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Chicago Mayors 1837-2011


Chicago Mayors 1835-2011


Inauguration dates are not available until 1869. Inauguration dates and times were gathered from the Journal of the Proceedings of the City Council of the City of Chicago. In a few cases no formal inauguration was held and dates given reflect the mayor’s first council meeting and the installation of new aldermen.

Mayors served two year terms up to 1907 when it was changed to four year terms. Carter Harrison, Sr, Anton Cermak, Richard J. Daley and Harold Washington all died while in office.


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1. William Ogden
Democrat
Elected: 2 May 1837
Inaug: 2 May 1837
489

2. Buckner Morris
Whig
Elected: 6 Mar 1838
Inaug: 6 Mar 1838
377

3. Benjamin Raymond
Whig
Elected: 5 Mar 1839
Inaug: 7 Mar 1839
353

4. Alexander Lloyd
Democrat
Elected: 3 Mar 1840
Inaug: 7 Mar 1840
582

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5. Francis Sherman
Democrat
Elected: 4 Mar 1841
Inaug: 5 Mar 1841
460

3. Benjamin Raymond
Whig
Elected: 5 Mar 1842
Inaug: 7 Mar 1842
490
6. Augustus Garrett
Democrat
Elected: 7 Mar 1843
Inaug: 7 Mar 1843
671
7. Alson Sherman
Ind. Democrat
Elected: 2 Mar 1844
Inaug: 2 Apr 1844
837

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6. Augustus Garrett
Democrat
Elected: 5 Mar 1845
Inaug: 7 Mar 1845
1,072

8. John Chapin
Whig
Elected: 6 Mar 1846
Inaug: 3 Mar 1846
1,104

9. James Curtiss
Democrat
Elected: 2 Mar 1847
Inaug: 9 Mar 1847
1,281
10. James Woodworth
Ind. Democrat
Elected: 7 Mar 1848
Inaug: 14 Mar 1848
1,971

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10. James Woodworth
Ind. Democrat
Elected: 6 Mar 1849
Inaug: 16 Mar 1849
2,668
9. James Curtiss
Democrat
Elected: 5 Mar 1850
Inaug: 12 Mar 1850
1,697
11. Walter S. Gurnee
Democrat
Elected: 4 Mar 1851
Inaug: 11 Mar 1851
2,032
11. Walter S. Gurnee
Democrat
Elected: 2 Mar 1852
Inaug: 2 Mar 1852
1,749

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12. Charles Gray
Democrat
Elected: 14 Mar 1853
Inaug: 7 Mar 1853
3,270
13. Isaac Miliken
Democrat
Elected: 13 Mar 1854
Inaug: 15 Mar 1854
3,800
14. Levi Day Boone
Know-Nothing
Elected: 8 Mar 1855
Inaug: 13 Mar 1855
3,186
15. Thomas Dyer
Pro-Neb Dem
Elected: 10 Mar 1856
Inaug: 11 Mar 1856
4,712

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16. John Wentworth
Republican
Elected: 3 Mar 1857
Inaug: 10 Mar 1857
5,933
17. John Haines
Republican
Elected: 2 Mar 1858
Inaug: 2 Mar 1858
8,642
17. John Haines
Republican
Elected: 1 Mar 1859
Inaug: 16 Mar 1859
8,587
16. John Wentworth
Republican
Elected: 6 Mar 1860
Inaug: 22 Mar 1860
9,998

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18. Julian Rumsey
Republican
Elected: 16 Apr 1861
Inaug: 6 May 1861
8,274
5. Francis Sherman
Democrat
Elected: 15 Apr 1862
Inaug: 5 May 1862
7,437
5. Francis Sherman
Democrat
Elected: 21 Apr 1863
Inaug: 4 May 1863

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19. John Rice
Republican
Elected: 18 Apr 1865
Inaug: 3 May 1865
11,078

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19. John Rice
Republican
Elected: 16 Apr 1867
Inaug: 6 May 1867
11,904
20. Roswell Mason
Citizens’
Elected: 2 Nov 1869
Inaug: 6 Dec 1869
19,826
21. Joseph Medill
Fireproof
Elected: 7 Nov 1871
Inaug: 4 Dec 1871
16,125
22. Harvey Colvin
People’s
Elected: 4 Nov 1873
Inaug: 1 Dec 1873
28,791

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23. Monroe Heath
Republican
Elected: 12 July 1876
Inaug: 24 July 1876
19,248
23. Monroe Heath
Republican
Elected: 3 Apr 1877
Inaug: 30 Apr 1877
30,881
24. Carter Harrison, Sr.
Democrat
Elected: 1 Apr 1879
Inaug: 28 Apr 1879
25,685
24. Carter Harrison, Sr.
Democrat
Elected: 5 Apr 1881
Inaug: 9 May 1881
35,668

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24. Carter Harrison, Sr.
Democrat
Elected: 3 Apr 1883
Inaug: 14 May1883
41,226
24. Carter Harrison, Sr.
Democrat
Elected: 7 Apr 1885
Inaug: 8 Jun 1885
43,352
25. John A. Roche
Republican
Elected: 5 April 1887
Inaug: 18 April 1887
51,249
26. DeWitt Clinton Cregier
Democrat
Elected: 2 April 1889
Inaug: 2 April 1889
57,340

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27. Hempstead Washburne
Reform
Elected: 7 April 1891
Inaug: 27 April 1891
46,957
24. Carter Harrison, Sr.
Democrat
Elected: 7 April 1893
Inaug: 17 April 1893
114,237
28. George Bell Swift
Republican
Elected: 6 Nov 1893
Inaug: 9 Nov 1893
No Election
29. John Patrick Hopkins
Democrat
Elected: 19 Dec 1893
Inaug: 27 Dec 1893
112,959

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28. George Bell Swift
Republican
Elected: 20 April 1895
Inaug: 20 April 1895
143,884
30. Carter Harrison, Jr
Democrat
Elected: 6 April 1897
Inaug: 15 April 1897
148,880
30. Carter Harrison, Jr
Democrat
Elected: 4 April 1899
Inaug: 10 April 1889
148,496
30. Carter Harrison, Jr
Democrat
Elected: 6 April 1901
Inaug: 8 April 1901
156,756

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30. Carter Harrison, Jr
Democrat
Elected: 7 April 1903
Inaug: 20 April 1903
146,208
31. Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne
Democrat
Elected: 4 April 1905
Inaug: 10 April 1905
163,189
32. Fred A. Busse
Republican
Elected: 2 April 1907
Inaug: 15 April 1907
164,702
30. Carter Harrison, Jr
Democrat
Elected: 4 April 1911
Inaug: 17 April 1911
177,997

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33. William Hale Thompson
Republican
Elected: 6 April 1915
Inaug: 26 April 1915
398,538
33. William Hale Thompson
Republican
Elected: 1 April 1919
Inaug: 18 April 1919
259,828
34. William Emmett Dever
Democrat
Elected: 7 April 1923
Inaug: 18 April 1923
390,413
34. William Emmett Dever
Democrat
Elected: 7 April 1927
Inaug: 18 April 1927
515,716


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35. Anton J. Cermak
Democrat
Elected: 7 April 1931
Inaug: 9 April 1931
671,189
36. Frank J. Corr
Republican
Elected: 14 Mar 1933
Inaug: 15 Mar 1933
No Election
37. Edward Joseph Kelly
Democrat
Elected: 13 April 1933
Inaug: 17 April 1933
No Election
37. Edward Joseph Kelly
Democrat
Elected: 2 April 1935
Inaug: 8 April 1935
798,150

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37. Edward Joseph Kelly
Democrat
Elected: 4 April 1939
Inaug: 12 April 1939
822,469
37. Edward Joseph Kelly
Democrat
Elected: 6 April 1943
Inaug: 8 April 1943
685,567
38. Martin H. Kennelly
Democrat
Elected: 1 April 1947
Inaug: 15 April 1947
919,593
38. Martin H. Kennelly
Democrat
Elected: 3 April 1951
Inaug: 19 April 1951
697,871

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39. Richard J. Daley
Democrat
Elected: 5 April 1955
Inaug: 20 April 1955
708,660
39. Richard J. Daley
Democrat
Elected: 7 April 1959
Inaug: 21 April 195
778,612
39. Richard J. Daley
Democrat
Elected: 2 April 1963
Inaug: 17 April 1963
679,497
39. Richard J. Daley
Democrat
Elected: 4 April 1967
Inaug: 20 April 1967
792,238

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39. Richard J. Daley
Democrat
Elected: 6 April 1971
Inaug: 21 April 1971
740,137
39. Richard J. Daley
Democrat
Elected: 1 April 1975
Inaug: 16 April 1975
542,817
40. Michael A. Bilandic
Democrat
Elected: 28 Dec 1976
Inaug: 28 Dec 1976
490,688
40. Michael A. Bilandic
Democrat
Elected: 7 Jun 1977
Inaug: 22 Jun 1977
700,874

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41. Jane M. Byrne
Democrat
Elected: 3 April 1979
Inaug: 16 April 1979
700,874
42. Harold Washington
Democrat
Elected: 12 April 1983
Inaug: 29 April 1983
668,176
42. Harold Washington
Democrat
Elected: 7 April 1983
Inaug: 29 April 1983
600,290
43. David D. Orr
Democrat
Elected: 25 Nov 1987
Inaug: 25 Nov 1987

No Election

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44. Eugene Sawyer
Democrat
Elected: 2 Dec 1987
Inaug: 2 Dec 1987

No Election
45. Richard M. Daley
Democrat
Elected: 4 Apr 1989
Inaug: 24 Apr 1989
577,141
45. Richard M. Daley
Democrat
Elected: 2 Apr 1991
Inaug: 8 May 1991
450,581
45. Richard M. Daley
Democrat
Elected: 4 Apr 1995
Inaug: 1 May 1995
360,372

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45. Richard M. Daley
Democrat
Elected: 13 Apr 1999
Inaug: 3 May 1999
429,746
45. Richard M. Daley
Democrat
Elected: 26 Feb 2003
Inaug: 5 May 2003
363,553
45. Richard M. Daley
Democrat
Elected: 27 Feb 2007
Inaug: 24 May 2007
324,519
46. Rahm Emanuel
Democrat
Elected: 22 Feb 2011
Inaug: 16 May 2011

290,872

No.
Mayor
Birth City
Birth
Death
Burial
1
William Ogden
Walton, N.Y.
15 Jun 1805
3 Aug 1877
Woodlawn
2
Buckner Morris
Augusta, Ky.
19 Aug 1800
16 Dec 1879
Rosehill
3
Benjamin Raymond
Rome, N.Y.
15 Jun 1801
6 Apr 1883
Graceland
4
Alexander Lloyd
Orange County, N.Y.
18 Aug 1805
7 May 1872
Rosehill
5
Francis Sherman
Newton, Conn
18 Sep 1805
7 Nov 1870
Graceland
6
Augustus Garrett
New York, N.Y.
1801
30 Nov 1848
Rosehill
7
Alson Sherman
Barre, Vt.
21 Apr 1811
22 Sep 1903
Oakwood
8
John Chapin
Rutland, Vt.
21 Apr 1810
27 Jun 1864
Graceland
9
James Curtiss
Weathersford, Vt.
7 Apr 1803
2 Nov 1859
Unknown
10
James Woodworth
Greenwich, N.Y.
4 Dec 1804
26 Mar 1869
Oakland
11
Walter S. Gurnee
Haverstraw, N.Y.
9 Mar 1813
17 Apr 1903
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery
12
Charles Gray
Sherburne, N.Y.
7 Mar 1807
17 Oct 1885
Graceland
13
Isaac Miliken
Saco, Maine
29 Aug 1815
2 Dec 1889
Rosehill
14
Levi Day Boone
Lexington, Ky.
8 Dec 1808
24 Jan 1882
Rosehill
15
Thomas Dyer
Canton, Conn.
13 Jan 1805
6 Jun 1862
Unknown
16
John Wentworth
Sandwich, N.H.
5 Mar 1815
16 Oct 1888
Rosehill
17
John Haines
Deerfield, N.Y.
26 May 1816
4 Jul 1896
Rosehill
18
Julian Rumsey
Batavia, N.Y.
3 Apr 1823
20 Apr 1886
Graceland
19
John Rice
Easton, Md.
28 May 1809
17 Dec 1874
Rosehill
20
Roswell Mason
New Hartford, N.Y.
19 Sep 1805
1 Jan 1892
Rosehill
21
Joseph Medill
St. John, New Brunswick, Canada
6 Apr 1823
16 Mar 1899
Graceland
22
Harvey Colvin
Herkimer County, N.Y
18 Dec 1818
16 Apr 1892
Rosehill
23
Monroe Heath
Grafton, N.H.
27 Mar 1828
21 Oct 1894
Oakwoods
24
Carter H. Harrison, Sr.
Lexington, Ky.
15 Feb 1825
28 Oct 1893
Graceland
25
John A. Roche
Utica, N.Y.
12 Aug 1844
10 Feb 1904
Rosehill
26
DeWitt Clinton Cregier
New York, N.Y.
1 Jun 1829
9 Nov 1898
Rosehill
27
Hempstead Washburne
Galena, Ill.
11 Nov 1852
13 Apr 1918
Graceland
28
George Bell Swift
Cincinnati, Ohio
14 Dec 1845
2 Jul 1912
Rosehill
29
John Patrick Hopkins
Buffalo, N.Y.
29 Oct 1858
13 Oct 1918
Calvary
30
Carter Harrison, Jr
Chicago
23 Apr 1860
25 Dec 1953
Graceland
31
Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne
Waterville, Conn.
12 Oct 1853
24 Ma 1937
Calvary
32
Fred A. Busse
Chicago
3 Mar 1866
9 Jul 1914
Graceland
33
William Hale Thompson
Boston, Mass
14 May 1869
19 Mar 1944
Oak Woods
34
William Emmett Dever
Woburn, Mass.
13 Mar 1862
3 Sep 1929
Calvary
35
Anton J. Cermak
Kladno, Czechoslovakia
9 May 1873
6 Mar 1933
Bohemian National
36
Frank J. Corr
Brooklyn, N.Y.
12 Jan 1877
3 Jun 1934
Holy Sepulchre
37
Edward Joseph Kelly
Chicago
1 May 1876
20 Oct 1950
Calvary
38
Martin H. Kennelly
Chicago
11 Aug 1887
29 Nov 1961
Calvary
39
Richard J. Daley
Chicago
15 May 1902
20 Dec 1976
Calvary
40
Michael A. Bilandic
Chicago
13 Feb 1923
15 Jan 2002
St. Mary Catholic
41
Jane M. Byrne
Chicago
24 May 1934
42
Harold Washington
Chicago
15 Apr 1922
25 Nov 1987
Oak Woods
43
David D. Orr
Bloomington, Ill.
4 Oct 1944
44
Eugene Sawyer
Greensboro, Ala.
3 Sep 1934
19 Jan 2008
Oak Woods
45
Richard M. Daley
Chicago
24 Apr 1942
46
Rahm Emanuel
Chicago
29 Nov 1959

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