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The 9th Ward is one of the 50 aldermanic wards with representation in the City Council of Chicago, Illinois.

History

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The ward was created on February 16, 1847, when the number of wards in the city increased from six to nine.

Past alders

The current alderperson for the 9th ward is Michelle A. Harris, who has represented the ward since 2006.

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
		Michael McDonald	1847–1849				11th			William B. Ogden	1847–1848	Democratic	Previously served in 6th ward
							12th			Samuel McKay	1848–1850
		F.C. Hageman	1849–1852				13th
							14th	—
							15th			Walter L. Newberry	1851-1853
		John H. Kinzie	1852–1854		Previously served in the 6th ward		16th
							17th			Henry A. Mitchell	1853–1855
		Morgan L. Keith	1854–1856				18th
							19th			Samuel McKay	1855–1857
		Michael Diversey	1856–1858		Previously served in 6th ward		20th
							21st			Philip Conley	1857–1859
		Benjamin Carpenter	1858–1860				22nd
							23rd			J.A. Huck	1859–1861
		Gurden Perkins	1860–1862				24th
							25th			Robert Law	1861-1863
		William T. Shufeldt	1862–1863		Redistricted to 16th ward in 1864		26th
		Francis C. Brown	1863–1864		Redistricted from 6th ward		27th			Mancel Talcott	1863–1867		Redistricted from 6th ward
		Willard Woodard	1864–1869	Republican	Redistricted to 12th ward in 1869		28th
							29th
							30th
							31st			John H. Carpenter	1867–1869
							32nd
							33rd
		John Comiskey	1869–1870	Democratic	Redistricted from 8th ward		34th			George Powell	1869–1873
		William B. Bateham	1870–1872				35th
							36th
		James O'Brien	1872–1875		Later elected alderman again in 1876 in 8th ward		37th
							38th			Thomas H. Bailey	1873–1875
							39th
		Jacob Beidler	1876–1879				40th			John M. Van Osdel	1876–1878	Republican
							41st
							42nd			John M. Smyth	1878–1882	Republican
		James Peevey	1879–1883	Democratic			43rd
							44th
							45th
							46th			Michael Gaynor	1882–1884	Democratic
		John Foley	1883–1884	Democratic			47th
		John Gaynor	1884–1886				46th			William F. Mahoney	1884–1887	Democratic	Later elected alderman again in 1890 in 18th ward
							49th
		John R. Wheeler	1886–1888	Republican			50th
							51st			Madison R. Harris	1887–1888		Redistricted to 18th ward in 1888
		Henry C. Bartels	1888–1889				52nd			Edward Cullerton	1888–1892	Democratic	Redistricted from 6th ward
		Joseph E. Bidwill	1889–1897				53rd
							54th
							55th
							56th			Frederick Rohde	1892–1896	Democratic
							57th
							58th
							59th
							60th			Vaclar Klinka	1896–1898
		Rudolph Hurt	1897–1901		Later elected alderman again in 1904 in 10th ward		61st
							62nd			Edward Cullerton	1898–1900	Democratic	Later elected alderman again in 1901 in 11th ward
							63rd
							64th			Charles J. Byrne	1900–1901		Redistricted to 11th ward in 1901
		Nathan T. Brenner	1901–1903		Redistricted from 7th ward		65th			Henry L. Fick	1901–1912		Redistricted from 7th ward; later elected alderman again in 1914 in the 20th ward
							66th
		Michael J. Preib	1903–1905				67th
							68th
		Abraham J. Harris	1905–1907				69th
							70th
		Dennis J. Egan	1907–1912		Redistricted to 20th ward in 1912		71st
							72nd
							73rd
							74th
							75th
		Eugene Block	1912–1917		Redistricted from 33rd ward		76th			Charles E. Reading	1912		Redistricted from 33rd ward
							77th			Hiram Vanderbilt	1913–1917	Democratic
							78th
							79th
							80th
		Charles V. Johnson	1917–1919	Socialist			81st	—
							82nd			Sheldon M. Govier	1918–1933	Democratic	Continued to serve as alderman of this ward after 1923, serving until 1933
		Guy Madderom	1919–1923				83rd
							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.

Alderperson		Term in office	Party		Notes	Cite
	Sheldon M. Govier	1923–1928		Democratic
	Arthur G. Lindell			Republican
	Reginald DuBois
	Dominic J. Lupo
	Alexander A. Adduci
	Robert Shaw	1979–1983		Democratic
	Perry H. Hutchinson	1983–1987		Democratic
	Robert Shaw	1987–1998		Democratic	Resigned in order to assume a seat on the Cook County Board of Review
	Melvin Powell Sr.	1999			Appointed by Mayor Richard M. Daley
	Anthony Beale	1999–present		Democratic

Demographics

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Electoral history

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