Mayor of Chicago
List of mayors

Mayor of Chicago

Section Title: List of mayors
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#	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Terms	Years	Party

1	1	William B. Ogden	1837	1838	1	1	Democratic

2	2	Buckner S. Morris	1838	1839	1	1	Whig

3	3	Benjamin W. Raymond	1839	1840	1	1	Whig

4	4	Alexander Loyd	1840	1841	1	1	Democratic

5	5	Francis C. Sherman	1841	1842	1	1	Democratic

6	(3)	Benjamin W. Raymond	1842	1843	1	1	Whig

7	6	Augustus Garrett	1843	1844	1	1	Democratic

8	7	Alson Sherman	1844	1845	1	1	None

9	(6)	Augustus Garrett	1845	1846	1	1	Democratic

10	8	John P. Chapin	1846	1847	1	1	Whig

11	9	James Curtiss	1847	1848	1	1	Democratic

12	10	James H. Woodworth	1848	1850	2	2	None

13	(9)	James Curtiss	1850	1851	1	1	Democratic

14	11	Walter S. Gurnee	1851	1853	2	2	Democratic

15	12	Charles McNeill Gray	1853	1854	1	1	Democratic

16	13	Isaac L. Milliken	1854	1855	1	1	Democratic

17	14	Levi Boone	1855	1856	1	1	American

18	15	Thomas Dyer	1856	1857	1	1	Democratic

19	16	John Wentworth	1857	1858	1	1	Republican

20	17	John C. Haines	1858	1860	2	2	Democratic

21	(16)	John Wentworth	1860	1861	1	1	Republican

22	18	Julian S. Rumsey	1861	1862	1	1	Republican

23	(5)	Francis C. Sherman	1862	1865	2	2	Democratic

24	19	John B. Rice	1865	1869	2	4	Republican

25	20	Roswell B. Mason	1869	1871	1	2	Citizens

26	21	Joseph Medill	1871	1873	1	2	Republican (Dry)

Lester L. Bond (acting mayor pro temp)	1873	1873	​1⁄4	​1⁄2	Republican

27	22	Harvey Doolittle Colvin	1873	1875	1	2	Republican (Wet)

28	23	Monroe Heath	1876	1879	2	4	Republican

29	24	Carter Harrison Sr.	1879	1887	4	8	Democratic

30	25	John A. Roche	1887	1889	1	2	Republican

31	26	DeWitt C. Cregier	1889	1891	1	2	Democratic

32	27	Hempstead Washburne	1891	1893	1	2	Republican

33	(24)	Carter Harrison Sr. †	1893	1893	​1⁄4	​1⁄2	Democratic

34	28	George Bell Swift (interim mayor)	1893	1893	​1⁄12	​1⁄6	Republican

35	29	John P. Hopkins	1893	1895	​2⁄3	3	Democratic

36	(28)	George Bell Swift	1895	1897	1	2	Republican

37	30	Carter Harrison Jr.	1897	1905	4	8	Democratic

38	31	Edward F. Dunne	1905	1907	1	2	Democratic

39	32	Fred A. Busse	1907	1911	1	4	Republican

40	(30)	Carter Harrison Jr.	1911	1915	1	4	Democratic

41	33	William H. Thompson	1915	1923	2	8	Republican

42	34	William E. Dever	1923	1927	1	4	Democratic

43	(33)	William H. Thompson	1927	1931	1	4	Republican

44	35	Anton Cermak †	1931	1933	​1⁄2	2	Democratic

45	36	Frank J. Corr (acting mayor)	1933	1933	Democratic

46	37	Edward J. Kelly	1933	1947	3 ​1⁄2	14	Democratic

47	38	Martin H. Kennelly	1947	1955	2	8	Democratic

48	39	Richard J. Daley †	1955	1976	5 ​3⁄8	21	Democratic

49	40	Michael A. Bilandic	1976	1979	​5⁄8	2 ​1⁄3	Democratic

50	41	Jane Byrne	1979	1983	1	4	Democratic

51	42	Harold Washington †	1983	1987	1 ​1⁄8	4 ​7⁄12	Democratic

52	43	David Orr (acting mayor)	1987	1987	Democratic

53	44	Eugene Sawyer	1987	1989	​17⁄48	1 ​1⁄2	Democratic

54	45	Richard M. Daley	1989	2011	5 ​1⁄2	22	Democratic1

55	46	Rahm Emanuel	2011	2019	2	8	Democratic1

56	47	Lori Lightfoot	Mayor-elect	Democratic1

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Jane Byrne was the mayor of Chicago from 1979 to 1983.

final_sentence: Jane Byrne was the mayor of Chicago from 1979 to 1983.