| Years in Office | Name | Birth and Death | Birthplace | Vote | Candidate and Party | | 1837–1838 | William Butler Ogden | (June 15, 1805– Aug. 3, 1877) | Walton, NY | 489 | William Butler Ogden (Dem.) | | | | | | 217 | John H. Kinzie (Whig) | | 1838–1839 | Buckner Stith Morris | (Aug. 19, 1800– Dec. 16, 1879) | Augusta, KY | 377 | Buckner Stith Morris (Whig) | | | | | | 318 | William Jones (Dem.) | | 1839–1840 | Benjamin Wright Raymond | (June 15, 1801– Apr. 6, 1883) | Rome, NY | 353 | Benjamin Wright Raymond (Whig) | | | | | | 212 | James Curtiss (Dem.) | | 1840–1841 | Alexander Loyd | (Aug. 19, 1805– May 7, 1872) | Orange County, NY | 582 | Alexander Loyd (Dem.) | | | | | | 423 | Benjamin Raymond (Whig) | | 1841–1842 | Francis Cornwall Sherman | (Sept. 18, 1805– Nov. 7, 1870) | Newton, CT | 460 | Francis Cornwall Sherman (Dem.) | | | | | | 419 | Isaac R. Gavin (Whig) | | 1842–1843 | Benjamin Wright Raymond | | | 490 | Benjamin Wright Raymond (Whig) | | | | | | 432 | Augustus Garrett (Dem.) | | | | | | 53 | Henry Smith (Liberty) | | 1843–1844 | Augustus Garrett | ( 1801– Nov. 30, 1848) | New York, NY | 671 | Augustus Garrett (Dem.) | | | | | | 381 | Thomas Church (Whig) | | | | | | 45 | Henry Smith (Liberty) | | 1844–1845 | Alson Smith Sherman | (Apr. 21, 1811– Sep. 22, 1903) | Barre, VT | 837 | Alson Smith Sherman (Ind. Dem.) | | | | | | 694 | Augustus Garrett (Dem.) | | | | | | 126 | Henry Smith (Liberty) | | 1845–1846 | Augustus Garrett | | | 1,072 | Augustus Garrett (Dem.) | | | | | | 913 | John H. Kinzie (Whig) | | | | | | 131 | Henry Smith (Liberty) | | 1846–1847 | John P. Chapin | (Apr. 21, 1810– June 27, 1864) | Rutland, VT | 1,104 | John P. Chapin (Whig) | | | | | | 667 | Charles Follansbee (Dem.) | | | | | | 229 | Philo Carpenter (Liberty) | | 1847–1848 | James Curtiss | (Apr. 7, 1803– Nov. 2, 1859) | Weathersford, VT | 1,281 | James Curtiss (Dem.) | | | | | | 1,220 | Philo Carpenter (Liberty) | | | | | | 238 | John H. Kinzie (Whig) | | 1848–1849 | James H. Woodworth | (Dec. 4, 1804– Mar. 26, 1869) | Greenwich, NY | 1,971 | James H. Woodworth (Ind. Dem.) | | | | | | 1,361 | James Curtiss (Dem.) | | 1849–1850 | James H. Woodworth | | | 2,668 | James H. Woodworth | | | | | | 399 | Timothy Wait | | | | | | 245 | Lewis C. Kerchival | | | | | | 22 | S. D. Childs | | 1850–1851 | James Curtiss | | | 1,697 | James Curtiss | | | | | | 1,227 | Levi D. Boone | | | | | | 805 | Lewis C. Kerchival | | 1851–1852 | Walter S. Gurnee | (Mar. 9, 1813– Apr. 18, 1903) | Haverstraw, NY | 2,032 | Walter S. Gurnee | | | | | | 1,092 | Eli B. Williams | | | | | | 1,001 | James Curtiss | | | | | | 226 | Edward K. Rogers | | 1852–1853 | Walter S. Gurnee | | | 1,749 | Walter S. Gurnee | | | | | | 1,294 | James Curtiss | | | | | | 1,142 | Amos G. Throop (Temperance) | | | | | | 269 | Peter Page | | 1853–1854 | Charles McNeill Gray | (Mar. 7, 1807– Oct. 17, 1885) | Chenango County, NY | 3,270 | Charles McNeill Gray | | | | | | 971 | Josiah L. James | | 1854–1855 | Isaac Lawrence Milliken | (Aug. 29, 1815– Dec. 2, 1889) | Saco, ME | 3,800 | Isaac Lawrence Milliken (Dem.) | | | | | | 2,556 | Amos G. Throop (Temperance) | | 1855–1856 | Levi D. Boone | (Dec. 8, 1808– Jan. 24, 1882) | Lexington, KY | 3,186 | Levi D. Boone (Know-Nothing) | | | | | | 2,841 | Isaac Lawrence Milliken (Dem.) | | 1856–1857 | Thomas Dyer | (Jan. 13, 1805– June 6, 1862) | Canton, CT | 4,712 | Thomas Dyer (Dem. [Pro-Nebraska]) | | | | | | 4,123 | Francis Cornwall Sherman | | | | | | | (Dem. [Anti-Nebraska]) | | 1857–1858 | John Wentworth | (Mar. 5, 1815– Oct. 16, 1888) | Sandwich, NH | 5,933 | John Wentworth (Rep.-Fusion) | | | | | | 4,842 | Benjamin F. Carver (Dem.) | | 1858–1859 | John C. Haines | (May 26, 1818– July 4, 1896) | Deerfield, NY | 8,642 | John C. Haines (Rep.) | | | | | | 7,481 | Daniel Brainard (Dem.) | | 1859–1860 | John C. Haines | | | 8,587 | John C. Haines (Rep.) | | | | | | 7,728 | Marcus G. Gilman (Dem.) | | 1860–1861 | John Wentworth | | | 9,998 | John Wentworth (Rep.-Fusion) | | | | | | 8,739 | Walter S. Gurnee (Dem.) | | 1861–1862 | Julian S. Rumsey | (Apr. 3, 1823– Apr. 20, 1886) | Batavia, NY | 8,274 | Julian S. Rumsey (Rep.) | | | | | | 6,601 | Thomas B. Bryan (Union) | | 1862–1865 | Francis Cornwall Sherman | | | 7,437 | Francis Cornwall Sherman (Dem.) | | | | | | 6,254 | Charles Holden (Rep.) | | 1865–1867 | John B. Rice | (May 28, 1809– Dec. 17, 1874) | Easton, MD | 11,078 | John B. Rice (Rep.) | | | | | | 5,600 | Francis Cornwall Sherman (Dem.) | | 1867–1869 | John B. Rice | | | 11,904 | John B. Rice (Rep.) | | | | | | 7,971 | Francis Cornwall Sherman (Dem.) | | 1869–1871 | Roswell B. Mason | (Sept. 19, 1805– Jan. 11, 1892) | New Hartford, NY | 19,826 | Roswell B. Mason (Citizens') | | | | | | 11,410 | George W. Gage (Rep.) | | 1871–1873 | Joseph E. Medill | (Apr. 6, 1823– Mar. 16, 1899) | Nova Scotia | 16,125 | Joseph E. Medill (Union-Fireproof) | | | | | | 5,988 | C. C. P. Holden (Dem.) | | 1873 | Lester Legrant Bond (Acting mayor following Medill's resignation) | (Oct. 27, 1829– Apr. 15, 1903) | Ravenna, OH | | | | 1873–1876 | Harvey Doolittle Colvin | (Dec. 18, 1815– Apr. 16, 1892) | Herkimer County, NY | 28,791 | Harvey Doolittle Colvin (Dem./People's) | | | | | | 18,540 | Lester Legrant Bond (Union) | | 1876–1877 | Monroe Heath | (Mar. 27, 1828– Oct. 21, 1894) | Grafton, NH | 19,248 | Monroe Heath (Rep.) | | | | | | 7,509 | Mark Kimball (Dem.) | | | | | | 3,363 | J. J. McGrath (Ind.) | | 1877–1879 | Monroe Heath | | | 30,881 | Monroe Heath (Rep.) | | | | | | 19,449 | Perry H. Smith (Dem.) | | 1879–1881 | Carter Henry Harrison | (Feb. 25, 1825– Oct. 28, 1893) | Lexington, KY | 25,685 | Carter Henry Harrison (Dem.) | | | | | | 20,496 | Abner Wright (Rep.) | | | | | | 11,829 | Ernest Schmidt (Socialist Labor) | | 1881–1883 | Carter Henry Harrison | | | 35,668 | Carter Henry Harrison (Dem.) | | | | | | 27,925 | John Clark (Rep.) | | | | | | 764 | Timothy O'Mara (Ind.) | | | | | | 240 | George Schilling (Socialist Labor) | | 1883–1885 | Carter Henry Harrison | | | 41,226 | Carter Henry Harrison (Dem.) | | | | | | 30,963 | Eugene Cary (Rep.) | | 1885–1887 | Carter Henry Harrison | | | 43,352 | Carter Henry Harrison (Dem.) | | | | | | 42,977 | Sidney Smith (Rep.) | | | | | | 221 | William Bush (Prohibition) | | 1887–1889 | John A. Roche | (Aug. 12, 1844– Feb. 10, 1904) | Utica, NY | 51,249 | John A. Roche (Rep.) | | | | | | 23,490 | Robert S. Nelson (Labor) | | | | | | 376 | Joseph L. Whitlock (Prohibition) | | 1889–1891 | DeWitt Clinton Cregier | (June 1, 1829– Nov. 9, 1898) | New York, NY | 57,340 | Dewitt C. Cregier (Dem.) | | | | | | 45,328 | John A. Roche (Rep.) | | | | | | 411 | Ira J. Mason (Prohibition) | | | | | | 304 | Charles Orchardson (Socialist) | | 1891–1893 | Hempstead Washburne | (Nov. 11, 1852– Apr. 13, 1918) | Galena, IL | 46,957 | Hempstead Washburne (Reform) | | | | | | 46,558 | Dewitt C. Cregier (Dem.) | | | | | | 42,931 | Carter Harrison (Ind. Dem.) | | | | | | 24,027 | Elmer Washburn (Citizens) | | | | | | 2,376 | Thomas J. Morgan (Socialist) | | 1893 | Carter Henry Harrison (Died in office) | | | 114,237 | Carter Henry Harrison (Dem.) | | | | | | 93,148 | Samuel W. Allerton (Rep.) | | | | | | 3,033 | Dewitt C. Cregier (Union Citizens) | | | | | | 1,000 | Henry Ehrenpreis (Socialist Labor) | | 1893 | George Bell Swift (Mayor pro tem after Harrison's death until election) | (Dec. 14, 1845– July 2, 1912) | Cincinnati, OH | | | | 1893–1895 | John Patrick Hopkins | (Oct. 29, 1858– Oct. 13, 1918) | Buffalo, NY | 112,959 | John Patrick Hopkins (Dem.) | | | | | | 111,660 | George Bell Swift (Rep.) | | | | | | 2,599 | Socialist and People's candidates combined | | 1895–1897 | George Bell Swift | | | 143,884 | George Bell Swift (Rep.) | | | | | | 103,125 | Frank Wenter (Dem.) | | | | | | 12,882 | Bayard Holmes (People's) | | 1897–1899 | Carter Henry Harrison II | (Apr. 23, 1860– Dec. 25, 1953) | Chicago, IL | 148,880 | Carter Henry Harrison, II (Dem.) | | | | | | 69,730 | John M. Harlan (Ind. Rep.) | | | | | | 59,542 | Nathaniel C. Sears (Rep.) | | | | | | 18,238 | six others combined | | 1899–1901 | Carter Henry Harrison II | | | 148,496 | Carter Henry Harrison, II (Dem.) | | | | | | 107,437 | Zina R. Carter (Rep.) | | | | | | 47,169 | John P. Altgeld (Municipal Ownership) | | | | | | 2,565 | three others combined | | 1901–1903 | Carter Henry Harrison II | | | 156,756 | Carter Henry Harrison, II (Dem.) | | | | | | 128,413 | Elbridge Hanecy (Rep.) | | | | | | 7,078 | four others combined | | | | | | 5,384 | John Collins (Socialist) | | 1903–1905 | Carter Henry Harrison II | | | 146,208 | Carter Henry Harrison, II (Dem.) | | | | | | 138,548 | Graeme Stewart (Rep.) | | | | | | 13,635 | three others combined | | | | | | 11,124 | Charles L. Breckon (Socialist) | | 1905–1907 | Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne | (Oct. 12, 1853– May 24, 1937) | Waterville, CT | 163,189 | Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne (Dem.) | | | | | | 138,548 | John M. Harlan (Rep.) | | | | | | 23,034 | John Collins (Socialist) | | | | | | 3,294 | Oliver W. Stewart (Prohibition) | | 1907–1911 | Fred A. Busse | (Mar. 3, 1866– July 9, 1914) | Chicago, IL | 164,702 | Fred A. Busse (Rep.) | | | | | | 151,779 | Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne (Dem.) | | | | | | 13,429 | George Koop (Socialist) | | | | | | 6,020 | W. A. Brubaker (Prohibition) | | 1911–1915 | Carter Henry Harrison II | | | 177,997 | Carter Henry Harrison, II (Dem.) | | | | | | 160,672 | Charles E. Merriam (Rep.) | | | | | | 24,825 | William E. Rodriguez (Socialist) | | | | | | 3,297 | two others combined | | 1915–1919 | William Hale Thompson | (May 14, 1867– Mar. 18, 1944) | Boston, MA | 398,538 | William Hale Thompson (Rep.) | | | | | | 251,061 | Robert M. Sweitzer (Dem.) | | | | | | 24,452 | Seymour Stedman (Socialist) | | | | | | 3,974 | John H. Hill (Prohibition) | | 1919–1923 | William Hale Thompson | | | 259,828 | William Hale Thompson (Rep.) | | | | | | 238,206 | Robert M. Sweitzer (Dem.) | | | | | | 110,851 | Maclay Hoyne (Ind.) | | | | | | 55,990 | John Fitzpatrick (Labor) | | | | | | 24,079 | John Collins (Socialist) | | | | | | 1,848 | Adolph S. Carm (Socialist Labor) | | 1923–1927 | William Emmett Dever | (Mar. 13, 1862– Sept. 3, 1929) | Woburn, MA | 390,413 | William Emmett Dever (Dem.) | | | | | | 285,094 | Arthur C. Leuder (Rep.) | | | | | | 41,186 | William A. Cunnea (Socialist) | | 1927–1931 | William Hale Thompson | | | 515,716 | William Hale Thompson (Rep.) | | | | | | 432,678 | William Emmett Dever (Dem.) | | | | | | 51,347 | J. D. Robertson (People's Ownership Smash Crime Rings) | | 1931–1933 | Anton J. Cermak (Died in office) | (May 9, 1873– Mar. 6, 1933) | Kladno, Bohemia | 671,189 | Anton J. Cermak (Dem.) | | | | | | 476,922 | William Hale Thompson (Rep.) | | 1933 | Frank J. Corr (Acting mayor pending election) | (Jan. 12, 1877– June 3, 1934) | Brooklyn, NY | | | | 1933–1935 | Edward J. Kelly (Elected by city council) | (May 1, 1876– Oct. 20, 1950) | Chicago, IL | | | | 1935–1939 | Edward J. Kelly | | | 798,150 | Edward J. Kelly (Dem.) | | | | | | 166,571 | Emil C. Welten (Rep.) | | | | | | 87,726 | Newton Jenkins (Third Party) | | 1939–1943 | Edward J. Kelly | | | 822,469 | Edward J. Kelly (Dem.) | | | | | | 638,068 | Dwight H. Green (Rep.) | | | | | | 4,921 | Arthur P. Reilly (Third Party) | | 1943–1947 | Edward J. Kelly | | | 685,567 | Edward J. Kelly (Dem.) | | | | | | 571,547 | George B. McKibbin (Rep.) | | 1947–1951 | Martin H. Kennelly | (Aug. 11, 1887– Nov. 29, 1961) | Chicago, IL | 919,593 | Martin H. Kennelly (Dem.) | | | | | | 646,239 | Russell W. Root (Rep.) | | 1951–1955 | Martin H. Kennelly | | | 697,871 | Martin H. Kennelly (Dem.) | | | | | | 545,326 | Robert L. Hunter (Rep.) | | 1955–1959 | Richard J. Daley | (May 15, 1902– Dec. 20, 1976) | Chicago, IL | 708,660 | Richard J. Daley (Dem.) | | | | | | 581,461 | Robert E. Merriam (Rep.) | | 1959–1963 | Richard J. Daley | | | 778,612 | Richard J. Daley (Dem.) | | | | | | 311,940 | Timothy Sheehan (Rep.) | | 1963–1967 | Richard J. Daley | | | 679,497 | Richard J. Daley (Dem.) | | | | | | 540,705 | Benjamin Adamowski (Rep.) | | 1967–1971 | Richard J. Daley | | | 792,238 | Richard J. Daley (Dem.) | | | | | | 272,542 | John Waner (Rep.) | | 1971–1975 | Richard J. Daley | | | 740,137 | Richard J. Daley (Dem.) | | | | | | 315,969 | Richard Friedman (Rep.) | | 1975–1976 | Richard J. Daley (Died in office) | | | 542,817 | Richard J. Daley (Dem.) | | | | | | 139,335 | John Hoellen (Rep.) | | | | | | 16,693 | Willie Mae Reid (Socialist Workers) | | 1977–1979 | Michael A. Bilandic (Acting mayor, then won special election) | (Feb. 13, 1923– Jan. 15, 2002) | Chicago, IL | 490,688 | Michael A. Bilandic (Dem.) | | | | | | 5,546 | Dennis Brasky (Socialist Workers) | | | | | | 2,497 | Gerald Rose (U.S. Labor) | | 1979–1983 | Jane M. Byrne | (May 24, 1934–) | Chicago, IL | 700,874 | Jane M. Byrne (Dem.) | | | | | | 137,664 | Wallace Johnson (Rep.) | | | | | | 15,625 | Andrew Pulley (Socialist Workers) | | 1983–1987 | Harold Washington | (Apr. 15, 1922– Nov. 25, 1987) | Chicago, IL | 668,176 | Harold L. Washington (Dem.) | | | | | | 619,926 | Bernard E. Epton (Rep.) | | | | | | 3,756 | Ed Warren (Socialist Workers) | | 1987 | Harold Washington (Died in office) | | | 600,290 | Harold L. Washington (Dem.) | | | | | | 468,493 | Edward R. Vroldyak (IL Solidarity) | | | | | | 47,652 | Donald H. Haider (Rep.) | | 1987 | David D. Orr (Interim mayor) | (Oct. 4, 1944–) | Bloomington, IL | | | | 1987–1989 | Eugene Sawyer (Appointed by city council after Washington's death) | (Sept. 3, 1934– Jan. 19, 2008) | Greensboro, AL | | | | 1989–1991 | Richard M. Daley | (Apr. 24, 1942–) | Chicago, IL | 577,141 | Richard M. Daley (Dem.) | | | | | | 428,105 | Timothy C. Evans (Harold Washington Party) | | | | | | 35,998 | Edward R. Vrdolyak (Rep.) | | 1991–1995 | Richard M. Daley | | | 450,581 | Richard M. Daley (Dem.) | | | | | | 160,302 | R. Eugene Pincham (Harold Washington Party) | | | | | | 23,421 | George S. Gottlieb (Rep.) | | | | | | 3,581 | James Warren (Socialist Workers) | | 1995–1999 | Richard M. Daley | | | 360,372 | Richard M. Daley (Dem.) | | | | | | 217,315 | Roland Burris (Ind.) | | | | | | 16,592 | Ray Wardlingley (Rep.) | | | | | | 5,165 | Lawrence Redmond (Harold Washington Party) | | 1999–2003 | Richard M. Daley | | | 429,746 | Richard M. Daley (Nonpartisan) | | | | | | 167,845 | Bobby L. Rush (Nonpartisan) | | 2003–2007 | Richard M. Daley | | | 363,553 | Richard M. Daley (Nonpartisan) | | | | | | 64,941 | Paul L. Jakes, Jr. (Nonpartisan) | | | | | | 27,350 | Patricia McAllister (Nonpartisan) | | | | | | 7,488 | Joseph McAfee (Nonpartisan) | | 2007– | Richard M. Daley | | | 324,519 | Richard M. Daley (Nonpartisan) | | | | | | 91,878 | Dorothy A. Brown (Nonpartisan) | | | | | | 40,368 | William Walls III (Nonpartisan) |
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