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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 .
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 ...
Alderperson Term in office Party Notes Cite Charles S. Eaton: 1923–1927 Republican: redistricted from 6th ward in 1923; served again beginning in 1929
Alderperson Term in office Party Notes Cite Robert R. Jackson: April 16, 1923 – April 12, 1939 Republican: Had been serving then-2nd ward since 1918
On June 14, 2008, the Iowa Cubs beat the Nashville Sounds 5–4. The paid attendance was 0 due to flooding concerns in the Downtown Des Moines area. [20] The stadium hosted live watch parties during the 2015 and 2016 playoff runs for the parent Chicago Cubs, the latter resulting in the franchise's first World Series championship in 108 years. [21]
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.
English: Results of the first round of the 2023 Chicago mayoral election, with city council wards coloured in accordance with the vote share of the winning candidate in the ward, in addition to the numbers of each ward labeled in black.
By the mid-1890s, the ward's partisan lean had firmly become Democratic. [1] The last Republican to represent the ward on the Chicago City Council was Francis P. Gleason, who left office in 1897.