Typically, bicameral city councils were divided into Common Councils and Boards of Aldermen, to reflect the structure of federal and state legislatures.
Buffalo Common Council, the legislative branch of the Buffalo, NY City Government
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Los Angeles Common Council, the predecessor of the Los Angeles City Council which serves the City of Los Angeles, California today
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He was a member of the Philadelphia Common Council from 1848 to 1854, organized the Corn Exchange Bank, and was its president from 1858 to 1871.
Though a poll by Survey Associated showed Detroiters favored preservation of the building 58% to 21% in favor of demolition, the Common Council, with the support of Mayor Louis Miriani, voted five to four on January 17, 1961 to demolish the building.
In 1912, Crowther moved to Schenectady, New York and continued the practice of his profession until elected to Congress; he was president of the common council of Schenectady in 1917 and 1918, and elected as a Republican to the Sixty-sixth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1919 to January 3, 1943.
As of 1960, membership on the Common Council was considered more desirable than membership in the Wisconsin State Assembly, and incumbent legislators would often seek a position on the Council, resigning their legislative positions if they were victorious.
John Bohn was president of Milwaukee's Common Council when Mayor Carl Zeidler resigned in 1942 to serve in the U.S. Navy and was lost at sea later in 1942 while serving in World War II; Bohn became acting mayor after Zeidler's resignation.
Joseph Huber, Sr. (died 1867), president of the Los Angeles, California, Common Council
Upon the resignation of Grover Cleveland as mayor on November 20, 1882 to take the Governor's seat, the Common Council elected Drake to fill the vacancy until a special election could be held in early January 1883.
Felix Signoret (1825–1878), a member of the Common Council, the governing body of the city of Los Angeles
William B. Lawlor, educator and member of the Los Angeles, California, Common Council