List of mayors of Chicago
Missing imageCity_of_Chicago_Flag.png The mayoral term in Chicago was two years from 1837 through 1907, at which time it was lengthened to four years. Until 1861, municipal elections were held in March. In that year, legislation changed them to April. In 1869, however, election time was changed to November, and terms expiring in April of that year were lengthened.
| William Butler Ogden | 1837-1838 |
| Buckner Stith Morris | 1838-1839 |
| Benjamin Wright Raymond |
1839-1840
1842-1843 |
| Alexander Lloyd | 1840-1841 |
| Francis Cornwall Sherman |
1841-1842
1862-1863
1863-1865 |
| Augustus Garrett |
1843-1844
1845-1846 |
| Alson Sherman | 1844-1845 |
| John Putnam Chapin | 1846-1847 |
| James Curtiss | 1847-1848 |
| James Hutchinson Woodworth |
1848-1849
1849-1850 |
| Walter S. Gurnee | 1851-1853 |
| Charles McNeill Gray | 1853-1854 |
| Isaac Lawrence Milliken | 1854-1855 |
| Levi Day Boone | 1855-1856 |
| Thomas Dyer | 1856-1857 |
| John Wentworth | 1857-1858
1860-1861 |
| John Charles Haines | 1858-1860 |
| Julian Sidney Rumsey | 1861-1862 |
| John Blake Rice | 1865-1869 |
| Roswell B. Mason | 1869-1871 |
| Joseph Medill | 1871-1873 |
| Harvey Doolittle Colvin | 1873-1875 |
| Monroe Heath | 1876-1879 |
| Carter Henry Harrison, Sr. | 1879-1887
1893 (assassinated in office) |
| John A. Roche | 1887-1889 |
| DeWitt Clinton Cregier | 1889-1891 |
| Hempstead Washburne | 1891-1893 |
| George Bell Swift | 1893 mayor pro tem
1895-1897 |
| John Patrick Hopkins | 1893-1895 |
| Carter Henry Harrison, Jr. | 1897-1905
1911-1915 |
| Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne | 1905-1907 |
| Fred A. Busse | 1907-1911 |
| William Hale Thompson | 1915-1923
1927-1931 |
| William Emmett Dever | 1923-1927 |
| Anton Joseph Cermak | 1931-1933 (assassinated in office) |
| Frank J. Corr | March 15, 1933-April 17, 1933 (32 days, acting) |
| Edward Joseph Kelly | April 17, 1933-April 15, 1947 |
| Martin H. Kennelly | 1947-1955 |
| Richard Joseph Daley | April 20, 1955-December 20, 1976 (died in office) |
| Michael Anthony Bilandic | December 28, 1976-April 16, 1979 |
| Jane Margaret Byrne | April 16, 1979-April 29, 1983 |
| Harold Washington | April 29, 1983-November 25, 1987 (died in office) |
| David Duvall Orr | November 25, 1987-December 2, 1987 (8 days, interim) |
| Eugene Sawyer | December 2, 1987-April 24, 1989 (acting, elected by City Council) |
| Richard Michael Daley | April 24, 1989-present |
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| Geography
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| Chicago River | I&M Canal | Lake Michigan | Sanitary and Ship Canal
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| History
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| Capone and Prohibition | First Foreign Settler | Fort Dearborn | Great Fire | Mayors | 1968 DNC
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| Places & Landmarks
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| Adler Planetarium | Aon Center | Auditorium Building | Bell Shore Apt. Hotel | Brooks Building | Buckingham Fountain | Daley Center | Dearborn Station | Drake Hotel | Field Museum | Hull House | John Hancock Building | Magnificent Mile | Midway Airport | Millennium Park | MCA | Museum of Sci. & Ind. | Navy Pier | O'Hare Airport | Sears Tower | 2nd Leiter Building | Shedd Aquarium | Tribune Tower | Union Station | Water Tower | Wrigley Building
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| Schools
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| Art Institute | Chicago State | DePaul | Loyola | IIT | John Marshall | North Park | Northeastern | Northwestern | Rush | St. Xavier | U of C | UIC
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| Sports
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| Allstate Arena | Bears (Football) | Blackhawks (Hockey) | Bulls (Basketball) | Chicago Marathon | Chicago Stadium | Comiskey Park | Cubs (Baseball) | Rivalry | Rush (Arena Football) | Fire (Soccer) | Soldier Field | U.S. Cellular Field | United Center | White Sox (Baseball) | Wolves (Hockey) | Wrigley Field
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| Community Areas
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| Albany Park | Archer Heights | Armour Square | Ashburn | Auburn Gresham | Austin | Avalon Park | Avondale | Belmont Cragin | Beverly | Bridgeport | Brighton Park | Burnside | Calumet Heights | Chatham | Chicago Lawn | Clearing | Douglas | Dunning | East Garfield Park | East Side | Edison Park | Edgewater | Englewood | Forest Glen | Fuller Park | Gage Park | Garfield Ridge | Grand Boulevard | Greater Grand Crossing | Hegewisch | Hermosa | Humboldt Park | Hyde Park | Irving Park | Jefferson Park | Kenwood | Lakeview | Lincoln Park | Lincoln Square | Logan Square | Loop | Lower West Side | McKinley Park | Montclare | Morgan Park | Mount Greenwood | Near North Side | Near South Side | Near West Side | New City | North Lawndale | North Center | North Park | Norwood Park | Oakland | O'Hare | Portage Park | Pullman | Riverdale | Rogers Park | Roseland | South Chicago | South Deering | South Lawndale | South Shore | Uptown | Washington Heights | Washington Park | West Elsdon | West Englewood | West Garfield Park | West Lawn | West Pullman | West Ridge | West Town | Woodlawn
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| Neighborhoods
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| Andersonville | Back of the Yards | Bronzeville | Budlong Woods | Buena Park | Cabrini-Green | Chinatown | East Lakeview | Gold Coast | Goose Island | Little Italy | Little Village | New Chinatown | Old Irving Park | Pilsen | Printer's Row | River North | Streeterville | Wrigleyville
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| Counties in Chicagoland
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| Cook, IL | DuPage, IL | Kane, IL | Kendall, IL | Kenosha, WI | Lake, IL | Lake, IN | McHenry, IL | Porter, IN | Will, IL
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See also: List of mayors of Chicago, 1837, 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844
