Mayors of Chicago, 1837-2019(may be incomplete!)
WilliamB. Ogden 1837-38BucknerS. Morris 1838-39BenjaminW. Raymond 1839-40AlexanderLoyd 1840-41FrancisC. Sherman 1841-42BenjaminW. Raymond 1842-43AugustusGarrett 1843-44AlsonSherman 1844AugustusGarrett 1845-46JohnPutnam Chapin 1846-47JamesCurtiss 1847-48JamesHutchinson Woodworth 1848-50JamesCurtiss 1850-51WalterS. Gurnee 1851-53CharlesMcNeill Gray 1853-54IsaacLawrence Milliken 1854-55LeviDay Boone 1855-56ThomasDyer 1856-57JohnWentworth 1857-58JohnC. Haines 1858-60JohnWentworth 1860-61JulianS. Rumsey 1861-62FrancisC. Sherman 1862-65JohnB. Rice 1865-69RoswellB. Mason 1869-71JosephMedill 1871-73LesterL. Bond 1873HarveyD. Colvin 1873-76MonroeHeath 1876-79CarterHenry Harrison 1879-87JohnA. Roche 1887-89DeWittClinton Cregier 1889-91HempsteadWashburne 1891-93CarterHenry Harrison 1893GeorgeB. Swift 1893JohnP. Hopkins 1893-95GeorgeB. Swift 1895-97CarterH. Harrison 1897-1905EdwardF. Dunne 1905-07FredA. Busse 1907-11CarterH. Harrison 1911-15WilliamHale Thompson 1915-23WilliamE. Dever 1923-27WilliamHale Thompson 1927-31AntonJ. Cermak 1931-33FrankJ. Corr 1933EdwardJ. Kelly 1933-47MartinH. Kennelly 1947-55RichardJ. Daley 1955-76MichaelA. Bilandic 1976-79JaneM. Byrne 1979-83HaroldWashington 1983-87DavidD. Orr 1987EugeneSawyer 1987-89RichardM. Daley 1989-2011RahmEmanuel 2011- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1862 Apr 4:FrancisC. Sherman (Dem), elected;CharlesC. P. Holden (Rep), defeated. 1865 Apr 4:JohnB. Rice (Rep), elected;FrancisC. Sherman (Dem), defeated. 1871:CharlesC. P. Holden (Rep), defeated. 1876:ThomasHoyne (Ind), elected, but never took office. 1881:JohnM. Clark (Rep), defeated. 1893 Oct 28:CarterHenry Harrison, died in office. 1897:JohnM. Harlan, defeated. 1899:JohnP. Altgeld (Ind), defeated. 1901 Apr 2:CarterH. Harrison (Dem), elected;ElbridgeHanecy (Rep), defeated;JohnCollins (Socialist), defeated;AveryE. Hoyt (Prohibition), defeated;GuyHoyt (Social Democratic), defeated;ThomasRhodes (Single Tax), defeated;JohnR. Peptin (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1903 Apr 7:CarterH. Harrison (Dem), elected;GraemeStewart (Rep), defeated;CharlesL. Breckon (Socialist), defeated;DanielL. Cruice (United Labor), defeated;ThomasL. Haines (Prohibition), defeated;HenrySale (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1905 Apr 4:EdwardF. Dunne (Dem), elected;JohnM. Harlan (Rep), defeated;JohnCollins (Socialist), defeated;OliverW. Stewart (Prohibition), defeated. 1907 Apr 2:FredA. Busse (Rep), elected;EdwardF. Dunne (Dem), defeated;GeorgeKoop (Socialist), defeated;WilliamA. Brubaker (Prohibition), defeated. 1911 Feb 28:CarterH. Harrison (Dem), nominated;EdwardF. Dunne (Dem), defeated in primary;AndrewJ. Graham (Dem), defeated in primary. 1911 Feb 28:CharlesE. Merriam (Rep), nominated;JohnR. Thompson (Rep), defeated in primary;JohnF. Smulski (Rep), defeated in primary;TomMurray (Rep), defeated in primary;JohnEdward Scully (Rep), defeated in primary. 1911 Apr 4:CarterH. Harrison (Dem), elected;CharlesE. Merriam (Rep), defeated;WilliamE. Rodriguez (Socialist), defeated;WilliamA. Brubaker (Prohibition), defeated;AnthonyPrince (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1915 Feb 23:RobertM. Sweitzer (Dem), nominated;CarterH. Harrison (Dem), defeated in primary;FrankJ. Wilson (Dem), defeated in primary;JohnJ. Geraghty (Dem), defeated in primary;ThomasO'Dwyer (Dem), defeated in primary;PeterJ. O'Reilly (Dem), defeated in primary;JamesTraynor (Dem), defeated in primary;R.P. Butler (Dem), defeated in primary. 1915 Feb 23:WilliamHale Thompson (Rep), nominated;HarryOlson (Rep), defeated in primary;JacobA. Hey (Rep), defeated in primary. 1915 Apr 6:WilliamHale Thompson (Rep), elected;RobertM. Sweitzer (Dem), defeated;SeymourStedman (Socialist), defeated;JohnH. Hill (Prohibition), defeated. 1919 Feb 25:RobertM. Sweitzer (Dem), nominated;ThomasCarey (Dem), defeated in primary;JohnMax Heidelmeier (Dem), defeated in primary. 1919 Feb 25:WilliamHale Thompson (Rep), nominated;HarryOlson (Rep), defeated in primary;CharlesE. Merriam (Rep), defeated in primary. 1919 Apr 1:WilliamHale Thompson (Rep), elected;RobertM. Sweitzer (Dem), defeated;MaclayHoyne (Ind), defeated;JohnFitzpatrick (Labor), defeated;JohnCollins (Socialist), defeated;AdolphS. Carm (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1923 Feb 27:WilliamE. Dever (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1923 Feb 27:ArthurC. Lueder (Rep), nominated;EdwardR. Litzinger (Rep), defeated in primary;ArthurM. Millard (Rep), defeated in primary;BernardP. Barasa (Rep), defeated in primary. 1923 Apr 3:WilliamE. Dever (Dem), elected;ArthurC. Lueder (Rep), defeated;WilliamA. Cunnea (Socialist), defeated. 1927 Feb 22:WilliamE. Dever (Dem), nominated;MartinWalsh (Dem), defeated in primary. 1927 Feb 22:WilliamHale Thompson (Rep), nominated;EdwardR. Litzinger (Rep), defeated in primary;EugeneMcCaffrey (Rep), defeated in primary. 1927 Apr 5:WilliamHale Thompson (Rep), elected;WilliamE. Dever (Dem), defeated;JohnDill Robertson (Ind), defeated;GeorgeKoop (Socialist), defeated. 1931 Feb 24:AntonJ. Cermak (Dem), nominated;JohnB. DeVoney (Dem), defeated in primary. 1931 Feb 24:WilliamHale Thompson (Rep), nominated;JohnH. Lyle (Rep), defeated in primary;ArthurF. Albert (Rep), defeated in primary;GeorgeK. Schmidt (Rep), defeated in primary;EugeneMcCaffrey (Rep), defeated in primary. 1931 Apr 7:AntonJ. Cermak (Dem), elected;WilliamHale Thompson (Rep), defeated;JohnM. Collins, defeated;OttoH. Wangerin, defeated. 1933 Mar 6:AntonJ. Cermak, died in office. 1935 Feb 25:EdwardJ. Kelly (Dem), nominated;MartinPowroznik (Dem), defeated in primary;JamesFred Robertson (Dem), defeated in primary;JohnP. O'Meara (Dem), defeated in primary. 1935 Feb 25:EmilC. Wetten (Rep), nominated;MortimerB. Flynn (Rep), defeated in primary;GraceGray (Rep), defeated in primary. 1935 Apr 2:EdwardJ. Kelly (Dem), elected;EmilC. Wetten (Rep), defeated;NewtonJenkins (Ind), defeated. 1939 Feb 28:EdwardJ. Kelly (Dem), nominated;ThomasJ. Courtney (Dem), defeated in primary. 1939 Feb 28:DwightH. Green (Rep), nominated;WilliamHale Thompson (Rep), defeated in primary. 1939 Apr 5:EdwardJ. Kelly (Dem), elected;DwightH. Green (Rep), defeated;ArthurP. Reilly (Ind), defeated. 1943 Feb 23:EdwardJ. Kelly (Dem), nominated;JohnS. Boyle (Dem), defeated in primary;BillyPatts (Dem), defeated in primary. 1943 Feb 23:GeorgeB. McKibbin (Rep), nominated;ArthurF. Albert (Rep), defeated in primary;JohnH. Lyle (Rep), defeated in primary. 1943 Apr 6:EdwardJ. Kelly (Dem), elected;GeorgeB. McKibbin (Rep), defeated. 1947 Feb 25:MartinH. Kennelly (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1947 Feb 25:RussellW. Root (Rep), nominated;WalterE. Pacanowski (Rep), defeated in primary;WilliamF. Gailing (Rep), defeated in primary. 1947 Apr 1:MartinH. Kennelly (Dem), elected;RussellW. Root (Rep), defeated. 1951 Apr 3:MartinH. Kennelly (Dem), elected;RobertL. Hunter (Rep), defeated. 1955 Feb 22:RichardJ. Daley (Dem), nominated;MartinH. Kennelly (Dem), defeated in primary;BenjaminS. Adamowski (Dem), defeated in primary;ClarenceA. Balek (Dem), defeated in primary. 1955 Feb 22:RobertE. Merriam (Rep), nominated;LarDaly (Rep), defeated in primary;FredA. Lyon (Rep), defeated in primary. 1955 Apr 5:RichardJ. Daley (Dem), elected;RobertE. Merriam (Rep), defeated. 1959 Feb 24:RichardJ. Daley (Dem), nominated;LarDaly (Dem), defeated in primary. 1959 Feb 24:TimothyP. Sheehan (Rep), nominated;LarDaly (Rep), defeated in primary. 1959 Apr 7:RichardJ. Daley (Dem), elected;TimothyP. Sheehan (Rep), defeated. 1963 Feb 26:RichardJ. Daley (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1963 Feb 26:BenjaminS. Adamowski (Rep), nominated;HowardJ. Doyle (Rep), defeated in primary;LarDaly (Rep), defeated in primary. 1963 Apr 2:RichardJ. Daley (Dem), elected;BenjaminS. Adamowski (Rep), defeated. 1967 Feb 28:RichardJ. Daley (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1967 Feb 28:JohnL. Waner (Rep), nominated;HowardJ. Doyle (Rep), defeated in primary;LarDaly (Rep), defeated in primary. 1967 Apr 4:RichardJ. Daley (Dem), elected;JohnL. Waner (Rep), defeated;DickGregory, defeated;LarDaly, defeated. 1971 Feb 23:RichardJ. Daley (Dem), nominated unopposed. 1971 Feb 23:RichardE. Friedman (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1971 Apr 6:RichardJ. Daley (Dem), elected;RichardE. Friedman (Rep), defeated. 1975 Feb 25:RichardJ. Daley (Dem), nominated;WilliamS. Singer (Dem), defeated in primary;RichardH. Newhouse (Dem), defeated in primary;EdwardV. Hanrahan (Dem), defeated in primary. 1975 Feb 25:JohnJ. Hoellen (Rep), nominated;FrankR. Ranallo (Rep), defeated in primary;DonDuMont (Rep), defeated in primary. 1975 Apr 1:RichardJ. Daley (Dem), elected;JohnJ. Hoellen (Rep), defeated;WillaMae Reid (Socialist Workers), defeated. 1976 Dec 20:RichardJ. Daley, died in office. 1977 Apr 19:MichaelA. Bilandic (Dem), nominated;RomanC. Pucinski (Dem), defeated in primary;HaroldWashington (Dem), defeated in primary;EdwardV. Hanrahan (Dem), defeated in primary;AnthonyRobert Martin-Trigona (Dem), defeated in primary;EllisE. Reid (Dem), defeated in primary. 1977 Apr 19:DennisH. Block (Rep), nominated;A.A. Rayner, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary;GeorgeM. Manning (Rep), defeated in primary;FrankR. Ranallo (Rep), defeated in primary. 1977 Jun 7:MichaelA. Bilandic (Dem), elected;DennisH. Block (Rep), defeated;DennisBrasky (Socialist Workers), defeated;GeraldM. Rose (U.S. Labor), defeated. 1979 Feb 27:JaneM. Byrne (Dem), nominated;MichaelA. Bilandic (Dem), defeated in primary. 1979 Feb 27:WallaceO. Johnson (Rep), nominated;RaymondG. Wardingley (Rep), defeated in primary. 1979 Apr 3:JaneM. Byrne (Dem), elected;WallaceO. Johnson (Rep), defeated;AndrewPulley (Socialist Workers), defeated. 1983 Feb 22:HaroldWashington (Dem), nominated;JaneM. Byrne (Dem), defeated in primary;RichardM. Daley (Dem), defeated in primary;FrankR. Ranallo (Dem), defeated in primary;WilliamR. Markowski (Dem), defeated in primary;SheilaA. Jones (Dem), defeated in primary. 1983 Feb 22:BernardE. Epton (Rep), nominated unopposed. 1983 Apr 12:HaroldWashington (Dem), elected;BernardE. Epton (Rep), defeated;EddieL. Warren (Socialist Workers), defeated. 1987 Feb 24:HaroldWashington (Dem), nominated;JaneM. Byrne (Dem), defeated in primary;SheilaA. Jones (Dem), defeated in primary. 1987 Feb 24:DonaldH. Haider (Rep), nominated;KennethR. Hurst (Rep), defeated in primary;ChesterR. Hornowski (Rep), defeated in primary;RaymondG. Wardingley (Rep), defeated in primary. 1987 Feb 24:EdwardR. Vrdolyak (Illinois Solidarity), nominated unopposed. 1987 Apr 7:HaroldWashington (Dem), elected;EdwardR. Vrdolyak (Illinois Solidarity), defeated;DonaldH. Haider (Rep), defeated. 1987 Nov 25:HaroldWashington, died in office. 1989 Feb 28:RichardM. Daley (Dem), nominated;EugeneSawyer (Dem), defeated in primary;LawrenceS. Bloom (Dem), defeated in primary;JamesC. Taylor (Dem), defeated in primary;SheilaA. Jones (Dem), defeated in primary. 1989 Feb 28:HerbertSohn (Rep), nominated, but withdrew;KennethR. Hurst (Rep), defeated in primary;BillGrutzmacher (Rep), defeated in primary. 1989 Apr 4:RichardM. Daley (Dem), elected;EdwardR. Vrdolyak (Rep), defeated;TimothyC. Evans (Harold Washington Party), defeated. 1991 Feb 26:RichardM. Daley (Dem), nominated;DannyK. Davis (Dem), defeated in primary;JaneM. Byrne (Dem), defeated in primary;SheilaA. Jones (Dem), defeated in primary. 1991 Feb 26:GeorgeS. Gottlieb (Rep), nominated;AlfredWalter Balciunas (Rep), defeated in primary;PervisSpann (Rep), defeated in primary. 1991 Apr 2:RichardM. Daley (Dem), elected;R.Eugene Pincham (Harold Washington Party), defeated;GeorgeS. Gottlieb (Rep), defeated;JamesWarren (Socialist Workers), defeated. 1995 Feb 28:RichardM. Daley (Dem), nominated;JosephE. Gardner (Dem), defeated in primary;SheilaA. Jones (Dem), defeated in primary. 1995 Feb 28:RaymondG. Wardingley (Rep), nominated;LarryHorist (Rep), defeated in primary;SaturninoNoriego (Rep), defeated in primary;BillGrutzmacher (Rep), defeated in primary;KimballLadien (Rep), defeated in primary. 1995 Apr 4:RichardM. Daley (Dem), elected;RolandW. Burris (Ind), defeated;RaymondG. Wardingley (Rep), defeated;LawrenceRedmond (Harold Washington Party), defeated. 1999 Feb 23:RichardM. Daley, elected;BobbyL. Rush, defeated. 2003 Feb 25:RichardM. Daley, elected;PaulL. Jakes, Jr., defeated;PatriciaMcAllister, defeated;JosephMcAfee, Jr., defeated. 2007 Feb 27:RichardM. Daley, elected;DorothyA. Brown, defeated;WilliamWalls III, defeated. 2011 Feb 22:RahmEmanuel, elected;GeryChico, defeated;Migueldel Valle, defeated;CarolMoseley=Braun, defeated;PatriciaVan Pelt-Watkins, defeated;WilliamWalls III, defeated. 2015 Feb 24:RahmEmanuel, advanced to runoff;ChuyGarcia, advanced to runoff;WillieWilson, defeated;RobertW. Fioretti, defeated;WilliamWalls III, defeated. 2015 Apr 7:RahmEmanuel (Dem), elected;ChuyGarcia, defeated. 2019 Feb 26:DanielB. Fein, defeated in primary.
Postmasters at Chicago, 1831-1972(may beincomplete!)
J.N. Bailey 1831-32JohnS. C. Hogan 1832-37SidneyAbell 1837-41WilliamStuart 1841-45HartL. Stuart 1845-49RichardL. Wilson 1849-50GeorgeW. Dale 1850-53IsaacCook 1853-57WilliamPrice 1857-58IsaacCook 1858-61JohnL. Scripps 1861-65SamuelHoard 1865-66RobertA. Gillmore 1866-67FrancisT. Sherman 1867-69FrancisA. Eastman 1869-73JohnMcArthur 1873-77FrankW. Palmer 1877-85S.Corning Judd 1885-88WalterC. Newberry 1888-89JamesA. Sexton 1889-93WashingtonHesing 1893-97CharlesUlysses Gordon 1897-1901FrederickE. Coyne 1901-05FredA. Busse 1905-07DanielA. Campbell 1907-17WilliamB. Carlile 1917-21ArthurC. Lueder 1921-23GrantB. Miller 1923ArthurC. Lueder 1923-24ArthurC. Lueder 1924-33ErnestJ. Kruetgen 1933-34ErnestJ. Kruetgen 1934-48JohnHaderlein 1948-49JohnHaderlein 1949-52VincentF. Werner 1952-53CarlA. Schroeder 1953-54CarlA. Schroeder 1954-61RalphG. Donegan 1961HarryH. Semrow 1961-62HarryH. Semrow 1962-66WilliamBoschelli 1966HenryW. McGee 1966HenryW. McGee 1966-72
Collectors of Customs at Chicago, 1854-1951(may beincomplete!)
W.B. Snowhook as of 1854WalterB. Scates as of 1869J.Russel Jones 1875-77WilliamH. Smith as of 1877-81JohnM. Clark 1890-94WilliamPenn Nixon as of 1903-05JohnC. Ames as of 1909RiversMcNeill as of 1917AnthonyCzarnecki as of 1927-32JosephA. Ziemba as of 1941-51
U.S. Collectors of Internal Revenue at Chicago, 1862-1953(may be incomplete!)
GeorgeSchneider 1862-66OrrinL. Mann 1866-68JohnM. Corse 1868-69EdmundJüssen 1869HermannRaster 1869-72SamuelA. Irvin 1872-74IsaacF. Hoyt 1874PhilipWadsworth 1874-75JosephD. Webster 1875-76JoelD. Harvey 1876-85RensselaerStone 1885-90ChristopherMamer 1890-93WilliamJ. Mize 1893-97FrederickE. Coyne 1897-1901HenryL. Hertz 1901-10SamuelM. Fitch 1910-17JuliusF. Smietanka 1917-20HarryW. Mager 1920-21JohnC. Cannon 1921-23MabelG. Reinecke 1923-31GregoryT. Van Meter 1931-34CarterH. Harrison 1934-44NigelD. Campbell 1945-47JohnT. Jarecki 1947-53 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1874 Oct 11:SamuelA. Irvin, died in office. 1876 Apr 12:JosephD. Webster, died in office. 1923 Mar 28:JohnC. Cannon, died in office. | |
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