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Trustee of the Art Institute of Chicago: Cyrus Hall McCormick, Sr. Feb 15, 1809: May 13, 1884: Founder of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company: Lived and died in Chicago Cyrus Hall McCormick II: May 16, 1859: 1936: President of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company (1884–1902) Born in Chicago Harold Fowler McCormick: May 2, 1872: Oct ...
The following people were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Chicago. Pages in this category should be moved to subcategories where applicable. This category may require frequent maintenance to avoid becoming too large.
The clerk is a citywide elected office, and is one of three city-wide elected officials in the City of Chicago, along with the Mayor and the Treasurer. The current city clerk is Anna Valencia. One former city clerk is more famous for his non-political activities: The late Baseball Hall of Famer Cap Anson served one term from 1905-1907.
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 ...
There are 178 official neighborhoods in Chicago. [1] Neighborhood names and identities have evolved due to real estate development and changing demographics. [2] Chicago is also divided into 77 community areas which were drawn by University of Chicago researchers in the late 1920s. [3]
The City of Chicago's second annual “You Name a Snowplow" contest is entering Phase 2, and now you can vote for your favorite names!
Mass media people from Chicago (6 C, 64 P) Military personnel from Chicago (251 P) Models from Chicago (20 P) P. Politicians from Chicago (5 C, 1,023 P)
Chicago Times-Herald, 1895–1901 (became Record-Herald) Chicago Whip, 1919–1939; Chicago's American, 1958–1969 (became Today) Chicago Inter Ocean, 1872–1914 (became Record-Herald) Chicago Post & Mail, 1875–1878 (absorbed by Chicago Daily News) Today, 1969–1974; City News Bureau of Chicago, local cooperative wire service