en 6th ward, Chicago

6th Ward - Chicago
6th Ward - Chicago
Ward
	Ward 6
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Cook
City	Chicago
Established	1837
Communities	list
Government
• Type	Ward
• Body	Chicago City Council
• Alderperson	William 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

The Illinois and Michigan Canal was completed in 1848.^[1]

Past alders

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

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

Alderman		Term in office	Councils served in	Party	Notes	Cite
	Guy Guernsey			Republican	Redistricted from the 7th ward	^[2]^[13]
	John F. Healy			Democratic		^[16]
	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	^[17]
	Eugene Sawyer	February 28, 1971 – December 2, 1987	98th-103rd	Democratic	Resigned after being appointed mayor	^[18]
	Ronald Robinson	1987–1989	103rd	Democratic	Appointed by Mayor Eugene Sawyer	^[19]
	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	^[19]^[20]
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	^[21]^[22]
	William Hall	May 15, 2023–present	114th, 115th	Democratic

Demographics

Electoral history

References

^ "Wards of Chicago in 1900 Part 4—Fifth & Sixth Wards". chicagology.com. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay ^az ^ba ^bb ^bc ^bd ^be ^bf ^bg ^bh ^bi ^bj ^bk ^bl ^bm ^bn ^bo ^bp ^bq ^br ^bs "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". Archived from the original on September 4, 2018. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
^ ^a ^b Moses, John (1895). ... History of Chicago, Illinois: Pre-historic agencies ; Rise and fall of French dominion ; First permanent settlement ; The massacre ; Rudimentary. Munsell & Company. pp. 115, 132, 133, 139, 226. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
^ Hertzberg, Arthur (1997). The Jews in America: Four Centuries of an Uneasy Encounter : a History. Columbia University Press. p. 97. ISBN 9780231108416. Retrieved July 8, 2020.
^ Simpson, Dick (March 8, 2018). Rogues, Rebels, And Rubber Stamps: The Politics Of The Chicago City Council, 1863 To The Present. Routledge. pp. 32–34. ISBN 978-0-429-97719-0.
^ ^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. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
^ 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.
^ Schmidt, John R. (January 28, 2014). On This Day in Chicago History. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781625847317. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c 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.
^ "Roll of the New Council, Including Holding-Over Aldermen and Those Elected Yesterday". Newspapers.com. Chicago Tribune. April 7, 1886. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Board of Aldermen in Chicago Played a Role in Iroquois Theater Fire". www.iroquoistheater.com. Retrieved November 30, 2024.
^ "Republicans Elect 18 Out of 35 Aldermen Chosen By Vote; Victor for "Little Ballot"". The Inter Ocean. April 6, 1904. Retrieved December 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b "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.
^ "Council Makeup Vital Problem M. V. L. Warning". Chicago Tribune. March 31, 1915. Retrieved November 29, 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.
^ "The New City Council". Chicago Tribune. April 5, 1933. Retrieved April 4, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Founder of Rayner Chapels". Chicago Tribune. February 12, 1989. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
^ Subordination Or Empowerment?: African-American Leadership and the Struggle By Richard A. Keiser
^ ^a ^b "For John Steele In 6th Ward Race". Chicago Tribune. February 21, 1989. Retrieved November 29, 2024.
^ "John O. Steele". Illinois Courts. Archived from the original on July 2, 2012.
^ "Roderick T. Sawyer | 2023 Chicago Election". WTTW News. 2023. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
^ Asimow, Noah (February 6, 2023). "Roderick Sawyer's Father Is His Hero. But The Former Mayor's Son Says He'll Bring His Own Ideas To City Hall". Block Club Chicago. Retrieved December 2, 2024.

[1] "Wards of Chicago in 1900 Part 4—Fifth & Sixth Wards". chicagology.com. Retrieved January 7, 2025.

[centennial-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay ^az ^ba ^bb ^bc ^bd ^be ^bf ^bg ^bh ^bi ^bj ^bk ^bl ^bm ^bn ^bo ^bp ^bq ^br ^bs "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". Archived from the original on September 4, 2018. Retrieved December 24, 2018.

[moses1895-3] Moses, John (1895). ... History of Chicago, Illinois: Pre-historic agencies ; Rise and fall of French dominion ; First permanent settlement ; The massacre ; Rudimentary. Munsell & Company. pp. 115, 132, 133, 139, 226. Retrieved July 16, 2020.

[4] Hertzberg, Arthur (1997). The Jews in America: Four Centuries of an Uneasy Encounter : a History. Columbia University Press. p. 97. ISBN 9780231108416. Retrieved July 8, 2020.

[5] Simpson, Dick (March 8, 2018). Rogues, Rebels, And Rubber Stamps: The Politics Of The Chicago City Council, 1863 To The Present. Routledge. pp. 32–34. ISBN 978-0-429-97719-0.

[history1857until-6] 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.

[ahern1837–1887-7] 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.

[Schmidt1-8] Schmidt, John R. (January 28, 2014). On This Day in Chicago History. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781625847317. Retrieved June 21, 2020.

[memorialvol-9] 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.

[tribunecouncil1886-10] "Roll of the New Council, Including Holding-Over Aldermen and Those Elected Yesterday". Newspapers.com. Chicago Tribune. April 7, 1886. Retrieved July 20, 2020.

[Iroquois-11] "Board of Aldermen in Chicago Played a Role in Iroquois Theater Fire". www.iroquoistheater.com. Retrieved November 30, 2024.

[12] "Republicans Elect 18 Out of 35 Aldermen Chosen By Vote; Victor for "Little Ballot"". The Inter Ocean. April 6, 1904. Retrieved December 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

[commoncouncillist1919-13] "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.

[14] "Council Makeup Vital Problem M. V. L. Warning". Chicago Tribune. March 31, 1915. Retrieved November 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.

[Parties_'23-runoff-15] "Final Results on Aldermen". Chicago Tribune. Vol. 82, no. 81C. April 4, 1923. p. 4. Retrieved April 7, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

[Parties_'33-16] "The New City Council". Chicago Tribune. April 5, 1933. Retrieved April 4, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

[17] "Founder of Rayner Chapels". Chicago Tribune. February 12, 1989. Retrieved November 29, 2024.

[18] Subordination Or Empowerment?: African-American Leadership and the Struggle By Richard A. Keiser

[forjohnsteele-19] "For John Steele In 6th Ward Race". Chicago Tribune. February 21, 1989. Retrieved November 29, 2024.

[20] "John O. Steele". Illinois Courts. Archived from the original on July 2, 2012.

[21] "Roderick T. Sawyer | 2023 Chicago Election". WTTW News. 2023. Retrieved December 2, 2024.

[22] Asimow, Noah (February 6, 2023). "Roderick Sawyer's Father Is His Hero. But The Former Mayor's Son Says He'll Bring His Own Ideas To City Hall". Block Club Chicago. Retrieved December 2, 2024.

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