He has served as 2nd Ward Alderman since 2007, and was re-elected in 2011.

For two years, he was a Third Ward Alderman.

He was elected Ward 6 alderman in 1972 but was defeated in the 1974 election.

McFarland was elect for the 1st Ward, Alderman twice back to back beginning in 1861.

In 2011, Smith successfully ran for 43rd Ward Alderman and assumed office on May 16, 2011.

Daley announced the appointment of Rice, then 41, as the new 36th Ward alderman on Tuesday, October 6, 2009.

"You can't keep everybody happy," said Edward M. Burke, 14th Ward alderman and chairman of the council's finance committee.

Prior to his appointment, Ocasio served as the 26th Ward alderman in the Chicago City Council.

The event raised more than $50,000 a year for the two First Ward aldermen until it was closed down in 1909 by Mayor Fred Busse.

Edward Vrdolyak, the 10th Ward alderman.