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AKA Anton Joseph Cermak

Born:9-May-1873
Birthplace: Kladno, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
Died:6-Mar-1933
Location of death:Miami, FL
Cause of death:Assassination
Remains: Buried, Bohemian National Cemetery, Chicago, IL

Gender: Male
Religion: Protestant
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Democratic

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Mayor of Chicago, assassinated in office

Assassinated byGiuseppe Zangara, who may have been aiming forFranklin D. Roosevelt.

Father: Anton Cermak, Sr. (coal miner)
Wife: Mary Horejs (d. 1928)
Daughter: Helen Kenlay
Daughter: Lillian Graham
Daughter: Ella Jirka

   Mayor of Chicago (9-Apr-1931 to 6-Mar-1933)
   Illinois State Official President, Cook County Board of Commissioners (1922-31)
   Chicago City Council (1912-18)
   Illinois State House of Representatives (1902-09)
   Shot (15-Feb-1933)
   Czech Ancestry

Is the subject of books:
Anton the Martyr,1933, H. K. Barnard
Boss Cermak of Chicago: A Study of Political Leadership,1962, Alex Gottfried