The Political Graveyard: Mayors of Chicago, Illinois

Mayors of Chicago, Illinois

Mayors of Chicago, 1837-2007 (may be incomplete!)
William B. Ogden 1837-38 Buckner Stith Morris 1838-39 Benjamin Wright Raymond 1839-40 Alexander Loyd 1840-41 Francis C. Sherman 1841-42 Benjamin Wright Raymond 1842-43 Augustus Garrett 1843-44 Alson Sherman 1844 Augustus Garrett 1845-46 John Putnam Chapin 1846-47 James Curtiss 1847-48 James Hutchinson Woodworth 1848-50 James Curtiss 1850-51 Walter S. Gurnee 1851-53 Charles McNeill Gray 1853-54 Isaac Lawrence Milliken 1854-55 Levi Day Boone 1855-56 Thomas Dyer 1856-57 John Wentworth 1857-58 John C. Haines 1858-60 John Wentworth 1860-61 Julian S. Rumsey 1861-62 Francis C. Sherman 1862-65 John Blake Rice 1865-69 Roswell B. Mason 1869-71 Joseph Medill 1871-73 Lester L. Bond 1873 Harvey D. Colvin 1873-76 Monroe Heath 1876-79 Carter Henry Harrison 1879-87 John A. Roche 1887-89 DeWitt Clinton Cregier 1889-91 Hempstead Washburne 1891-93 Carter Henry Harrison 1893 George Bell Swift 1893 John P. Hopkins 1893-95 George Bell Swift 1895-97 Carter H. Harrison 1897-1905 Edward F. Dunne 1905-07 Fred A. Busse 1907-11 Carter H. Harrison 1911-15 William Hale Thompson 1915-23 William E. Dever 1923-27 William Hale Thompson 1927-31 Anton J. Cermak 1931-33 Frank J. Corr 1933 Edward J. Kelly 1933-47 Martin H. Kennelly 1947-55 Richard J. Daley 1955-76 Michael A. Bilandic 1976-79 Jane M. Byrne 1979-83 Harold Washington 1983-87 David D. Orr 1987 Eugene Sawyer 1987-89 Richard M. Daley 1989-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1871: Charles Courtney Pinkney Holden, defeated.

1893 Oct 28: Carter Henry Harrison, died in office.

1899: John Peter Altgeld (Ind), defeated.

1907: Edward F. Dunne, defeated.

1911: Edward F. Dunne, defeated.

1911 Apr 4: Carter H. Harrison (Dem), elected; Charles E. Merriam (Rep), defeated.

1923: Arthur C. Lueder (Rep), defeated.

1931 Feb 24: Anton J. Cermak (Dem), nominated; John B. Devoney (Dem), defeated in primary.

1931 Feb 24: William Hale Thompson (Rep), nominated; John H. Lyle (Rep), defeated in primary; Arthur F. Albert (Rep), defeated in primary; George K. Schmidt (Rep), defeated in primary.

1931 Apr 7: Anton J. Cermak (Dem), elected; William Hale Thompson (Rep), defeated.

1933 Mar 6: Anton J. Cermak, died in office.

1939: Dwight H. Green (Rep), defeated.

1939 Feb 28: Thomas J. Courtney (Dem), defeated in primary.

1943 Feb 23: Edward J. Kelly (Dem), nominated; John S. Boyle (Dem), defeated in primary; Billy Patts (Dem), defeated in primary.

1943 Feb 23: George B. McKibbin (Rep), nominated; Arthur F. Albert (Rep), defeated in primary; John H. Lyle (Rep), defeated in primary.

1943 Apr 6: Edward J. Kelly (Dem), elected; George B. McKibbin (Rep), defeated.

1947 Feb 25: Martin H. Kennelly (Dem), nominated unopposed.

1947 Feb 25: Russell W. Root (Rep), nominated; Walter E. Pacanowski (Rep), defeated in primary; William F. Gailing (Rep), defeated in primary.

1947 Apr 1: Martin H. Kennelly (Dem), elected; Russell W. Root (Rep), defeated.

1951 Apr 3: Martin H. Kennelly (Dem), elected; Robert L. Hunter (Rep), defeated.

1955 Feb 22: Richard J. Daley (Dem), nominated; Martin H. Kennelly (Dem), defeated in primary; Benjamin S. Adamowski (Dem), defeated in primary; Clarence A. Balek (Dem), defeated in primary.

1955 Feb 22: Robert E. Merriam (Rep), nominated; Lar Daly (Rep), defeated in primary; Fred A. Lyon (Rep), defeated in primary.

1955 Apr 5: Richard J. Daley (Dem), elected; Robert E. Merriam (Rep), defeated.

1959 Feb 24: Richard J. Daley (Dem), nominated; Lar Daly (Dem), defeated in primary.

1959 Feb 24: Timothy P. Sheehan (Rep), nominated; Lar Daly (Rep), defeated in primary.

1959 Apr 7: Richard J. Daley (Dem), elected; Timothy P. Sheehan (Rep), defeated.

1963 Feb 26: Richard J. Daley (Dem), nominated unopposed.

1963 Feb 26: Benjamin S. Adamowski (Rep), nominated; Howard J. Doyle (Rep), defeated in primary; Lar Daly (Rep), defeated in primary.

1963 Apr 2: Richard J. Daley (Dem), elected; Benjamin S. Adamowski (Rep), defeated.

1967 Feb 28: Richard J. Daley (Dem), nominated unopposed.

1967 Feb 28: John L. Waner (Rep), nominated; Howard J. Doyle (Rep), defeated in primary; Lar Daly (Rep), defeated in primary.

1967 Apr 4: Richard J. Daley (Dem), elected; John L. Waner (Rep), defeated; Dick Gregory, defeated; Lar Daly, defeated.

1971 Feb 23: Richard J. Daley (Dem), nominated unopposed.

1971 Feb 23: Richard E. Friedman (Rep), nominated unopposed.

1971 Apr 6: Richard J. Daley (Dem), elected; Richard E. Friedman (Rep), defeated.

1975 Feb 25: Richard J. Daley (Dem), nominated; William S. Singer (Dem), defeated in primary; Richard H. Newhouse (Dem), defeated in primary; Edward V. Hanrahan (Dem), defeated in primary.

1975 Feb 25: John J. Hoellen (Rep), nominated; Frank R. Ranallo (Rep), defeated in primary; Don DuMont (Rep), defeated in primary.

1975 Apr 1: Richard J. Daley (Dem), elected; John J. Hoellen (Rep), defeated; Willa Mae Reid (Socialist Workers), defeated.

1976 Dec 20: Richard J. Daley, died in office.

1977 Apr 19: Michael A. Bilandic (Dem), nominated; Roman C. Pucinski (Dem), defeated in primary; Harold Washington (Dem), defeated in primary; Edward V. Hanrahan (Dem), defeated in primary; Anthony Robert Martin-Trigona (Dem), defeated in primary; Ellis E. Reid (Dem), defeated in primary.

1977 Apr 19: Dennis H. Block (Rep), nominated; A. A. Rayner, Jr. (Rep), defeated in primary; George M. Manning (Rep), defeated in primary; Frank R. Ranallo (Rep), defeated in primary.

1977 Jun 7: Michael A. Bilandic (Dem), elected; Dennis H. Block (Rep), defeated; Dennis Brasky (Socialist Workers), defeated; Gerald M. Rose (U.S. Labor), defeated.

1979 Feb 27: Jane M. Byrne (Dem), nominated; Michael A. Bilandic (Dem), defeated in primary.

1979 Feb 27: Wallace O. Johnson (Rep), nominated; Raymond G. Wardingley (Rep), defeated in primary.

1979 Apr 3: Jane M. Byrne (Dem), elected; Wallace O. Johnson (Rep), defeated; Andrew Pulley (Socialist Workers), defeated.

1983 Feb 22: Harold Washington (Dem), nominated; Jane M. Byrne (Dem), defeated in primary; Richard M. Daley (Dem), defeated in primary; Frank R. Ranallo (Dem), defeated in primary; William R. Markowski (Dem), defeated in primary; Sheila A. Jones (Dem), defeated in primary.

1983 Feb 22: Bernard E. Epton (Rep), nominated unopposed.

1983 Apr 12: Harold Washington (Dem), elected; Bernard E. Epton (Rep), defeated; Eddie L. Warren (Socialist Workers), defeated.

1987 Feb 24: Harold Washington (Dem), nominated; Jane M. Byrne (Dem), defeated in primary; Sheila A. Jones (Dem), defeated in primary.

1987 Feb 24: Donald H. Haider (Rep), nominated; Kenneth R. Hurst (Rep), defeated in primary; Chester R. Hornowski (Rep), defeated in primary; Raymond G. Wardingley (Rep), defeated in primary.

1987 Feb 24: Edward R. Vrdolyak (Illinois Solidarity), nominated unopposed.

1987 Apr 7: Harold Washington (Dem), elected; Edward R. Vrdolyak (Illinois Solidarity), defeated; Donald H. Haider (Rep), defeated.

1987 Nov 25: Harold Washington, died in office.

1989 Feb 28: Richard M. Daley (Dem), nominated; Eugene Sawyer (Dem), defeated in primary; Lawrence S. Bloom (Dem), defeated in primary; James C. Taylor (Dem), defeated in primary; Sheila A. Jones (Dem), defeated in primary.

1989 Feb 28: Herbert Sohn (Rep), nominated, but withdrew; Kenneth R. Hurst (Rep), defeated in primary; William J. Grutzmacher (Rep), defeated in primary.

1989 Apr 4: Richard M. Daley (Dem), elected; Edward R. Vrdolyak (Rep), defeated; Timothy C. Evans (Harold Washington Party), defeated.

1991 Feb 26: Richard M. Daley (Dem), nominated; Danny K. Davis (Dem), defeated in primary; Jane M. Byrne (Dem), defeated in primary; Sheila A. Jones (Dem), defeated in primary.

1991 Feb 26: George S. Gottlieb (Rep), nominated; Alfred Walter Balciunas (Rep), defeated in primary; Pervis Spann (Rep), defeated in primary.

1991 Apr 2: Richard M. Daley (Dem), elected; R. Eugene Pincham (Harold Washington Party), defeated; George S. Gottlieb (Rep), defeated; James Warren (Socialist Workers), defeated.

1995: Joseph Gardner, defeated for nomination; Richard M. Daley (Dem), elected.

1999: Bobby L. Rush, defeated; Richard M. Daley (Dem), elected.

2003: Richard M. Daley, elected.

2007: Richard M. Daley (Dem), elected.

"Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."
Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872

The Political Graveyard is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. It is the Internet's most comprehensive source for American political biography, listing 192,291 politicians, living and dead.

The coverage of the site includes certain federal officials, state officeholders and candidates in all 50 states, state and national political party officials, federal and state judges, and mayors (including candidates at election for mayor) of qualifying cities.
The listings are incomplete; development of the database is a continually ongoing project.
Information on this page — and on all other pages of this site — is believed to be accurate, but is not guaranteed. Users are advised to check with other sources before relying on any information here.
The official URL for this page is: http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/chicago.html
Links to this or any other Political Graveyard page are welcome, but specific page addresses may sometimes change as the site develops.
If you are searching for a specific individual, try the alphabetical index of politicians.
More information: FAQ; privacy policy; cemetery links.
If you find any error or omission in The Political Graveyard, or if you have information to share, please see the biographical checklist and submission guidelines.

Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — Mailing address: P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — The site is currently hosted by Hostmonster, but we remain grateful for a decade-plus with our former web host, Paul Haas, of Ypsilanti, Michigan. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on March 24, 2009.

Copyright notice: Facts are not subject to copyright; see Feist v. Rural Telephone. Original material, programming, selection and arrangement are © 1996-2009 Lawrence Kestenbaum. This work is also licensed for free non-commercial re-use, with attribution, under a Creative Commons License.