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Edward Joseph Kelly (May 1, 1876 – October 20, 1950) was an American politician who served as the 46th [3] Mayor of Chicago from April 17, 1933, until April 15, 1947.. Prior to being mayor of Chicago, Kelly served as chief engineer of the Chicago Sanitary District during the 1920s.
Chicago aldermen told Fox News Digital that city officials are not listening to constituents' concerns about illegal immigrants and slammed Mayor Brandon Johnson's handling of the issue.
(The Center Square) – Chicago city residents are giving elected officials an earful as the city looks to craft a budget facing a billion dollar deficit. Monday morning, the city council started ...
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The Fernwood Park Race Riot was a race massacre instigated by white residents against African American residents who inhabited the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) veterans' housing project in the Fernwood Park neighborhood in Chicago. Area residents viewed this as one of several attempts by the CHA to initiate racial integration into white ...
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1935, incumbent Interim Mayor Edward J. Kelly (who had been appointed to office of mayor after the assassination of Anton Cermak) defeated Republican Emil C. Wetten and independent candidate Newton Jenkins by a landslide 60% margin of victory. Both major parties held primary elections to select their nominees.
Chicago officials slammed Mayor Brandon Johnson for issuing new guidelines for dealing with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ahead of President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration. Johnson ...
By seeking election an additional four-year term, Kelly was running to have the longest uninterrupted mayoralty Chicago had ever seen. [1] An additional four years would also tie him with Carter Harrison Jr. for the longest-serving mayor in Chicago history at the time (Harrison had served ten non-consecutive years as mayor).