18th ward, Chicago

{{Short description|Ward in Chicago}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox settlement | name = 18th Ward - Chicago | official_name = Ward 18 | other_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = {{nowrap|Ward}} | motto =  | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_caption = | image_map1 = | mapsize1 = | map_caption1 = | coordinates = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_caption = | established_title = Established | established_date = 1869 | pushpin_mapsize =  | government_footnotes =  | government_type = Ward | governing_body = Chicago City Council | leader_party = Democratic Party | leader_title = Alderperson | leader_name = Derrick Curtis | leader_title1 = | leader_name1 =  | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = United States | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Illinois | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Cook | subdivision_type3 = City | subdivision_name3 = Chicago | parts_type = Communities | parts_style = | parts = list | p1 = | p2 = | p3 = | p4 = | website = [https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/about/wards/18.html] }}

The '''18th Ward''' is one of the 50 aldermanic wards with representation in the City Council of Chicago, Illinois.

==History== {{expand section|date=June 2025}}

From 1965 until 1990, the ward's committeeman was John M. Daley,<ref name="Fremon1">{{cite book |last=Fremon |first=David K. |url=https://archive.org/details/chicagopoliticsw0000frem/page/126/mode/2up?view=theater |title=Chicago Politics Ward by Ward |date=October 22, 1988 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=0-253-31344-9 |location=Bloomington, Indiana |pages=124 and 131 |access-date=March 13, 2017 |url-access=registration}}</ref> a second-cousin of the powerful Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley.<ref>{{cite news |date=October 27, 1964 |title=Voters' Guide |work=Alton Evening Telegraphy |page=5}}</ref>

Since at least the 1980s, the majority of the Ashburn neighborhood has been located within the ward.<ref name="Fremon1"/> As of the 2023-2033 decennial reapportionment of ward boundaries, Ashubrn is located entirely within the 18th ward.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ward Map of the City of Chicago |url=https://app.chicagoelections.com/Documents/general/Citywide%20Ward%20Map%202022.pdf |access-date=March 23, 2023 |website=Chicago Elections}}</ref>

==Past alders== The current alderperson for the 18th ward is Derrick Curtis.

===Before 1923=== Before 1923, wards were represented by two aldermen.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" colspan="7"| Aldermen ! rowspan=2 scope=col|# Council ! scope="col" colspan="7"| Aldermen |- !scope="col" colspan="3"|Alderman !scope="col"|Term in office !scope="col"|Party !scope="col"|Notes !scope="col"|Cite !scope="col" colspan="3"|Alderman !scope="col"|Term in office !scope="col"|Party !scope="col"|Notes !scope="col"|Cite |- | rowspan=4| | rowspan=4| ! rowspan=4 scope="row"| Thomas Carney | rowspan=4| 1869–1873 | rowspan=4| | rowspan=4| | rowspan=4| <ref name=centennial/> |style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 34th | | !scope="row"| Alexander Bengley | 1869–1870 | | | <ref name=centennial/> |- |style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 35th | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| ! rowspan=2 scope="row"| John McCaffrey | rowspan=2| 1870–1872 | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| Later elected in 1878 in the 17th ward | rowspan=2| <ref name=centennial/> |- |style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 36th |- |style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 37th | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| ! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Thomas Cannon | rowspan=2| 1872–1874 | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| <ref name=centennial/> |- | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| ! rowspan=2 scope="row"| David Murphy | rowspan=2| 1873–1875 | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| Was later elected in 1876 in the 17th ward | rowspan=2|<ref name=centennial/> |style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 38th |- |style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 39th | | ! scope="row"| M. Sweeney | 1874–1876 | | Redistricted to the 17th ward in 1876 | <ref name=centennial/> |- | | ! scope="row"| Jacob Boser | 1876–1877 | | | <ref name=centennial/> |style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 40th | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| 50px ! rowspan=2 scope="row"| James A. Kirk | rowspan=2| 1876–1878 | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| <ref name=centennial/> |- | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| ! rowspan=2 | James H.B. Daly | rowspan=2| 1877–1879 | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| <ref name=centennial/> |style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 41st |- |style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 42nd | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| ! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Julius Jonas | rowspan=2|1878–1880 | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2|Previously served in 20th ward | rowspan=2| <ref name=centennial/> |- | rowspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |  | rowspan=2| 50px ! rowspan=2 scope="row"| William Grigsby McCormick | rowspan=2| 1879–1881 | rowspan=2| Democratic | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| <ref name=centennial/><ref name="history1871–1885">{{cite book |last1=Andreas |first1=Alfred Theodore |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pw1FAQAAMAAJ |title=History of Chicago: From the fire of 1871 until 1885 |date=1886 |publisher=A. T. Andreas |pages=101–102; 865–870 |language=en}}</ref> |style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 43rd |- |style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 44th | rowspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |  | rowspan=2| ! rowspan=2 scope="row"| August H. Burley | rowspan=2| 1880–1882 | rowspan=2| Republican | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| <ref name="centennial">{{Cite web |title=Centennial List of Mayors, City Clerks, City Attorneys, City Treasurers, and Aldermen, elected by the people of the city of Chicago, from the incorporation of the city on March 4, 1837 to March 4, 1937, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the years during which each official held office. |url=http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/LIB/AldermansList.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904052355/http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/LIB/AldermansList.htm |archive-date=September 4, 2018 |access-date=December 24, 2018}}</ref><ref name="ahern1837–1887">{{cite book |last1=Ahern |first1=M. L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qxkVAAAAYAAJ |title=Political History of Chicago: (covering the Period from 1837 to 1887) Local Politics from the City's Birth; Chicago's Mayors, Aldermen and Other Officials; County and Federal Officers; the Fire and Police Departments; the Haymarket Horror; Miscellaneous |date=1886 |publisher=Donohue & Henneberry, printers and binders |pages=116–120 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="history1871–1885"/> |- | rowspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |  | rowspan=2| ! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Frank M. Blair | rowspan=2|1881–1883 | rowspan=2|Republican | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| <ref name=centennial/><ref name="ahern1837–1887"/><ref name="history1871–1885"/> |style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 45th |- |style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 46th | rowspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |  | rowspan=2| ! rowspan=2 scope="row"| John K. Geohegan | rowspan=2| 1882–1884 | rowspan=2| Democratic | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| <ref name="history1871–1885"/> |- | rowspan=3 bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |  | rowspan=5| 50px ! rowspan=5 scope="row"| William R. Manierre | rowspan=5| 1883–1888 | rowspan=3| Democratic (1883–1886) | rowspan=5| Redistricted to 24th ward in 1888 | rowspan=5| <ref name=centennial/><ref name="history1871–1885"/><ref name="tribunecouncil1886">{{cite web |date=April 7, 1886 |title=Gang Rule Broken |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune/186835075/ |accessdate=July 20, 2020 |work=Chicago Daily Tribune |language=en |via=Newspapers.com |id={{proquest|173903415}}}}</ref> |style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 47th |- |style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 48th | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| ! rowspan=2 scope="row"| John T. Noyes | rowspan=2| 1884–1886 | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| <ref name=centennial/> |- |style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 49th |- | rowspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |  | rowspan=2| Republican (1886–1888) |style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 50th | rowspan=2 bgcolor="{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |  | rowspan=2| 50px ! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Jacob H. Tiedemann | rowspan=2| 1886–1888 | rowspan=2| Republican | rowspan=2| Redistricted to 24th ward in 1888 | rowspan=2| <ref name=centennial/><ref name="tribunecouncil1886"/> |- |style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 51st |- | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3| ! rowspan=3 scope="row"| Madison R. Harris | rowspan=3| 1888–1891 | rowspan=3| | rowspan=3|Redistricted to from 9th ward | rowspan=3| <ref name=centennial/> |style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 52nd | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| ! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Isaac Horner | rowspan=2| 1888–1890 | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| <ref name=centennial/> |- |style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 53rd |- |style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 54th | rowspan=6 bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |  | rowspan=6| 50px ! rowspan=6 scope="row"| William F. Mahoney | rowspan=6| 1890–1896 | rowspan=6| Democratic | rowspan=6| Previously served in 9th ward | rowspan=6| <ref name=centennial/><ref name="tribunecouncil1886"/> |- | rowspan=22| | rowspan=22| ! rowspan=22 scope="row"| John J. Brennan | rowspan=22|1891–1913 | rowspan=22| | rowspan=22|Died in office. Due to redistricting hangover situation, during the 76th council both Stewart and Brennan simultaneously represented the ward for terms set to expire in 1913. | rowspan=23|<ref name=centennial/> |style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 55th |- |style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 56th |- |style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 57th |- |style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 58th |- |style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 59th |- |style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 60th | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| ! rowspan=2 scope="row"| John A. Rogers | rowspan=2| 1896–1898 | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| <ref name=centennial/> |- |style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 61st |- |style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 62nd | rowspan=12| | rowspan=12| ! rowspan=12 scope="row"| Michael Conlon | rowspan=12|1898–1910 | rowspan=12| Democrat | rowspan=12| | rowspan=12|<ref name=centennial/><ref name="Iroquois">{{cite web |title=Board of Aldermen in Chicago Played a Role in Iroquois Theater Fire |url=https://www.iroquoistheater.com/chicago-aldermen-at-time-of-iroquois-theater-fire.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250416110029/https://www.iroquoistheater.com/chicago-aldermen-at-time-of-iroquois-theater-fire.php |archive-date=April 16, 2025 |access-date=November 30, 2024 |website=iroquoistheater.com |language=en}}</ref> |- |style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 63rd |- |style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 64th |- |style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 65th |- |style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 66th |- |style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 67th |- |style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 68th |- |style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 69th |- |style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 70th |- |style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 71st |- |style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 72nd |- |style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 73rd |- |style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 74th | rowspan=9| | rowspan=9| ! rowspan=9 scope="row"| William J. Healy | rowspan=9| 1910–1918 | rowspan=9| | rowspan=9| | rowspan=9| <ref name=centennial/> |- |style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 75th |- |rowspan=2 style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 76th |- | | ! scope="row"| John P. Stewart | 1912-1913 | | redistricted from the 20th ward in 1912. |- | | ! scope="row"| | | | | |style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 77th |- | | ! scope="row"| | | | | |style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 78th |- | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| ! rowspan=2 scope="row"| Carl T. Murphy | rowspan=2| 1915–1917 | rowspan=2| | rowspan=2| previously had represented the 20th ward | rowspan=2| <ref name=centennial/> |style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 79th |- |style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 80th |- | rowspan=6| | rowspan=6| ! rowspan=6 scope="row"| John J. Touhy | rowspan=6| 1917–1923 | rowspan=6| | rowspan=6| redistricted to 27th ward in 1923 | rowspan=6| <ref name=centennial/> |style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 81st |- |style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 82nd | rowspan=5| | rowspan=5| ! rowspan=5 scope="row"| Maurice F. Kavanagh | rowspan=5| 1918–1922 | rowspan=5| | rowspan=5| Resigned after being elected to the Cook County Board of Commissioners | rowspan=5| <ref name=centennial/><ref>{{cite book |title=The Chicago daily news almanac and yearbook .... |date=1923 |publisher=Chicago Daily News |page=740 |chapter=Cook County and Chicago Primary Election. April 11, 1922 |access-date=September 26, 2025 |chapter-url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015026439573&seq=1204 |via=babel.hathitrust.org}}</ref> |- |style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 83rd |- |style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 84th |- |style= "background-color:#C0C0C0"| 85th |- |style= "background-color:#FFFFFF"| 86th |}

===Since 1923=== {{see also|List of Chicago alderpersons since 1923}} Since 1923, wards have been represented by a single alderman. Elections have also been nonpartisan, though officeholders often still publicly affiliate with parties.

*Patrick F. Ryan (1923-1929)<ref name=centennial/> *Walter W. Morris (1929-1933)<ref name=centennial/> *Harry E. Perry (Democratic,<ref name="Parties '33">{{cite news |date=April 5, 1933 |title=The New City Council |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/355103714/ |url-access=subscription |accessdate=April 4, 2019 |work=Chicago Daily Tribune |via=Newspapers.com |id={{proquest|181390697}}}}</ref> 1933–1937<ref name=centennial/>) *Bernard J. O'Hallaren *Thomas J. Corcoran *Frank J. McGrath *James C. Murray *Edward J. Hines *Robert T. Kellam *Thomas W. Murphy *Lona Lane *Derrick Curtis

==Demographics== {{empty section|date=June 2025}}

==Electoral history== {{empty section|date=June 2025}}

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