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2nd Ward - Chicago
2nd Ward - Chicago
Ward
	Ward 2
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Cook
City	Chicago
Established	1837
Communities	list
Government
• Type	Ward
• Body	Chicago City Council
• Alderperson	Brian K. Hopkins (Democratic Party)
Website	[1]

The 2nd Ward is one of the 50 aldermanic wards with representation in the City Council of Chicago, Illinois.

History

Past alders

The current alderperson for the 2nd ward is Brian K. Hopkins.

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
	Peter Bolles	1837–1838			^[1]	1st		Francis C. Sherman	1837–1838			^[1]
	James Curtiss	1838–1839	Democratic	Later elected alderman again in 1846 in 3rd ward	^[1]	2nd		John S.C. Hogan	1838–1839		Redistricted from 4th ward (where he served 1837–1838)	^[1]
	Eli S. Prescott	1839–1840			^[1]^[2]	3rd		Clement C. Stose	1839–1840			^[1]^[2]
	James Carney	1840–1841		Later elected alderman again in 1849 in the 1st ward	^[1]	4th		Augustus Garrett	1840–1841	Democratic		^[1]
	Jason McCord	1841–1842			^[1]	5th		Peter Page	1841–1842		Later elected alderman again in 1849 in 1st ward	^[1]
	Charles McDonnell	1842–1843		Later elected alderman again in 1847 in 4th ward	^[1]	6th		Caleb Morgan	1842–1843			^[1]
	Jason McCord	1843–1844			^[1]	7th		Charles Sauter	1843–1844			^[1]
	Samuel W. Tallmadge	1844–1845			^[1]	8th		William Wheeler	1844–1845			^[3]
	Robert P. Hamilton	1845–1846			^[1]	9th		James H Woodworth	1845–1846		Later elected alderman again in 1847 in 1st ward	^[1]
	N.H. Bolles	1846–1847			^[3]	10th		Andrew Smith	1846–1847			^[1]
	Levi Boone	1847–1848		Redistricted from 2nd ward	^[1]	11th		Isaac Speer	1847–1849			^[1]
	Edward Manierre	1848–1849			^[1]^[3]	12th		Isaac Speer	1847–1849			^[1]
	George W. Snow	1849–1850			^[1]^[4]	13th		Henry L. Rucker	1849–1850			^[1]^[3]
	George W. Snow	1849–1850			^[1]^[4]	14th		Isaac Lawrence Milliken	1850–1854	Democratic		^[1]
	Alexander Loyd	1850–1851			^[1]^[4]	14th
	Hugh Maher	1851–1853			^[1]	15th
	Hugh Maher	1851–1853			^[1]	16th
	John Evans	1853–1855			^[1]	17th
						18th		Levi Boone	1854–1855			^[1]
						19th		Thomas Allen	1855–1856			^[1]^[3]
	Owen Kendall	1856–1858			^[3]	19th		R.M. Hough	1855–1856			^[1]
						20th		Lucius A. Willard	1856–1857			^[3]
						20th		Jacob Harris	1857–1858			^[1]^[3]
						21st
	Smith McClevey	1858–1859			^[1]	21st
	Smith McClevey	1858–1859			^[1]	22nd		Charles H. Abbott	1858–1860			^[1]
	Jacob Harris	1859–1861			^[1]	23rd		Charles H. Abbott	1858–1860			^[1]
	Jacob Harris	1859–1861			^[1]	24th		James M. Marshall	1860–1861			^[1]^[5]
	J.Q. Hoyt	1861–1863			^[1]	25th		Patrick Sanders	1861–1862			^[1]^[3]
	J.Q. Hoyt	1861–1863			^[1]	26th		Peter Shimp	1862–1866 ^{[note 1]}	Democratic Party		^[1]^[6]
	A.D. Titsworth	1863–1865		Redistricted from 3rd ward	^[1]	27th
	A.D. Titsworth	1863–1865		Redistricted from 3rd ward	^[1]	28th
	William H. Carter	1865–1867			^[1]	29th
	William H. Carter	1865–1867			^[1]	30th		Calvin DeWolf	1866–1868		Previously served in 3rd ward	^[1]
	Arthur Dixon	1867–1876	Republican	Later elected alderman again in 1879 in 1st ward	^[1]^[7]	31st		Calvin DeWolf	1866–1868		Previously served in 3rd ward	^[1]
						32nd		P.M. Donnellan	1868–1870			^[3]^[5]
						33rd
						34th
						35th		Joseph E. Otis	1870–1872			^[1]
						36th		Joseph E. Otis	1870–1872			^[1]
						37th		Francis W. Warren	1872–1876			^[1]^[3]^[7]
						38th
						39th
	Addison Ballard	1876–1881	Republican		^[1]^[8]	40th		Jacob Rosenberg	1876–1878			^[1]
						41st		Jacob Rosenberg	1876–1878			^[1]
						42nd		Patrick Sanders	1978–1886	Democratic		^[3]^[8]
						43rd
						44th
	James T. Appleton	1881–1889	Democratic		^[1]^[9]	45th
						46th
						47th
						48th
						49th
						50th		George H. Mueller	1886–1888	Republican		^[1]^[9]
						51st		George H. Mueller	1886–1888	Republican		^[1]^[9]
						52nd		John H. Hamline	1888–1889		Redistricted from 3rd ward	^[1]
	John Summerfield	1889–1891			^[1]	53rd		Frank C. Vierling	1889–1892			^[1]
	John Summerfield	1889–1891			^[1]	54th
	John W. Woodard	1891–1893			^[1]	55th
	John W. Woodard	1891–1893			^[1]	56th		Daniel J. Horan	1892–1894			^[1]
	Martin Best	1893–1897			^[1]	57th		Daniel J. Horan	1892–1894			^[1]
						58th		Addison Ballard	1894–1896	Republican		^[1]^[10]
						59th		Addison Ballard	1894–1896	Republican		^[1]^[10]
						60th		Charles F. Gunther	1896–1900	Democratic		^[1]
	Patrick J. Cook	1897–1899			^[1]	61st
	Patrick J. Cook	1897–1899			^[1]	62nd
	Eugene R. Pike	1899–1901	Republican		^[1]^[11]	63rd
	Eugene R. Pike	1899–1901	Republican		^[1]^[11]	64th		William Hale Thompson	1900–1902	Republican		^[1]^[11]^[12]
	Charles Alling	1901–1905	Republican	Redistricted from 3rd ward	^[1]^[11]^[12]	65th		William Hale Thompson	1900–1902	Republican		^[13]
							1901 redistricting resulted in two "holdover" council members (Dixon and Thompson) being drawn into the ward. Ward was temporary represented by three aldermen
								Thomas J. Dixon	1901–1910	Republican	Redistricted from 3rd ward
						66th						^[1]^[11]^[8]^[12]
						67th
						68th
	George F. Harding Jr.	1905–1915			^[1]	69th
						70th
						71st
						72nd
						73rd
						74th		Wilson Shufelt	1910–1912			^[1]
						75th		Wilson Shufelt	1910–1912			^[1]
						76th		Norris Hugh	1912–1918		Later elected alderman again in 1943 in 3rd ward	^[1]
						77th
						78th
	Oscar Stanton De Priest	1915–1917	Republican		^[1]^[14]	79th
	Oscar Stanton De Priest	1915–1917	Republican		^[1]^[14]	80th
	Louis B. Anderson	1917–1933	Republican		^[1]^[15]	81st
						82nd		Robert R. Jackson	1918–1923	Republican	Redistricted to the 3rd ward in 1923	^[1]^[15]
						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.

Originally covering Douglas and its immediate surroundings, this ward has drastically moved northward to its current location across the Near North Side and West Town.

No.		Term in office	Party	Notes	Cite
1	Louis B. Anderson	April 16, 1923 – 1933	Republican	Had been serving since 1917	^[1]
2	William L. Dawson	1933 – April 12, 1939	Republican		^[1]^[16]
3	Earl B. Dickerson	April 12, 1939 – April 9, 1943	Democratic		^[1]
4	William H. Harvey	April 9, 1943 – December 20, 1968	^[1]	Became a County Commissioner
5	Fred D. Hubbard	March 11, 1969 – March 16, 1972		Elected in 1969 special election; seat declared vacant after disappearance	^[1]^[17]
6	William Barnett	August 15, 1972 – 1983	Democratic
7	Bobby Rush	1983 – 1993	Democratic
8	Madeline Haithcock	1993 – May 21, 2007	Democratic
9	Robert Fioretti	May 21, 2007 – May 2015	Democratic
10	Brian K. Hopkins	May 2015 – present	Democratic