Please answer the following question: Facts: - death place: chicago , illinois - residence: chicago , illinois - order: 19th 21st - successor: norman john charles haines julian sidney rumsey b. judd james h. woodworth richard s. molony - party: democratic -rrb- -lrb- 1843 -- 1855 -rrb- republican -lrb- 1857 - death date: 16 october 1888 - predecessor: isaac john charles haines n. arnold willis allen district created thomas dyer - office: mayor of chicago mayor of chicago - spouse: roxanna marie loomis - district: 1st 2nd 4th - term end: march 3 , 1851 1858 1861 3 , 1867 march 3 , 1855 march - birth date: 5 march 1815 - state: illinois illinois illinois - name: john wentworth - term start: march 4 , 1843 1857 1860 4 , 1865 march 4 , 1853 march - image: john wentworth of chicago.jpeg - birth place: sandwich , new hampshire , u.s. Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john wentworth -lrb- illinois -rrb- .
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john wentworth -lrb- nicknamed '' long john '' -rrb- -lrb- march 5 , 1815 -- october 16 , 1888 -rrb- was the editor of the '' chicago democrat , '' publisher of an extensive wentworth family genealogy , a two-term mayor of chicago , and a six-term member of the united states house of representatives , both before and after his service as mayor .after growing up in new hampshire , he joined the migration west and moved to the developing city of chicago in 1836 , where he made his adult life .wentworth was affiliated with the democratic party until 1855 ; then he changed to the republican party .after retiring from politics , he wrote a three-volume genealogy of the wentworth family in the united states .