In 1923 Chicago 's wards were increased from 35 to 50 , while the number of aldermen per ward was decreased from two to one . Jackson was redistricted to the new 3rd ward , while Anderson kept his 2nd ward seat . In 1923 he was implicated in collecting more than $ 15,000 in protection money in the span of twenty months from a black and tan resort . In light of a related grand jury investigation , an illness , and the fact that Thompson declined to seek re-election that year , it was rumored that he would step down as alderman as well . He still contested the election and won with a majority of 1,037 votes , defeating eight opponents to avoid a runoff . Democrat William Emmett Dever was elected mayor in 1923 ; Anderson opposed his 1924 budget , claiming that his proposed reclassification of hundreds of civil service jobs was meant to eliminate the current civil service workers . In that same year he served as a delegate to the 1924 Republican National Convention . Upon Thompson 's return to the mayoral office following the 1927 election rumor had it that Anderson was likely to receive the " prize plum " of the chairmanship of the Council 's finance committee , but Council Democrats worked to keep him off the committee and it seemed likely that the position would go instead to 30th ward alderman John Clark
1924 Republican National Convention
1924 Republican National Convention
Louis B. Anderson