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[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
Generally speaking, the mayor and city departments comprise the executive branch of the city government, and the city council comprises the legislative branch. [3] However, the mayor does have some formal legislative functions such as being the presiding officer of the council and being able to break tie votes, and informally has dominated legislative activity since the late 19th century.
The Chicago City Council is the legislative branch of the government of the City of Chicago in Illinois. It consists of 50 alderpersons elected from 50 wards to serve four-year terms. [ 1 ] The council is called into session regularly, usually monthly, to consider ordinances, orders, and resolutions whose subject matter includes code changes ...
The City Hall-County Building, commonly known as City Hall, is a 12-story building in Chicago, Illinois that houses the seats of government of the City of Chicago and Cook County. [1] [2] The building's west side (City Hall, 121 N. LaSalle St.) [3] holds the offices of the mayor, city clerk, and city treasurer; some city departments; offices of ...
December 1, 1926 [dates 2] Democratic [dates 2] Had been serving then-18th ward since 1917 Resigned to take office as a Sanitary District Trustee [dates 2] 2 Harry C. Van Norman: 1927 – October 11, 1929 [dates 3] Democratic: Died in office [dates 3] 3 Jeremiah P. Leahy April 25, 1930 [dates 4] – 1933 Democratic [parties 4] 4 Harry L. Sain ...
Chicago Police Department (2 C, 26 P) Politicians from Chicago (5 C, 1,023 P) Pages in category "Government of Chicago" The following 44 pages are in this category ...
CDOT was established by order of the Chicago City Council on 11 December 1991 [3] when Mayor Richard M. Daley restructured the Chicago Department of Public Works into the new Chicago Department of Transportation. [5] The restructuring took effect on 1 January 1992. [5]
With the exception of 1970 (whose data was published in 1980 [2]), it continued this publication for every subsequent census through 1990, expanding in the 1960s to also cover major suburbs of Chicago. [2] [3] The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning continues this work by periodically publishing "Community Snapshots" of the community areas ...