Aldermen who have represented Edgewater
Aldermen: 40, 48, 49, 50 Wards
4-yr term standard effective 1935; before, 2-yr term beginning in 1923
Ward | Alderman | Years | Year first part of Edgewater; (Year last part of Edgewater) |
40 | Chrese A. Jensen | 1923-1927 | |
John William Chapman | 1927-1929 | ||
Joseph C. Ross | 1929-1943 | ||
Samuel P. Gurman | 1943-1947 | ||
Benjamin M. Becker | 1947-1955 | ||
Seymour F. Simon | 1955-1961* | ||
Nathan J. Kaplan | 1963-1966* | ||
Seymour F. Simon | 1967-1974* | 1970+ | |
Solomon Gutstein | 1975-1979 | ||
Ivan Rittenberg | 1979-1983 | ||
Patrick J. O’Connor | 1983-2019 | ||
Andre Vasquez | 2019- | ||
48 | Frank J. Link | 1923-1924 | |
Francis L. Boutell | 1925-1926 | ||
John A. Massen | 1927-1939 | 1931+ | |
Robert C. Quirk | 1939-1947 | ||
Allen A. Freeman | 1947-1959 | ||
Morris H. Hirsh | 1959-1963 | ||
Robert J. O’Rourke | 1963-1971 | ||
Marilou M. Hedlund | 1971-1975 | ||
Dennis Block | 1975‑1977* | ||
Marion Kennedy Volini | 1978*-1987 | ||
Kathy Osterman | 1987-1989* | ||
Mary Ann Smith | 1989*-2011 | ||
Harry Osterman | 2011-2023 | ||
Leni Manaa-Hoppenworth | 2023 | ||
49 | E. I. Frankhauser | 1923-1929 | 1921+ |
George A. Williston | 1930-1935 | ||
Frank Keenan | 1935-1950 | ||
Thomas C. Keegan | 1951 | ||
Brian J. Ducey | 1952-1955 | ||
David J. Hartigan | 1955-1959 | ||
Paul T. Wigoda | 1959-1974* | ||
Esther Saperstein | 1975-1979 | ||
David D. Orr | 1979-1990* | ||
Robert Clarke | 1990*-1991 | ||
Joseph A. Moore | 1991- | (2012 last yr) | |
50 | William H. Pontow | 1923-1927 | 1921+ |
A. K. Mose | 1927-1929 | ||
Curtis F. Mellin | 1929-1931 | ||
James R. Quinn | 1931-1945 | ||
Jerome Huppert | 1945-1947 | ||
Alban Weber | 1947-1951 | ||
Robert S. Bremer | 1951-1955 | ||
Jack I. Sperling | 1955-1973 | ||
Bernard L. Stone | 1973-2011 | (1992 last year) | |
*did not serve full term | |||
47th ward aldermen not shown | |||
–prepared by LeRoy Blommaert