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Union Stock Yards, Chicago, 1947. The Union Stock Yard & Transit Co., or The Yards, was the meatpacking district in Chicago for more than a century, starting in 1865. The district was formed by a group of railroad companies that acquired marshland and turned it into a vast centralized processing area.
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 ...
Aldermen # Council Aldermen Alderman Term in office Party Notes Cite Alderman Term in office Party Notes Cite James Lane 1847–1849 [1]11th William B. Snowhook
The City Charter was abolished in favor of the Cities and Villages Act of 1872, which renamed the council the "City Council". In 1920 elections were made officially nonpartisan. In 1923 the number of alderpersons per ward was decreased to one and the number of wards was increased to fifty, while the entire council was once again elected at each ...
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.
Alderperson Term in office Party Notes Cite Sheldon M. Govier: 1923–1933 Democratic [1] [12]Arthur G. Lindell: 1933-1946 Republican: Resigned [1] [13]Reginald DuBois
Alderperson Term in office Party Notes Cite Ernest M. Cross: 1923–1927 Republican: Redistricted from the 8th ward [1] [14]William A. Rowan: 1927–1942 Democratic
No. Alderperson 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