List of mayors of Chicago

Mayors of Chicago, Illinois, current or previous

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 Ogden1837-1838
Buckner Stith Morris1838-1839
Benjamin Wright Raymond 1839-1840
1842-1843
Alexander Lloyd1840-1841
Francis Cornwall Sherman 1841-1842
1862-1863
1863-1865
Augustus Garrett 1843-1844
1845-1846
Alson Sherman1844-1845
John Putnam Chapin1846-1847
James Curtiss1847-1848
James Hutchinson Woodworth 1848-1849
1849-1850
Walter S. Gurnee1851-1853
Charles McNeill Gray1853-1854
Isaac Lawrence Milliken1854-1855
Levi Day Boone1855-1856
Thomas Dyer1856-1857
John Wentworth1857-1858
1860-1861
John Charles Haines1858-1860
Julian Sidney Rumsey1861-1862
John Blake Rice1865-1869
Roswell B. Mason1869-1871
Joseph Medill1871-1873
Harvey Doolittle Colvin1873-1875
Monroe Heath1876-1879
Carter Henry Harrison, Sr.1879-1887
1893 (assassinated in office)
John A. Roche1887-1889
DeWitt Clinton Cregier1889-1891
Hempstead Washburne1891-1893
George Bell Swift1893 mayor pro tem
1895-1897
John Patrick Hopkins1893-1895
Carter Henry Harrison, Jr.1897-1905
1911-1915
Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne1905-1907
Fred A. Busse1907-1911
William Hale Thompson1915-1923
1927-1931
William Emmett Dever1923-1927
Anton Joseph Cermak 1931-1933 (assassinated in office)
Frank J. CorrMarch 15, 1933-April 17, 1933 (32 days, acting)
Edward Joseph KellyApril 17, 1933-April 15, 1947
Martin H. Kennelly1947-1955
Richard Joseph DaleyApril 20, 1955-December 20, 1976 (died in office)
Michael Anthony BilandicDecember 28, 1976-April 16, 1979
Jane Margaret ByrneApril 16, 1979-April 29, 1983
Harold WashingtonApril 29, 1983-November 25, 1987 (died in office)
David Duvall OrrNovember 25, 1987-December 2, 1987 (8 days, interim)
Eugene SawyerDecember 2, 1987-April 24, 1989 (acting, elected by City Council)
Richard Michael DaleyApril 24, 1989-present

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