3rd ward, Chicago

The 3rd Ward is one of the 50 aldermanic wards with representation in the City Council of Chicago, Illinois.

3rd Ward - Chicago
Ward
Ward 3
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Cook
City	Chicago
Established	1837
Communities	list
Government
• Type	Ward
• Body	Chicago City Council
• Alderperson	Pat Dowell (Democratic Party)
Website

History

By the 1940s, the ward's demographics had become heavily African–American.^[1]

Past alders

The current alderperson for the 3rd ward is Pat Dowell.

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
		John D. Canton	1837–1839			[2]	1st	—
							2nd
		Ira Miltimore	1839–1842			[2]	3rd			William H. Stow	1839–1840			[2][3]
							4th			John Gage	1840–1841			[2]
							5th			William H. Stow	1841–1842			[2]
		Hamilton Barnes	1842–1843			[2]	6th			Alson S. Sherman	1842–1843		Later elected alderman again in 1849 in 5th	[2]
		Azel Peck	1843–1844			[2]	7th			Charles Taylor	1843–1844			[2]
		George Davis	1844			[2]	8th			Ira Miltimore	1844–1845	Liberty		[2][4][5]
		Hamilton Barnes	1844–1845			[2][6]
		Francis Edwards	1845–1846			[2]	9th			Francis H. Taylor	1845–1846			[2]
		James Curtiss	1846–1847	Democratic	Previously served in 2nd ward	[2]	10th			Michael Kehoe	1846–1847			[2]
		J. Brinkerhoff	1847–1849			[2]	11th			Benjamin Wright Raymond	1847–1848			[2]
							12th			William Jones	1848–1850			[2]
		W.H. Adams	1849–1851			[2]	13th
							14th			S.J. Sherwood	1850–1852			[2]
		Oscar D. Wetherell	1851–1853	Republican		[2][7]	15th
							16th			O.J. Rose	1852–1854			[2]
		J.H. Gray	1853–1855			[2]	17th
							18th			William L. Church	1854–1856			[2]
		Lorenzo Fletcher	1855–1857			[2]	19th
							20th			Calvin DeWolf	1856–1858		Later elected alderman again in 1866 in 2nd ward	[2]
		Hiram Joy	1857–1859			[2]	21st
							22nd			Levi J. North	1858–1860			[2]
		Fernando Jones	1859–1861			[2]	23rd
							24th			Hiram Joy	1860–1862			[2]
		A.D. Titsworth	1861–1863		Redistricted to 2nd ward in 1863	[2]	25th
							26th			James Hahn	1862–1863		Redistricted to 1st in 1863	[2]
		James H. Roberts	1863–1865			[2]	27th			Stephen Barrett	1863–1868		Died in office	[2][8] [6]
							28th
		Charles G. Wicker	1865–1869		Later elected alderman again in 1872 in 13th ward	[2][8]	29th
							30th
							31st
							32nd
										James Hahn	1868–1870		Previously served in 1st and 3rd wards	[2][8]
							33rd
		Joseph A. Montgomery	1869–1871	Democratic		[2][9]	34th
							35th			David Coey	1870–1876			[2][6]
		John W. McGenniss	1871–1873			[2]	36th
							37th
		William Fitzgerald	1873–1876			[2][6]	38th
							39th
		William Aldrich	1876–1877	Republican		[2]	40th			John L. Thompson	1876–1878			[2]
		Eugene Cary	1877–1879	Republican		[2]	41st
							42nd			O.B. Phelps	1878–1880	Republican		[2][10]
		John M. Clark	1879–1881	Republican		[2][6][10]	43rd
							44th			Daniel L. Shorey	1880–1886	Republican		[2][10]
		O.B. Phelps	1881–1883	Republican		[2][10]	45th
							46th
		Frank Follansbee	1883–1885	Republican		[10]	47th
							48th
		Charles W. Drew	1885–1887	Republican		[2][7]	49th
							50th			David H. Gile	1886–1888	Republican		[2][7]
		John H. Hamline	1887–1888	Republican	Redistricted to 2nd ward in 1888	[2]	51st
—							52nd			Anson Gorton	1888–1892			[2]
		Laban B. Dixon	1889–1893			[2]	53rd
							54th
							55th
							56th			Edward Marrenner	1892–1896	Republican		[2][11]
		Eli E. Smith	1893–1895			[2]	57th
							58th
		Noble Brandon Judah Sr.	1895–1897			[2]	59th
							60th			Henry S. Fitch	1896–1900			[2]
		Charles Alling	1897–1901		Redistricted to 2nd ward in 1901	[2]	61st
							62nd
							63rd
							64th			Thomas J. Dixon	1900–1901		Redistricted to 2nd ward in 1901	[2]
		Milton J. Foreman	1901–1911	Republican	Redistricted from 4th ward	[2][12]	65th			William S. Jackson	1901–1904		Redistricted from 4th ward	[2]
							66th
							67th
							68th			William J. Pringle	1904–1912			[2]
							69th
							70th
							71st
							72nd
							73rd
							74th
		Albert R. Tearney	1911–1912			[2]	75th
							76th			Simon D. Mayer	1912–1914			[2]
		Thomas D. Nash	1913–1915	Democratic		[2][13]	77th
							78th			Jacob Lindheimer	1914–1915			[2]
		Edward J. Werner	1915–1917	Republican		[2][13]	79th			Nathaniel R. Stern	1915–1916	Republican		[2][13]
							80th			Ulysses S. Schwartz	1916–1923	Democratic	Continued as alderman after 1923, but redistricted to 4th ward	[2][14]
		George F. Iliff	1917–1919	Democratic		[2][14]	81st
							82nd
		John H. Passmore	1919–1921			[2]	83rd
							84th
		John H. Johntry	1921–1923			[2]	85th
							86th

Since 1923

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.

Alderperson		Term in office	Party		Notes	Cite
	Robert R. Jackson	April 16, 1923 – April 12, 1939		Republican	Had been serving then-2nd ward since 1918	[2][15]
	Benjaim A. Grant	April 12, 1939 – April 9, 1943		Democratic	Lost re-election	[2][16]
	Oscar Stanton De Priest	April 9, 1943 – 1947		Republican	Had previously served then-2nd ward from 1915 to 1917	[2][16]
	Archibald Carey Jr.	1947 – 1955		Republican		[2][17]
	Ralph Metcalfe	1955 – December 1970		Democratic	Resigned in order to take office as a U.S. congressman	[2]
	Tyrone T. Kenner	February 23, 1971 – February 11, 1985
	Dorothy Tillman	February 11, 1985 – April 27, 2007		Democratic
	Pat Dowell	April 27, 2007 – Present		Democratic

Demographics

Electoral history