6th ward, Chicago explained

6th Ward - Chicago
Official Name:	Ward 6
Established Title:	Established
Established Date:	1837
Government Type:	Ward
Governing Body:	Chicago City Council
Leader Party:	Democratic Party
Leader Title:	Alderperson
Leader Name:	William Hall
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	United States
Subdivision Type1:	State
Subdivision Name1:	Illinois
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	Cook
Subdivision Type3:	City
Subdivision Name3:	Chicago
Parts Type:	Communities
Parts:	list
Website:	https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/about/wards/06.html

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

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

Alderman			Term in office	Councils served in	Party	Notes	Cite
		Guy Guernsey			Republican	Redistricted from the 7th ward
		John F. Healy			Democratic		^[15]
		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	^[16]
		Eugene Sawyer	February 28, 1971 – December 2, 1987	98th-103rd	Democratic	Resigned after being appointed mayor	^[17]
		Ronald Robinson	1987–1989	103rd	Democratic	Appointed by Mayor Eugene Sawyer	^[18]
		John O. Steele	1989–December 1997	103rd-105th		Elected in a special election; resigned after being appointed an associate judge for the Cook County Circuit Court in December 1997	^[19]
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	^[20] ^[21]
		William Hall	May 15, 2023–present	114th, 115th

Notes and References

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6. Book: Schmidt . John R. . On This Day in Chicago History . Arcadia Publishing . 21 June 2020 . en . 28 January 2014. 9781625847317 .
7. Book: 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 . 1886 . Blakely Printing Company . 515 . 20 July 2020 . en.
8. Web site: Roll of the New Council, Including Holding-Over Aldermen and Those Elected Yesterday . Newspapers.com . Chicago Tribune . 20 July 2020 . en . 7 April 1886.
9. Web site: Board of Aldermen in Chicago Played a Role in Iroquois Theater Fire . www.iroquoistheater.com . 30 November 2024 . en.
10. Web site: Republicans Elect 18 Out of 35 Aldermen Chosen By Vote; Victor for "Little Ballot" . Newspapers.com . subscription . The Inter Ocean . 2 December 2024 . en . April 6, 1904.
11. Web site: The Common Council Full List of Aldermen Composing the Governing Body of the City of Chicago . Newspapers.com . subscription . Chicago Eagle at Newspapers.com . 2 December 2024 . en . March 1, 1919.
12. Web site: 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. . December 24, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180904052355/http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/LIB/AldermansList.htm . September 4, 2018 . dead .
13. Web site: Council Makeup Vital Problem M. V. L. Warning . Newspapers.com . subscription . Chicago Tribune . 29 November 2024 . en . March 31, 1915.
14. News: Final Results on Aldermen . subscription . Chicago Tribune . 82 . 81C . 4 . April 4, 1923 . April 7, 2019 . Newspapers.com.
15. News: The New City Council . subscription . April 4, 2019 . Chicago Tribune . April 5, 1933 . Newspapers.com.
16. Web site: Founder of Rayner Chapels . Chicago Tribune . 29 November 2024 . 12 February 1989.
17. https://books.google.com/books?id=P7fnCwAAQBAJ&dq=alderman+eugene+sawyer+1971&pg=PA54 Subordination Or Empowerment?: African-American Leadership and the Struggle By Richard A. Keiser
18. Web site: For John Steele In 6th Ward Race . Chicago Tribune . 29 November 2024 . 21 February 1989.
19. Web site: John O. Steele . Illinois Courts . https://web.archive.org/web/20120702185350/http://www.state.il.us/court/AppellateCourt/Judges/Bio_Steele.asp . July 2, 2012 . dead.
20. Web site: Roderick T. Sawyer 2023 Chicago Election . WTTW News . 2 December 2024 . en . 2023.
21. Web site: Asimow . Noah . 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 . 2 December 2024 . 6 February 2023.