John J. Hoellen Jr.

John James Hoellen Jr. (September 24, 1914 – January 30, 1999) was an American politician who served as alderman of Chicago's 47th ward from 1947 to 1975. His father, John J. Hoellen Sr., had served as alderman of that same ward from 1925 to 1933.

Hoellen was the unsuccessful 1975 Republican nominee for mayor of Chicago, losing to incumbent Democrat Richard J. Daley. Hoellen also thrice ran unsuccessfully for the United States House of Representatives as a Republican nominee.

Early life Hoellen was the son of John J. Hoellen Sr., a Republican politician who served as alderman on the Chicago City Council and Republican committeeman for the 47th ward of Chicago. His father was on the city council from 1925–33. Like his father, Hoellen was a Republican. and at the time of his he left office, he had been the sole Republican member of the Chicago City Council. By the end of his council tenure in 1975, he was the sole remaining Republican member of the Chicago City Council.

One of Richard J. Daley's fiercest enemies in the Council during his tenure, Hoellen was known for his bravado and acerbic wit. In 1961, he was one of only three alderman who voted against an urban renewal plan to bulldoze much of Little Italy to build the campus for the University of Illinois at Chicago.

In 1979, he was appointed by Illinois Governor James R. Thompson to the Chicago Transit Authority Board, on which he served until retiring in 1990.