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Mayor
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Took office
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Left office
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Party
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Terms[B]
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William Butler Ogden
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1837 |
1838
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Democratic
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| 2
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Buckner Stith Morris
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1838 |
1839
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Whig
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| 3
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Benjamin Wright Raymond
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1839 |
1840
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Whig
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| 4
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Alexander Lloyd
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1840 |
1841
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Democratic
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| 5
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Francis Cornwall Sherman
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1841 |
1842
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Democratic
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| 6
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Benjamin Wright Raymond
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1842 |
1843
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Whig
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| 7
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Augustus Garrett
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1843 |
1844
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Democratic
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| 8
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Alson Sherman
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1844 |
1845
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Independent Democrat
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| 9
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Augustus Garrett
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1845 |
1846
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Democratic
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| 10
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John Putnam Chapin
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1846 |
1847
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Whig
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| 11
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James Curtiss
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1847 |
1848
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Democratic
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| 12
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James Hutchinson Woodworth
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1848 |
1850
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Independent Democrat
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| 13
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James Curtiss
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1850 |
1851
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Democratic
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| 14
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Walter S. Gurnee
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1851 |
1853
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Democratic
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| 15
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Charles McNeill Gray
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1853 |
1854
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Democratic
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| 16
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Isaac Lawrence Milliken
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1854 |
1855
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Democratic
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| 17
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Levi Day Boone
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1855 |
1856
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Know-Nothing
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| 18
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Thomas Dyer
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1856 |
1857
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Democratic
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| 19
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John Wentworth
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1857 |
1858
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Democratic
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| 20
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John Charles Haines
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1858 |
1860
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Democratic
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| 21
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John Wentworth
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1860 |
1861
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Democratic
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| 22
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Julian Sidney Rumsey
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1861 |
1862
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Republican
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| 23
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Francis Cornwall Sherman
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1862 |
1865
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Democratic
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| 24
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John Blake Rice
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1865 |
1869
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Republican
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Roswell B. Mason
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1869 |
1871
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Citizens
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| 26
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Joseph Medill
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1871 |
1873
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Fireproof
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| 27
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Harvey Doolittle Colvin
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1873 |
1875
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People's
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Monroe Heath
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1876 |
1879
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Republican
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| 29
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Carter Harrison, Sr.
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1879 |
1887
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Democratic
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| 30
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John A. Roche
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1887 |
1889
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Republican
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| 31
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DeWitt Clinton Cregier
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1889 |
1891
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Republican
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Hempstead Washburne
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1891 |
1893
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Republican
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| 33
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Carter Harrison, Sr.
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1893 |
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Democratic
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Assassinated in office
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George Bell Swift
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1893 |
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Republican
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Mayor Pro Tem
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| 35
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John Patrick Hopkins
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1893 |
1895
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Democratic
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George Bell Swift
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1895 |
1897
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Republican
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| 37
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Carter Harrison, Jr.
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1897 |
1905
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Democratic
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| 38
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Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne
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1905 |
1907
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Democratic
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| 39
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Fred A. Busse
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1907 |
1911
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Republican
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| 40
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Carter Harrison, Jr.
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1911 |
1915
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Democratic
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| 41
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William Hale Thompson
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1915 |
1923
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Republican
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| 42
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William Emmett Dever
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1923 |
1927
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Democratic
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William Hale Thompson
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1927 |
1931
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Republican
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| 44
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Anton Cermak
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1931 |
1933
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Democratic
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Assassinated in office
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| 45
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Frank J. Corr
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March 15, 1933 |
April 17, 1933
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Democratic
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32 days, Acting Mayor
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| 46
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Edward Joseph Kelly
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April 17, 1933 |
April 15, 1947
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Democratic
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Martin H. Kennelly
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April 15, 1947 |
April 20, 1955
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Democratic
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| 48
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Richard J. Daley
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April 20, 1955 |
December 20, 1976
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Democratic
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Died in Office
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| 49
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Michael Anthony Bilandic
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December 28, 1976 |
April 16, 1979
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Democratic
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| 50
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Jane Margaret Byrne
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April 16, 1979 |
April 29, 1983
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Democratic
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| 51
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Harold Washington
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April 29, 1983 |
November 25, 1987
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Democratic
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Died in Office
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| 52
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David Duvall Orr
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November 25, 1987 |
December 2, 1987
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Democratic
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8 days, Interim Mayor
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| 53
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Eugene Sawyer
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December 2, 1987 |
April 24, 1989
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Democratic
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Elected by city council to complete Mayor Washington's term
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Richard M. Daley
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April 24, 1989 |
present
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Democratic
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