5th ward, Chicago

The 5th Ward is one of the 50 aldermanic wards with representation in the City Council of Chicago, Illinois.

5th Ward - Chicago
Ward
Ward 5
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Cook
City	Chicago
Established	1837
Communities	list
Government
• Type	Ward
• Body	Chicago City Council
• Alderperson	Desmon Yancy (Democratic Party)
Website

History

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			[1]	1st	—
		Henry L. Rucker	1838–1842		Later elected alderman again in 1849 in 2nd ward	[1]	2nd
							3rd			John C. Wilson	1839–1840			[1]
							4th			William Allen	1840–1841			[1]
							5th			Samuel Grier	1841–1842			[1]
		George Brady	1842–1843		Later elected alderman again in 1849 in 7th ward	[1]	6th			Edward Carroll	1842–1843			[1]
		John Curver	1843–1844			[2][3]	7th			Samuel Grier	1843–1844			[1]
		Thomas Brown	1844–1845			[1]	8th			Patrik Kain	1844–1845			[1]
		Elihu Granger	1845–1847		Redistricted to 7th ward in 1847	[1]	9th			Samuel Grier	1845–1847			[1]
							10th
		Thomas James	1847–1849			[1]	11th			John Sheriffs	1847–1848			[1]
							12th			John Charles Haines	1848–1854			[1]
		E.H. Chapin	1849			[1][4]	13th
		Alson S. Sherman	1849–1851		Previously served in 3rd ward	[1]
							14th
		J.L. James	1851–1853			[1]	15th
							16th
		William H. Scoville	1853–1855			[1]	17th
							18th			Jasper D. Ward	1854–1856			[1]
		Charles N. Holden	1855–1857			[5]	19th
							20th			Russell Green	1856–1858			[1]
		Artimas Carter	1857–1859			[1]	21st
							22nd			Jasper D. Ward	1858–1860			[1]
		L.B. Taft	1959–1861			[1]	23rd
							24th			Robert H. Foss	1860–1862	Republican	Previously served as alderman from the 4th ward (1847–1852; 1854-55); died in office	[1][6]
		Charles C. P. Holden	1861–1863	Republican	Redistricted to 10th ward in 1863	[4][7]	25th
							26th			William A. Groves	1862–1863			[1]
		Mark Sheridan	1863–1866			[1]	27th			Constantine Kann	1863–1867			[1]
							28th
							29th
		M. Finucan	1866–1867			[1]	30th
							31st			John Raber	1867–1869			[1][8]
		Mark Sheridan	1868–1869		Redistricted to 6th ward in 1869	[1][8]	32nd
							33rd
		Peter Daggy	1869–1872			[1]	34th			George S. Whitaker	1869–1871			[1]
							35th
							36th			R. B. Stone	1871–1876			[1][2]
		Aquilla H. Pickering	1872–1874			[1]	37th
							38th
		Thomas C. Clarke	1874–1876	Republican	Later elected alderman again in 1884 in 4th ward	[5][2][9]	39th
		Fred Sommer	1876–1878		Redistricted from 6th ward	[1]	40th			Mark Sheridan	1876–1877		Previously served in 6th and 5th wards	[5]
							41st			John D. Tully	1877–1879			[1]
		George Turner	1878–1880			[1]	42nd
							43rd			Michael McAuley	1879–1881	Democratic		[1][10]
		Edward P. Burke	1880–1886	Democratic	Later elected alderman again in 1888 in 6th ward	[1][10][11]	44th
							45th			Henry F. Sheridan	1881–1887	Democratic		[1][9]
							46th
							47th
							48th
							49th
		Charles Hillcock	1886–1888	Independent		[1][9]	50th
							51st			Edward D. Connor	1887–1889			[1]
		John S. Oehmen	1888–1890			[1]	52nd
							53rd			Timothy C. Hickey	1889–1991			[1]
		Charles Duer	1890–1892			[1]	54th
							55th			Patrick J. Wall	1891–1895			[1]
		John Voght	1892–1894	Republican		[1][12]	56th
							57th
		David Deist	1894–1896	Democratic		[1][13]	58th
							59th			William J. Doerr	1895–1897			[1]
		William E. Kent	1896–1898			[1]	60th
							61st			Frank X. Cloidt	1897–1899			[1]
		Edward D. Connor	1898–1900			[1]	62nd
							63rd			Michael M. Blake	1899–1901			[1]
		William E. Kent	1900–1901		Redistricted to 4th ward in 1901	[1]	64th
		Charles Martin	1901–1902	Democratic	Redistricted from 6th ward	[1]	65th			Edward Litzinger	1901–1903			[1]
		Robert K. Sloan	1902–1904			[1]	66th
							67th			Thomas Rooney	1903–1905			[1]
		James J. McCormick	1904–1908		Previously served in 6th ward	[1]	68th
							69th			Charles Martin	1905–1907	Democratic	Previously served in 5th and 6th wards	[1][13]
							70th
							71st			Alex J. Burke	1907–1911			[1]
		William J. McKenna	1908–1910			[1]	72nd
							73rd
		Charles Martin	1910–1914	Democratic	Previously serve in 5th and 6th wards	[1]	74th
							75th			Patrick J. Carr	1911–1914			[1]
							76th
							77th
		Thomas A. Doyle	1914–1918	Democratic	Later elected an alderman again in 1931	[1]	78th
							79th			Charles Martin	1915–1917	Democratic	Previously served in 5th and 6th wards	[1]
							80th
							81st			Joseph B. McDonough	1917–1923	Democratic	Continued as alderman after 1923; redistricted to 13th ward	[1][14]
		Robert J. Mulcahy	1918–1923		Democratic	[1][14]	82nd
							83rd
							84th
							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
	Charles S. Eaton	1923–1927		Republican	redistricted from 6th ward in 1923; served again beginning in 1929	[1][15]
	Leonard J. Grossman	1927–1929				[1]
	Charles S. Eaton	1929–1931		Republican	previously served in 5th and 6th wards	[1][15]
	Irving J. Schreiber	1931–1933				[1]
	James J. Cusack Jr.	1933–1937		Democratic		[16]
	Paul Douglas	1939–1942		Democratic	Resigned to join the United States Armed Forces	[1]
	Bertram B. Moss	1943–1947				[1]
	Robert E. Merriam	1947–1955		Republican		[1]
	Leon Despres	1955–1975		Democratic		[1]
	Ross Lathrop	1975–79		Independent		[1]
	Lawrence Bloom	1979–1995		Independent Democrat		[17][18]
	Barbara Holt	1995–1999
	Leslie Hairston	1995–2023		Democratic
	Desmon Yancy	2023–present		Democratic

Demographics

Electoral history

Notes