11th Ward, Chicago
11th Ward - Chicago | |
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Ward 11 | |
Coordinates: 41°50′17″N 87°38′46″W / 41.838°N 87.646°WCoordinates: 41°50′17″N 87°38′46″W / 41.838°N 87.646°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Illinois |
County | Cook |
City | Chicago |
Communities | |
Government | |
• Type | Ward |
• Body | City of Chicago |
• Alderman | Patrick Daley Thompson (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][6] 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".[7]
Aldermen[]
Patrick Daley Thompson is the current alderman of the ward.[8] He is currently under federal indictment for "five counts of filing false tax returns and two counts of lying to the FDIC".[9] Previous aldermen include (but not limited to):
- James Balcer[10]
- , resigned due to conflicts of interest[11][12]
- Michael Anthony Bilandic
- , indicted[13]
- Amos G. Throop
- George Bell Swift
- Lester L. Bond
Demographics[]
As of 2015, the demographics of the ward[14] were:
- Total Population: 51,497
- White: 37.3 percent
- Black: 4.77 percent
- Hispanic: 23.08 percent
- Asian: 34.05 percent.
References[]
- ^ "11th Ward: 38 Election Precincts" (PDF). Chicagoelections.com. August 20, 2013. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
- ^ "Get to Know Your Ward: 11th Ward". NBC Chicago. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
- ^ Joravsky, Ben (May 5, 2021). "We're number one!". Chicago Reader. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
- ^ The Bulletin. The Bulletin.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20170725071146/http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/the-watchdogs-chicagoans-take-triple-hit-on-old-wrigley-factory/
- ^ "McKinley Park News - Sun-Times Tackles Daley Corruption at Heart of Wrigley Factory Blight". mckinleypark.news. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
- ^ "Sun Times-Clout on Wheels". February 12, 2020. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
- ^ "Ward 11". City of Chicago. Retrieved August 22, 2016.
- ^ Seidel, Jon (June 10, 2021). "Feds say Patrick Daley Thompson lied, claimed he made payments on loans from failed Bridgeport bank". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
- ^ "Get to Know Your Ward: 11th Ward". NBC Chicago. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
- ^ Writers, Gary Washburn and Andrew Martin, Tribune Staff. "HUELS FEELS THE HEAT, RESIGNS AS ALDERMAN". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
- ^ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Daniel-Bliss-3/publication/253342850_The_New_Daley_Machine_1989-2004_by/links/562a743608ae04c2aeb1a7c9/The-New-Daley-Machine-1989-2004-by.pdf
- ^ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andris-Zimelis/publication/329218698_The_Depth_of_Corruption_in_Illinois_Anti-Corruption_Report_Number_2/links/5bfd73ba299bf1c2329e6af8/The-Depth-of-Corruption-in-Illinois-Anti-Corruption-Report-Number-2.pdf
- ^ "Get to Know Your Ward: 11th Ward". NBC Chicago. Retrieved September 8, 2021.
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