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This category includes persons who held the position of mayor of Chicago (including president of the town of Chicago from 1833 to 1837) in the U.S, state of Illinois. Subcategories This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.
The mayor of Chicago is the chief executive of city government in Chicago, Illinois, the third-largest city in the United States.The mayor is responsible for the administration and management of various city departments, submits proposals and recommendations to the Chicago City Council, is active in the enforcement of the city's ordinances, submits the city's annual budget and appoints city ...
William Hale Thompson (May 14, 1869 – March 19, 1944) was an American politician who served as mayor of Chicago from 1915 to 1923 and again from 1927 to 1931. Known as "Big Bill", [1] he is the most recent Republican to have served as mayor of Chicago.
These are lists of mayors and include some or all of the following elements: Name of each mayor; Years when the office was held, sometimes dates for each term; Political party; Year or date of birth/death of the mayor; Exact title of the mayor; Description of the office, year/date it was created; Notes on each mayor; The lists are generally ...
Richard J. Daley was born in Bridgeport, a working-class neighborhood of Chicago. [3] He was the only child of Michael and Lillian (Dunne) Daley, whose families had both arrived from the Old Parish area, near Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland, during the Great Famine. [4]
He arrived in Chicago in 1833, and opened a shop. Within four years, he was considered a principal contractor, carpenter and builder in Chicago. [5] He was elected to the Chicago Board of Trustees in 1835. [6] By then, he was a member of the volunteer Fire Department, and became Chief Engineer in 1838, serving for one year. [6]
Here is a list of the people who have served as an alderperson since that time. Since its incorporation as a city in 1837 Chicago had been divided into wards whose number varied [a] but which were almost [b] always entitled to two alderpersons. In the early 20th century it was decided that reducing the number of alderpersons to a ward to one ...
William Emmett Dever (March 13, 1862 – September 3, 1929) was an American politician. He was the mayor of Chicago from 1923 to 1927. He had previously served as a judge and before that an alderman.