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Members of the Chicago Board of Education (1 C, 26 P) Pages in category "Politicians from Chicago" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,022 total.
Professor of Political Science and U.S. Congressman Born in Chicago Washington Hesing: May 4, 1849: Dec 17, 1897: Postmaster of Chicago and managing editor of the Illinois Staats-Zeitung: Lived and died in Chicago Janet Jagan: Oct 20, 1920: Mar 28, 2009: Prime Minister and President of Guyana: Born in Chicago Byron L. Johnson: Oct 12, 1917: Jan ...
The political environment in Chicago in the 1910s and 1920s let organized crime flourish to the point that many Chicago policemen earned more money from pay-offs than from the city. Before the 1930s, the Democratic Party in Chicago was divided along ethnic lines - the Irish, Polish, Italian, and other groups each controlled politics in their ...
This list is organized by which side of the Chicago River the wards were on as of 1923. Numbering the wards such that those on the South Side received the first numbers, followed by in order the West and North sides was a tradition that had dated to the City's founding and division into wards in 1837. [ 1 ]
Saul David Alinsky (January 30, 1909 – June 12, 1972) was an American community activist and political theorist.His work through the Chicago-based Industrial Areas Foundation helping poor communities organize to press demands upon landlords, politicians, bankers and business leaders won him national recognition and notoriety.
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 ...
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]
Harold Lee Washington (April 15, 1922 – November 25, 1987) was an American lawyer and politician who was the 51st Mayor of Chicago. [1] Washington became the first African American to be elected as the city's mayor in April 1983.