11th ward, Chicago

11th Ward - Chicago
Ward
Ward 11
11th Ward - "Daley Machine" HQ, Chicago
Coordinates: 41°50′17″N 87°38′46″W / 41.838°N 87.646°W / 41.838; -87.646
Country	United States
State	Illinois
County	Cook
City	Chicago
Established	1863
Communities	list Bridgeport Armour Square Canaryville
Government
• Type	Ward
• Body	City of Chicago
• Alderman	Nicole Lee (Democratic Party)
Website	www.cityofchicago.org

The 11th Ward is one of the 50 aldermanic wards with representation in the City Council of Chicago, Illinois. It is broken into 38 election precincts.^[1] Five Mayors of Chicago have come from this ward: Edward Joseph Kelly, Martin H. Kennelly, Richard J. Daley, Michael A. Bilandic and Richard M. Daley.^[2]

The ward has had notable levels of political corruption.^[3][4][5] It is home to the headquarters of the so-called Daley machine and the 11th ward "...had by far the highest number of trucking firms benefitting from the City of Chicago's Hired Truck Program".^[6]

The current alderperson for the 11th ward is Nicole Lee.

Before 2021, alderpersons were formally known as "aldermen".^[7]

Previous aldermen include:

• Patrick Daley Thompson who, in 2022 was sentenced to four months in federal prison.^[8][9] His conviction arose from a federal indictment for "five counts of filing false tax returns and two counts of lying to the FDIC".^[10]
• James Balcer^[2]
• Pat Huels, resigned due to conflicts of interest^[11][12]
• Michael Anthony Bilandic
• Matthew J. Danaher, indicted^[13]
• Amos G. Throop
• George Bell Swift
• Lester L. Bond

From the creation of the district in 1863 until 1923, it was represented by two aldermen elected to two-year terms. Elections were staggered.

Aldermen							# Council	Aldermen
Alderman			Term in office	Party	Notes	Cite		Alderman			Term in office	Party	Notes	Cite
		Lester L. Bond	1863–1866	Republican	Later elected alderman again in 1871 in 10th ward	[14]	27th			George Von Hollen	1863–1865			[14]
							28th
							29th			S.I. Russell	1865–1869			<[15]
		Henry Ackhoff	1866–1868			[14]	30th
							31st
		B.F. Russell	1868–1870			[14]	32nd
							33rd
							34th			James Walsh	1869–1871		Later elected in 1883 in 10th ward	[14]
		Herman O. Glade	1970–1872			[14]	35th
							36th			Henry Sweet	1871–1873			[14]
		T.T. Verdier	1972			[14]
		Patrick Kehoe	1872–1874			[14]	37th
							38th			George E. White	1873–1876	Republican	Redistricted to 10th ward in 1876	[14][16]
		S. F. Gunderson	1874–1875			[14][15]	39th
		J.G. Briggs	1876–1877			[14]	40th			Amos G. Throop	1876–1880		Previously served in 4th ward	[14][15]
		Ansel B. Cooke	1877–1879			[14]	41st
							42nd
		George Bell Swift	1879–1881	Republican	Later served again	[15][16]	43rd
							44th			Thomas N. Bond	1880–1886	Republican		[14][16]
		Thaddeus Dean	1881–1883	Republican		[14][16]	45th
							46th
		Samuel Simons	1883–1887	Republican		[14][17]	47th
							48th
							49th
							50th			Samuel Kerr	1886–1888	Republican		[14][17]
		John J. Badenoch	1887–1889			[14]	51st
							52nd			Walter M. Pond	1888–1892			[14]
		William D. Kent	1889–1895			[14]	53rd
							54th
							55th
							56th			George Bell Swift	1892–1894	Republican	had previously served; was acting mayor Nov. 9–Dec. 27, 1893	[14]
							57th
							58th			Alexander H. Watson	1894–1896	Republican		[14][18]
		Charles E. Hambleton	1895–1897			[14]	59th
							60th	—
		George Duddleson	1897–1901			[14]	61st
							62nd			Robert K. Colson	1898–1900			[14]
							63rd
							64th			Nicholas R. Finn	1900–1901		Redistricted to 20th ward in 1901	[14]
		Charles J. Byrne	1901–1902	Democratic	Redistricted from 9th ward	[14][19]	65th			Edward Cullerton	1901–1920	Democratic	Previously served in 6th, 7th, and 9th wards; died in office	[14][19][20]
		Charles J. Moertel	1902–1904			[14]	66th
							67th
		Peter K. Hoffman	1904–1908			[14]	68th
							69th
							70th
							71st
		Otto J. Novak	1908–1910			[14]	72nd
							73rd
		Frank P. Danisch	1910–1912			[14]	74th
							75th
		Frank W. Bewersdorf	1912–1914			[14]	76th
							77th
		Cleophas F. Pettkoske	1914–1916			[14]	78th
							79th
		Herman Krumdrick	1916–1920	Democratic		[14][21]	80th
							81st
							82nd
							83rd
		Dennis A. Horan	1920–1923		Continued as alderman after 1923, redistricted to 21st ward	[14][22]	84th	—
							85th
							86th

Since 1923, the district has been a single-member district.

Alderperson		Term in office	Party		Notes	Cite
	Timothy A. Hogan
	John P. Wilson
	Thomas A. Doyle			Democratic		[23]
	Hugh B. Connelly
	John F. Wall
	John F. Wall
	Stanley J. Nowakowski
	Matthew J. Danaher
	Michael A. Bilandic	June 12, 1969–June 7, 1977		Democratic	became acting mayor on December 28, 1976; resigned from council after being elected mayor in special election	[24]
	Patrick M. Huels			Democratic
	James Balcer	1997–2015		Democratic
	Patrick Daley Thompson	May 18, 2015–February 14, 2022		Democratic
	Nicole Lee	March 28, 2022–present		Democratic	Appointed by Mayor Lori Lightfoot, re-elected in 2023

As of 2015, the demographics of the ward^[2] were:

• Total Population: 51,497
• White: 37.3 percent
• Black: 4.77 percent
• Hispanic: 23.08 percent
• Asian: 34.05 percent.