | 1839–1840 | [7] | 3rd | |||||||||||
Seth Johnson | 1840–1841 | [7] | 4th | William Otis Snell | 1840–1842 | [7] | ||||||||
G.W. Rogers | 1841–1842 | [7] | 5th | |||||||||||
Eben C. Chalonder | 1842–1843 | [7] | 6th | Daniel Elston | 1842–1843 | Later elected alderman again in 1851 in the 6th ward | [7] | |||||||
John Murphy Jr. | 1843–1845 | [7] | 7th | William S. Warner | 1843–1844 | [7] | ||||||||
8th | James Poussard | 1844 | [7] | |||||||||||
Asahel Pierce | 1844–1846 | [7] | ||||||||||||
Thomas McDonough | 1845–1846 | [7] | 9th | |||||||||||
Henry Magee | 1846–1847 | [7] | 10th | Joseph Wilson | 1846–1847 | [7] | ||||||||
Robert H. Foss | 1847–1852 | [7] | 11th | Charles McDonnelll | 1847–1849 | Previously served in 4th ward | [7] | |||||||
12th | ||||||||||||||
13th | Amos G. Throop | 1849–1853 | Later elected alderman again in 1976 in 11th ward | [7][8][9] | ||||||||||
14th | ||||||||||||||
15th | ||||||||||||||
Charles McDonnelll | 1852–1854 | [7] | 16th | |||||||||||
17th | William Kennedy | 1853–1855 | [7] | |||||||||||
Robert H. Foss | 1854–1855 | Later elected alderman again in 1860 in 5th ward | [7] | 18th | ||||||||||
— | 19th | William Colby | 1855–1857 | Later elected alderman again in 1860 in 1st ward | [7] | |||||||||
Samuel Myers | 1856–1862 | [7] | 20th | |||||||||||
21st | J.M. Kennedy | 1857–1861 | [7] | |||||||||||
22nd | ||||||||||||||
23rd | ||||||||||||||
24th | ||||||||||||||
25th | William Baragwanath | 1861–1863 | [7] | |||||||||||
Andrew Schall | 1862–1863 | Redistricted in 1863 to 1st ward | [7] | 26th | ||||||||||
John T. Edwards | 1863–1864 | Redistricted from 1st ward | [7] | 27th | Benjamin E. Gallup | 1863–1865 | [10] | |||||||
Samuel McRoy | 1864–1866 | [7] | 28th | |||||||||||
29th | H.M. Willmarth | 1865–1867 | [7] | |||||||||||
Alan C. Calkins | 1866–1870 | [7][10] | 30th | |||||||||||
31st | Samuel McRoy | 1867–1869 | [10] | |||||||||||
32nd | ||||||||||||||
33rd | John H. McAvoy | 1869–1873 | [7][10] | |||||||||||
34th | ||||||||||||||
Harvey M. Thompson | 1870–1872 | [7] | 35th | |||||||||||
36th | ||||||||||||||
George H. Sidwell | 1872–1874 | [7] | 37th | |||||||||||
38th | Jesse Spaulding | 1873–1876 | [7][11] | |||||||||||
Rensselaer Stone | 1874–1876 | [7] | 39th | |||||||||||
John W. Stewart | 1876–1878 | [7] | 40th | James H. Gilbert | 1876–1879 | [7] | ||||||||
41st | ||||||||||||||
Herbert E. Mallory | 1878–1880 | [7] | 42nd | |||||||||||
43rd | Amos Grannis | 1879–1881 | Republican | [7][12] | ||||||||||
William W. Watson | 1880–1882 | Republican | [7][12] | 44th | ||||||||||
45th | Oscar D. Wetherell | 1881–1888 | Republican | Previously served in 3rd ward | [7][13] | |||||||||
S.D. Foss | 1882–1884 | [7] | 46th | |||||||||||
47th | ||||||||||||||
Thomas C. Clarke | 1884–1888 | Republican | Previously served in the 5th ward | [7][13] | 48th | |||||||||
49th | ||||||||||||||
50th | ||||||||||||||
51st | ||||||||||||||
John W. Hepburn | 1888–1896 | Republican | [7][14] | 52nd | Harry D. Hammer | 1888–1889 | [7] | |||||||
53rd | Martin B. Madden | 1889–1897 | Republican | [7] | ||||||||||
54th | ||||||||||||||
55th | ||||||||||||||
56th | ||||||||||||||
57th | ||||||||||||||
58th | ||||||||||||||
59th | ||||||||||||||
William S. Jackson | 1896–1901 | Republican | Redistricted to the 3rd ward in 1901 | [7][15] | 60th | |||||||||
61st | Abraham A. Ballenberg | 1897–1899 | Democratic | [7][15] | ||||||||||
62nd | ||||||||||||||
63rd | Milton J. Foreman | 1899–1901 | Republican | Redistricted to the 3rd ward in 1901 | [7][16] | |||||||||
64th | ||||||||||||||
William E. Kent | 1901–1902 | Redistricted from 5th ward; died in office | [7] | 65th | Frank Doubek | 1901–1903 | [7] | |||||||
Henry Stuckart | 1902–1904 | [7] | 66th | |||||||||||
67th | James M. Dailey | 1903–1907 | [7] | |||||||||||
John A. Richert | 1904–1923 | [7] | 68th | |||||||||||
69th | ||||||||||||||
70th | ||||||||||||||
71st | John W. McNeal | 1907–1909 | [7] | |||||||||||
72nd | ||||||||||||||
73rd | James M. Dailey | 1909–1911 | [7] | |||||||||||
74th | ||||||||||||||
75th | Joseph F. Ryan | 1911–1915 | [7] | |||||||||||
76th | ||||||||||||||
77th | ||||||||||||||
78th | ||||||||||||||
79th | David R. Hickey | 1915–1918 | Died in office | [7] | ||||||||||
80th | ||||||||||||||
81st | ||||||||||||||
82nd | — | |||||||||||||
83rd | Timothy A. Hogan | 1919–1923 | Continued as alderman after 1923, but redistricted to the 11th ward | [7] | ||||||||||
84th | ||||||||||||||
85th | ||||||||||||||
86th |
1923 – present
editImage | Alderman | Party | Term start | Term end | Ref. |
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Ulysses S. Schwartz | 1923 | 1925 | [7] | ||
Berthold A. Cronson | Republican | 1925 | December 23, 1937 (died in office) | [7] | |
Abraham H. Cohen | 1939 | 1955 | [7] | ||
Claude Holman | Democratic | 1955 | June 1, 1973 (died in office) | [7] | |
Timothy C. Evans | November 27, 1973 | 1991 | [7] | ||
Toni Preckwinkle | April 2, 1991 | December 6, 2010 | |||
Shirley Newsome | 2010 | 2011 | |||
William D. Burns | Democratic | May 2011 | April 2016 (resigned) | [17] | |
Sophia King | April 13, 2016 | May 15, 2023 | [18] | ||
Lamont Robinson | May 15, 2023 | Incumbent |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Ward 4". City of Chicago. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
- ^ "Ward 4 Precincts" (PDF). chicagoelections.com. January 31, 2023. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
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- ^ David K. Fremon (October 1988). Chicago politics, ward by ward. Indiana University Press. p. 42. ISBN 978-0-253-20490-5. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
- ^ Plan, Chicago Recovery. "Geography - Ward 4". Chicago Recovery Plan. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
- ^ writer, Aaron Gettinger, staff (April 6, 2021). "Redistricting update: estimates show population gain in 4th Ward, loss in 20th". Hyde Park Herald. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
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- ^ Council, Chicago (Ill ) City (1892). Journal of the Proceedings of the City Council. pp. IX–XI. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
- ^ Rogues, Rebels, And Rubber Stamps: The Politics Of The Chicago City Council, 1863 To The Present by Dick Simpson, Routledge, Mar 8, 2018 (page 30)
- ^ a b c d Andreas, Alfred Theodore (1885). History of Chicago: From 1857 until the fire of 1871. Higginson Book Company. pp. 49–50. ISBN 9780832857249.
- ^ Ahern, M. L. (1886). 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. Donohue & Henneberry, printers and binders. pp. 116–120.
- ^ a b Andreas, Alfred Theodore (1886). History of Chicago: From the fire of 1871 until 1885. A. T. Andreas. pp. 101–102.
- ^ a b "Roll of the New Council, Including Holding-Over Aldermen and Those Elected Yesterday". Newspapers.com. Chicago Tribune. April 7, 1886. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
- ^ "All Fond of the Council". Newspapers.com. The Chicago Chronicle. January 27, 1896. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
- ^ a b The Chicago Daily News Almanac and Political Register for 1899. Chicago Daily News. 1899. p. 285.
- ^ Plumbe, George Edward; Langland, James; Pike, Claude Othello (1900). Chicago Daily News Almanac and Year Book for 1900. Chicago Daily News, Incorporated. p. 383.
- ^ "Ald. Will Burns Resigns, Leaves 4th Ward Seat Vacant, Will Go To Airbnb". dnainfo.com. Archived from the original on April 3, 2017. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
- ^ "City of Chicago :: Ward 4". www.cityofchicago.org. Retrieved September 2, 2016.