death_date children birth_date residence term_end death_place term_start order spouse image name predecessor birth_place party office state district successor article_title
26 march 1869 virginia b w van wyck , julia m , lucius 4 december 1804 chicago , illinois march 3 , 1857 1850 1848 1847 1842 chicago , illinois , united states march 4 , 1855 1848 1845 1842 1839 12th almyra booth jameswoodworth.jpeg james h. woodworth john wentworth james curtiss greenwich , washington county new york independent democrat republican mayor representatives illinois state senate of chicago chicago city council illinois house of illinois 2nd john f. farnsworth james curtiss james hutchinson woodworth

james hutchinson woodworth

james hutchinson woodworth -lrb- december 4 , 1804 -- march 26 , 1869 ; buried in oak woods cemetery , chicago -rrb- , was a former member of the illinois state senate and the illinois state house of representatives , served as a chicago alderman , was elected to consecutive terms as mayor of chicago , illinois -lrb- 1848 -- 1850 -rrb- as an independent democrat , and served one term in the us house of representatives as a member of the republican party .
woodworth completed his career in chicago as one of the city 's most noteworthy bankers .
he is a member of the woodworth political family .
