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Pages in category "Politicians from Chicago" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,022 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Here is a list of the people who have served as an alderperson since that time. Since its incorporation as a city in 1837 Chicago had been divided into wards whose number varied [a] but which were almost [b] always entitled to two alderpersons. In the early 20th century it was decided that reducing the number of alderpersons to a ward to one ...
The mayor of Chicago is the chief executive of city government in Chicago, Illinois, the third-largest city in the United States.The mayor is responsible for the administration and management of various city departments, submits proposals and recommendations to the Chicago City Council, is active in the enforcement of the city's ordinances, submits the city's annual budget and appoints city ...
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 ...
Pages in category "Chicago City Council members" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 271 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
Chicago currently holds regularly-scheduled mayoral elections once every four years, in years prior to a presidential election. Beginning with its 1999 mayoral election, Chicago has used a nonpartisan two-round system. Under this system, if no candidate secures an outright majority of the first-round vote a runoff will be held between the top ...
Professor of Political Science and U.S. Congressman Born in Chicago Washington Hesing: May 4, 1849: Dec 17, 1897: Postmaster of Chicago and managing editor of the Illinois Staats-Zeitung: Lived and died in Chicago Janet Jagan: Oct 20, 1920: Mar 28, 2009: Prime Minister and President of Guyana: Born in Chicago Byron L. Johnson: Oct 12, 1917: Jan ...