List of Chicago Mayors
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The term of office of the mayor of Chicago was 1,837 to 1,863 one year. Then until 1907 two years at a time. It was then extended to four years. Until 1861 the elections were held in March, then in April. In 1869 the election date was finally postponed to November. The term of office, which would have ended in April of this year, was extended to November.
| mayor | Terms of office | comment |
|---|---|---|
| William Butler Ogden | 1837-1838 | |
| Buckner Stith Morris | 1838-1839 | |
| Benjamin Wright Raymond | 1839-1840 | |
| Alexander Loyd | 1840-1841 | |
| Francis Cornwall Sherman | 1841-1842 | |
| Benjamin Wright Raymond | 1842-1843 | |
| Augustus Garrett | 1843-1844 | |
| Alson Sherman | 1844-1845 | |
| Augustus Garrett | 1845-1846 | |
| John Putnam Chapin | 1846-1847 | |
| James Curtiss | 1847-1848 | |
| James Hutchinson Woodworth | 1848-1850 | |
| James Curtiss | 1850-1851 | |
| 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 | |
| John Charles Haines | 1858-1860 | |
| John Wentworth | 1860-1861 | |
| Julian Sidney Rumsey | 1861-1862 | |
| Francis Cornwall Sherman | 1862-1863 1863-1865 |
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| 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 | |
| John A. Roche | 1887-1889 | |
| DeWitt Clinton Cregier | 1889-1891 | |
| Hempstead Washburne | 1891-1893 | |
| Carter Henry Harrison Sr. | 1893 | killed in office |
| George Bell Swift | 1893 | provisional |
| John Patrick Hopkins | 1893-1895 | |
| George Bell Swift | 1895-1897 | |
| Carter Henry Harrison Jr. | 1897-1905 | |
| Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne | 1905-1907 | |
| Fred A. Busse | 1907-1911 | |
| Carter Henry Harrison Jr. | 1911-1915 | |
| William Hale Thompson | 1915-1923 | |
| William Emmett Dever | 1923-1927 | |
| William Hale Thompson | 1927-1931 | |
| Anton Cermak | 1931-1933 | murdered in office |
| Frank J. Corr | March 15, 1933-17. April 1933 | 32 days, provisional |
| Edward Joseph Kelly | April 17, 1933-15. April 1947 | |
| Martin Henry Kennelly | 1947-1955 | |
| Richard Joseph Daley | April 20, 1955-20. December 1976 | died in office |
| Michael Anthony Bilandic | December 28, 1976-16. April 1979 | |
| Jane Margaret Byrne | April 16, 1979-29. April 1983 | |
| Harold Lee Washington | April 29, 1983-25. November 1987 | died in office |
| David Duvall Orr | November 25, 1987-2. December 1987 | 8 days, provisional |
| Eugene Sawyer | December 2, 1987-24. April 1989 | provisional, elected by the city council |
| Richard Michael Daley | April 24, 1989-16. May 2011 | |
| Rahm Israel Emanuel | May 16, 2011-20. May 2019 | |
| Lori Lightfoot | since May 20, 2019 |