James Cappleman

Quick Facts

Full Name	James Cappleman
Occupation	Social Worker
Date Of Birth	Oct 26, 1952(1952-10-26)
Age	72
Birthplace	Temple
Country	United States
Birth City	Temple
Horoscope	Capricorn

James Cappleman Biography

James Cappleman is one of the most popular and richest Social Worker who was born on October 26, 1952 in Temple, Temple, United States. Cappleman is openly gay. His husband, Richard Thale, is chair of the 19th Police District’s Court Advocacy Committee and a CAPS facilitator for Beat

1914. A couple since 1991, the two married in 2013 in Washington State. Cappleman is one of five openly LGBTQ Chicago aldermen, and the first LGBTQ candidate in Chicago’s City Council to be initially voted into public office.

In Chicago’s two-round electoral system, the top two vote-getters in the first round proceed to a run-off election if no candidate receives more than 50% of the votes. In his re-election campaigns in 2015 and 2019, Cappleman faced challengers who took him to a run-off election both times. He won with 53.7% of the vote in the 2015 run-off against Amy Crawford, and 50.1% of the vote (a margin of 25 votes) in the 2019 run-off against Marianne Lalonde.

In 2016, Cappleman, along with the other members of the Chicago City Council LGBT Caucus and Mayor Rahm Emanuel, sought for the legal right for the transgender community to choose the bathroom of their choice, citing the unnecessary stress that they go through when they need to go to the bathroom.

Cappleman ran for alderman of Chicago City Council’s 46th ward in 2007, challenging incumbent Helen Shiller and making issues of crime and public safety central to his campaign. He lost to Shiller in 2007, but ran again in

2011. Shiller was retiring from the seat that year, and Cappleman defeated Molly Phelan in a run-off election.

James Cappleman Net Worth

James Cappleman is one of the richest Social Worker from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, James Cappleman 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

James Cappleman (born October 26, 1952) is an American politician and a member of the Chicago City Council. He was elected to the Council in 2011 as the alderman for the city’s 46th ward, which includes parts of the Uptown and Lakeview neighborhoods. He won re-election in 2015 and 2019.

A native of Houston, Texas and the son of a United States Army physician and nurse, Cappleman was one of 8 children raised by his mother after his father’s death. He completed a bachelor’s degree in Education from the University of Houston, and graduated from the Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago with a Masters in Social Work in 1991.

Ald. James Cappleman worked with Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky to encourage the City of Chicago to create a housing-first pilot project that housed 75 people living under two Uptown viaducts along Lake Shore Drive in 2016. After this pilot project was completed, the City of Chicago realized the need to create a process that would identify each homeless person receiving services in an effort to better track who was getting care and how efficient the process was to get them off the streets and into permanent housing. In May 2017, he was the lead sponsor of a resolution that called for the City of Chicago, Cook County, and the State of Illinois to collaborate to create interventions to reduce prison recidivism, especially among those frequently arrested who have mental illness. With this resolution, Cappleman called for clear outcome measures that tracked the efficiency and success of the interventions provided.

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James Ranked on the list of most popular Social Worker. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. James Cappleman celebrates birthday on October 26 of every year.