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5th WARD ALDERMEN

• Joel B. Bassett April 1872-April 1875
• John Vander Horck April 1872-April 1876
• Frank L. Morse April 1875-March 27, 1876
• William Duncan April 1876-April 1877
• Daniel Waitt April 1876-April 1878 (to 3rd Ward)
• Joel B. Bassett April 1877-April 1878
• Cyrus L. Snyder April 1878-April 1881 (from 8th Ward)
• A. Frank Gale April 1878-April 1879
• James M. Parker April 1879-April 1885
• Fred L. Smith April 1878-Sept. 12, 1881
• C.W. Clark April 1881-Jan. 1889
• George A. Pillsbury Nov. 16, 1881-April 2, 1884 (elected Mayor)
• Sumner C. Cutter April 23, 1884-April 1886
• Thomas Downs April 1885-Jan. 1891
• Alonzo Phillips April 1886-Jan. 1889
• Charles P. Lovell Jan. 1889-Jan. 1893
• Dr. H.W. Brazie Jan. 1889-Jan. 1895
• F.C. Harvey Jan. 1893-Jan. 1897
• Wyman Elliot Jan. 1895-Jan. 1899
• John Crosby Jan. 1897-Jan. 1901
• David Percy Jones Jan. 1899-Dec. 30, 1904 (elected Mayor)
• Charles B. Holmes Jan. 1901-Jan. 1909
• Wendell Hertig Jan. 17, 1905-Jan. 1911
• Arthur W. Selover Jan. 1909-Jan. 1913
• William M. Hooker Jan. 1911-Jan. 1915
• John George Robb Jan. 1913-July 1921
• Harry H. Downes Jan. 1915-July 1923
• J.O. Peterson July 1921-March 10, 1923*
• Frank H. Brown April 19, 1923-July 1933
• Hosmer A. Brown July 1923-July 1927
• Charles R. Rosander July 1927-July 1931
• Frank R. Cullen July 1931-July 1935
• Charles R. Rosander July 1933-July 1937
• Frank D. Bessessen July 1935-July 1939
• Walter J. Murphy July 1937-July 1947 (to 8th Ward)
• Jens Christiansen July 1939-July 1947
• Henry H. Bank July 1947-July 1953 (from 3rd Ward)
• Edward "Jerry" Egan July 1947-July 1957
• Walter T. Halloran July 1957-July 1961
• Joe Greenstein July 1961-July 1971
• Louis G. DeMars July 1971-Jan. 1980 (from the Park Board)
• Van Freeman White Jan. 1980-Jan. 1990
• Jackie Cherryhomes Jan. 1990-Jan. 2002
• Natalie Johnson Lee Jan. 2002-Jan. 2006
• Don Samuels Jan. 2006-Jan. 2014 (from 3rd Ward)
• Blong Yang Jan. 2014-Jan. 2018
• Jeremiah Ellison Jan. 2018-

*died in office