Chicago Mayors
Chicago Mayors Soundex Code C220
See also: Wikipedia page on Mayor of Chicago
Listed in Alphabetical Order
Michael Anthony Bilandic (Tuesday, February 13, 1923 – Tuesday, January 15, 2002)
Lester Legrant Bond (Tuesday, October 27, 1829 - Wednesday, April 15, 1903)
Levi Day Boone (Tuesday, December 6, 1808 - Tuesday, January 24, 1882)
Fred A. Busse (Saturday, March 3, 1866 – Thursday, July 9, 1914)
Jane Margaret Byrne (Thursday, May 24, 1934 - Friday, November 14, 2014)
Anton Joseph Cermak (Friday, May 9, 1873 – Monday, March 6, 1933)
John Putnam Chapin (Saturday, April 21, 1810 - Wednesday, July 27, 1864)
Harvey Doolittle Colvin (Monday, December 18, 1815 - Saturday, April 16, 1892)
Frank J. Corr (Friday, January 12, 1877 – Sunday, June 3, 1934)
DeWitt Clinton Cregier (Monday, June 1, 1829 - Wednesday, November 9, 1898)
James Curtiss (Thursday, April 7, 1803 – Wednesday, November 2, 1859)
Richard Joseph Daley (Thursday, May 15, 1902 – Monday, December 20, 1976)
Richard Michael Daley (Friday, April 24, 1942 - ?)
William Emmett Dever (Thursday, March 13, 1862 – Tuesday, September 3, 1929)
Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne (Wednesday, October 12, 1853 – Monday, May 24, 1937)
Thomas Dyer (Sunday, January 13, 1805 – Friday, June 6, 1862)
Rahm Israel Emanuel (Sunday, November 29, 1959 - ?)
Augustus Garrett (? - 1801 – Thursday, November 30, 1848)
Charles McNeill Gray (Saturday, March 7, 1807 - Saturday, October 17, 1885)
Walter Smith Gurnee (Tuesday, March 9, 1813 – Saturday, April 18, 1903)
John Charles Haines (Tuesday, May 26, 1818 - Saturday, July 4, 1896)
Carter Henry Harrison, Sr. (Tuesday, February 15, 1825 – Saturday, October 28, 1893)
Carter Henry Harrison, Jr. (Monday, April 23, 1860 - Friday, December 25, 1953)
Monroe Heath (Tuesday, March 27, 1827 – Sunday, October 21, 1894)
John Patrick Hopkins (Friday, October 29, 1858 – Sunday, October 13, 1918)
Edward Joseph Kelly (Monday, May 1, 1876 – Friday, October 20, 1950)
Martin H. Kennelly (Thursday, August 11, 1887 – Wednesday, November 29, 1961)
Alexander Lloyd (August 19, 1805 – May 7, 1872)
Roswell B. Mason (Monday, September 19, 1805 – Friday, January 1, 1892)
Joseph Medill (Sunday, April 6, 1823 – Thursday, March 16, 1899)
Isaac Lawrence Milliken (Tuesday, August 29, 1815 – Wednesday, December 2, 1885)
William R. Moorehouse Acting Mayor during Eastland Disaster, 1915
Buckner Stith Morris (Tuesday, August 19, 1800 – Tuesday, December 16, 1879)
William Butler Ogden (Saturday, June 15, 1805 – Friday, August 3, 1877)
David Duvall Orr (Wednesday, October 4, 1944 - ?)
Thomas J.V. Owen (Friday, July 23, 1824 - Sunday, March 19, 1876)
Benjamin Wright Raymond (Monday, June 15, 1801 – Friday, April 6, 1883)
John Blake Rice (Sunday, May 28, 1809 – Thursday, December 17, 1874)
John A. Roche (Monday, August 12, 1844 – Wednesday, February 10, 1904)
Julian Sidney Rumsey (Thursday, April 3, 1823 - Tuesday, April 20, 1886)
Eugene Sawyer (Monday, September 3, 1934 – Saturday, January 19, 2008)
Alson Sherman (Sunday, April 21, 1811 – Sunday, September 27, 1903)
Francis Cornwall Sherman (Wednesday, September 18, 1805 – Monday, November 7, 1870)
George Bell Swift (Sunday, December 14, 1845 – Tuesday, July 2, 1912)
William Hale "Big Bill" Thompson (Friday, May 14, 1869 – Sunday, March 19, 1944)
Hempstead Washburne (Thursday, November 11, 1852 – Sunday, April 13, 1919)
Harold Lee Washington (Saturday, April 15, 1922 – Wednesday, November 25, 1987)
John Wentworth (Sunday, March 5, 1815 – Tuesday, October 16, 1888)
James Hutchinson Woodworth (Tuesday, December 4, 1804 - Friday, March 26, 1869)
Listed in Terms of Office Order
01. William Butler Ogden, served 1837-1838 Democrat first mayor of Chicago
02. Buckner Stith Morris, served 1838-1839 Whig
03. Benjamin Wright Raymond, served 1839-1840 Whig
04. Alexander Lloyd, served 1840-1841 Democrat
05. Francis Cornwall Sherman, served 1841-1842 Democrat
06. Benjamin Wright Raymond, served 2nd term, 1842-1843 Whig
07. Augustus Garrett, served 1843-1844 Democrat
08. Alson Sherman, served 1844-1845 Independent Democrat
09. Augustus Garrett, served 2nd term, 1845-1846 Democrat
10. John Putnam Chapin, served 1846-1847 Whig
11. James Curtiss, served 1847-1848 Democrat
12. James Hutchinson Woodworth, served 1848-1850 Independent Democrat
13. James Curtiss, served 1850-1851 Democrat
14. Walter Smith Gurnee, served 1851-1853 Democrat
15. Charles McNeill Gray, served 1853-1854 Democrat
16. Isaac Lawrence Milliken, served 1854-1855 Democrat
17. Levi Day Boone, served 1855-1856 American Party (1855-1860) Great nephew of Daniel Boone
18. Thomas Dyer, served 1856-1857 Democrat
19. John Wentworth, served 1857-1858 Republican
20. John Charles Haines, 1850-1860 Democrat
21. John Wentworth, served 2nd term 1860-1861 Republican
22. Julian Sidney Rumsey, served 1861-1862 Republican
23. Francis Cornwall Sherman, served 1862-1865 Democrat
24. John Blake Rice, served 1865-1869 Republican
25. Roswell B. Mason, served 1869-1871 Citizen's Party.
26. Joseph Medill, served 1871-1873 Fireproof Party (temporary party)
27. Harvey Doolittle Colvin, served 1873-1875 People's Party
28. Monroe Heath, served 1875-1879 Republican
29. Carter Henry Harrison, Sr., served 1879-1887 Democrat
30. John A. Roche, served 1887-1889 Republican
31. DeWitt Clinton Cregier, served 1889-1891 Democrat
32. Hempstead Washburne, served 1891-1893 Republican
33. Carter Henry Harrison, Sr., served 1893 (assassinated in office) Democrat
34. George Bell Swift, served 1893 (Mayor Pro Tem) Republican
35. John Patrick Hopkins, served 1893-1895 Democrat
36. George Bell Swift, served 2nd term (first full term) 1895-1897 Republican
37. Carter Henry Harrison, Jr., served 1897-1905 Democrat
38. Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne, served 1905-1907 Democrat
39. Fred A. Busse, served 1907-1911 Republican
40. Carter Henry Harrison, Jr. served 2nd term 1911-1915 Democrat
41. William Hale "Big Bill" Thompson, served 1915–1923, Republican
41-A William R. Moorehouse Acting Mayor at time of Eastland Disaster (July 24, 1915).
42. William Emmett Dever, served 1923-1927 Democrat
43. William Hale "Big Bill" Thompson, served second term 1927–1931, Republican
44. Anton Joseph Cermak, served 1931-1933 Democrat
45. Frank J. Corr, served 1933, acting mayor, 33 days Democrat
46. Edward Joseph Kelly, served 1933-1947 Democrat
47. Martin H. Kennelly, served 1947-1955 Democrat
48. Richard Joseph Daley, served 1955-1976 (died in office) Democrat
49. Michael Anthony Bilandic, served 1976-1979 Democrat
50. Jane Margaret Byrne, served 1979-1983 Democrat Fist Female Mayor
51. Harold Lee Washington, served 1983-1987 (died in office) Democrat first Black Mayor
52. David Duvall Orr, served 1987, 8 days, Interim Mayor, Democrat
53. Eugene Sawyer, served 1987–1989, Democrat Elected by city council to complete Mayor Washington's term
54. Richard Michael Daley, served 1989–2011 (longest serving mayor) Democrat
55. Rahm Israel Emanuel, served 2011-? Rahm Emanuel is a Democrat but he and all other candidates in the 2011 election officially ran as nonpartisans. Under a 1995 Illinois law, "candidates for mayor . . . no longer would run under party labels in Chicago. First Jewish Mayor
Listed by Political Party
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
01. William Butler Ogden, served 1837-1838 Democrat first mayor of Chicago
04. Alexander Lloyd, served 1840-1841 Democrat
05. Francis Cornwall Sherman, served 1841-1842 Democrat
07. Augustus Garrett, served 1843-1844 Democrat
08. Alson Sherman, served 1844-1845 Independent Democrat
09. Augustus Garrett, served 2nd term, 1845-1846 Democrat
11. James Curtiss, served 1847-1848 Democrat
13. James Curtiss, served 1850-1851 Democrat
14. Walter Smith Gurnee, served 1851-1853 Democrat
15. Charles McNeill Gray, served 1853-1854 Democrat
16. Isaac Lawrence Milliken, served 1854-1855 Democrat
18. Thomas Dyer, served 1856-1857 Democrat
20. John Charles Haines, 1850-1860 Democrat
23. Francis Cornwall Sherman, served 1862-1865 Democrat
29. Carter Henry Harrison, Sr., served 1879-1887 Democrat
31. DeWitt Clinton Cregier, served 1889-1891 Democrat
33. Carter Henry Harrison, Sr., served 1893 (assassinated in office) Democrat
35. John Patrick Hopkins, served 1893-1895 Democrat
37. Carter Henry Harrison, Jr., served 1897-1905 Democrat
38. Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne, served 1905-1907 Democrat
40. Carter Henry Harrison, Jr. served 2nd term 1911-1915 Democrat
42. William Emmett Dever, served 1923-1927 Democrat
44. Anton Joseph Cermak, served 1931-1933 Democrat
45. Frank J. Corr, served 1933, acting mayor, 33 days Democrat
46. Edward Joseph Kelly, served 1933-1947 Democrat
47. Martin H. Kennelly, served 1947-1955 Democrat
48. Richard Joseph Daley, served 1955-1976 (died in office) Democrat
49. Michael Anthony Bilandic, served 1976-1979 Democrat
50. Jane Margaret Byrne, served 1979-1983 Democrat Fist Female Mayor
51. Harold Lee Washington, served 1983-1987 (died in office) Democrat first Black Mayor
52. David Duvall Orr, served 1987, 8 days, Interim Mayor, Democrat
53. Eugene Sawyer, served 1987–1989, Democrat Elected by city council to complete Mayor Washington's term
54. Richard Michael Daley, served 1989–2011 (longest serving mayor) Democrat
55. Rahm Israel Emanuel, served 2011-? Rahm Emanuel is a Democrat but he and all other candidates in the 2011 election officially ran as nonpartisans. Under a 1995 Illinois law, "candidates for mayor . . . no longer would run under party labels in Chicago. First Jewish Mayor
REPUBLICAN PARTY
19. John Wentworth, served 1857-1858 Republican
21. John Wentworth, served 2nd term 1860-1861 Republican
22. Julian Sidney Rumsey, served 1861-1862 Republican
24. John Blake Rice, served 1865-1869 Republican
28. Monroe Heath, served 1875-1879 Republican
30. John A. Roche, served 1887-1889 Republican
32. Hempstead Washburne, served 1891-1893 Republican
34. George Bell Swift, served 1893 (Mayor Pro Tem) Republican
36. George Bell Swift, served 2nd term (first full term) 1895-1897 Republican
39. Fred A. Busse, served 1907-1911 Republican
41. William Hale "Big Bill" Thompson, served 1915–1923, Republican
43. William Hale "Big Bill" Thompson, served second term 1927–1931, Republican
WHIG PARTY
02. Buckner Stith Morris, served 1838-1839 Whig
03. Benjamin Wright Raymond, served 1839-1840 Whig
06. Benjamin Wright Raymond, served 2nd term, 1842-1843 Whig
10. John Putnam Chapin, served 1846-1847 Whig
OTHER PARTY
12. James Hutchinson Woodworth, served 1848-1850 Independent Democrat
17. Levi Day Boone, served 1855-1856 American Party (1855-1860) Great nephew of Daniel Boone
25. Roswell B. Mason, served 1869-1871 Citizen's Party.
26. Joseph Medill, served 1871-1873 Fireproof Party (temporary party)
27. Harvey Doolittle Colvin, served 1873-1875 People's Party
