Jane Margaret Byrne was an American politician who served as the 50th mayor of Chicago from April 16,1979,until April 29,1983. Prior to her tenure as mayor,Byrne served as Chicago's commissioner of consumer sales from 1969 until 1977,the only female in the mayoral cabinet.
The mayor of Chicago is the chief executive of city government in Chicago,Illinois,the third-largest city in the United States. The mayor is responsible for the administration and management of various city departments,submits proposals and recommendations to the Chicago City Council,is active in the enforcement of the city's ordinances,submits the city's annual budget and appoints city officers,department commissioners or directors,and members of city boards and commissions.
Edward Joseph Kelly was an American politician who served as the 46th Mayor of Chicago from April 17,1933 until April 15,1947.
Michael Anthony Bilandic was an American Democratic politician and attorney who served as the 49th mayor of Chicago from 1976 to 1979,after the death of his predecessor,Richard J. Daley. Bilandic practiced law in Chicago for several years,having graduated from the DePaul University College of Law. Bilandic served as an alderman in the Chicago City Council,representing the eleventh ward on the south-west side from June 1969 until he began his tenure as mayor in December 1976. After his mayoralty,Bilandic served as chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court from 1994 to 1997.
Gene Schulter was alderman of the 47th ward of the City of Chicago. He was first elected in 1975 and served until his retirement in 2011.
Latasha R. Thomas is an American politician and former alderman of the 17th Ward of the City of Chicago,Illinois,United States. Thomas was appointed to the position of alderman by Mayor Richard M. Daley in 2000,subsequently elected outright in a 2001 special election,and was re-elected in 2003,2007,and 2011. During her tenure as alderman,Thomas worked to get many of the schools within her ward renovated. In the fall of 2014 Thomas announced that she would not seek re-election in 2015 as alderman,following the announcement that a former employee would run in her place.
Forrest Edward Claypool is an American politician who has held several positions in the governments of Chicago,Cook County,and the State of Illinois. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Chicago Public Schools from July 27,2015,until December 8,2017. Previous offices held by Claypool include Superintendent of the Chicago Park District from 1993 to 1998,Chief of Staff to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel,and President of the Chicago Transit Authority. In 2007–2008,Claypool served as a key member of Barack Obama campaign's media team,in his capacity as a longtime partner of David Axelrod.
Roman Conrad Pucinski was an American Democratic politician from Chicago,Illinois. He was a U.S. Representative from 1959 to 1973 and alderman from the 41st Ward of Chicago from 1973 to 1991. He was considered a longtime leader of Chicago Polonia and was seen to represent its interests in Washington.
The Cook County Democratic Party is an American county-level political party organization which represents voters in 50 wards in the city of Chicago and 30 suburban townships of Cook County. The organization has dominated Chicago politics since the 1930s. It relies on an organizational structure of a ward or township committeeperson to elect candidates. At the height of its influence under Richard J. Daley in the 1960s when political patronage in employment was endemic in American cities,it was one of the most powerful political machines in American history. By the beginning of the 21st century the party had largely ceased to function as a machine due to the legal dismantling of the patronage system under the Shakman decrees issued by the federal court in Chicago. The current Chair is Toni Preckwinkle,who is also the elected Cook County Board president.
Burton F. "Burt" Natarus was Alderman of the 42nd Ward of Chicago from 1971 to 2007.
Edward Vincent Hanrahan was an American attorney and politician who served as Cook County State's Attorney from 1968 to 1972. Hanrahan had been a prospective successor to Mayor of Chicago Richard J. Daley. His career was effectively ended after Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton and member Mark Clark were assassinated in a raid by police coordinated by his office in 1969.
The Chicago mayoral election of 1995 resulted in the re-election of Democratic Party nominee incumbent Richard M. Daley over independent candidate Roland Burris,with 359,466 votes to Burris's 217,024. Daley won 60.1% of the total vote,winning by a landslide 24-point margin. The Republican candidate,Raymond Wardingley,fared poorly with only 2.8% of the vote. A fourth-place candidate,Harold Washington Party nominee Lawrence Redmond,won 0.9% of the votes.
The Chicago mayoral election of 1989 saw Democratic nominee Richard M. Daley win election to the remainder of an unexpired mayoral term with a 14% margin of victory. This marked a return for the Daley family to the office of mayor. Daley was elected over Alderman Timothy Evans,the nominee of the newly formed Harold Washington Party,and the Republican nominee Ed Vrdolyak.
The Chicago mayoral election of 1983 was first the primary on February 22,1983,which was followed by the general on April 12,1983. The election saw the election of Chicago's first African-American mayor,Harold Washington. Incumbent Mayor Jane Byrne,who had served since April 16,1979 had lost renomination in the Democratic primary in a three-way race between herself,then–Congressman Washington,and then–Cook County State’s Attorney Richard M. Daley in February 1983. Washington would face off against Republican nominee Bernard Epton,winning with a 3.7% lead over Epton in the general election.
The 1979 Chicago mayoral election was first the primary on February 27,1979,which was followed by the general on April 3,1979. The election saw the election of Chicago,Illinois' first female mayor,and the first female mayor of any major American city,Jane M. Byrne. Byrne defeated Republican Wallace Johnson by a landslide 66 percent margin of victory,winning more than 82 percent of the vote. Byrne's 82% of the vote is the most any candidate has received in a Chicago mayoral election.
The Chicago mayoral election of 1977 was a special election held on June 7,1977 to complete the remainder of the unexpired mayoral term of Richard J. Daley who died of a heart attack in December 1976. The election saw Interim Mayor Michael A. Bilandic win the election. Bliandic defeated Republican Dennis H. Block by a landslide 56% margin.
Elections were held in Cook County,Illinois,on November 5,1946. Republicans took control of most county offices and occupied both seats of the Board of Appeals,although Democrats retained their majority in the Board of Commissioners. The Republican landslide reflected similar trends in state and federal elections at the time but was nevertheless unexpected. It resulted in the resignation of Democratic leader Edward Joseph Kelly and ultimately the end of his tenure as Mayor of Chicago. Republicans failed to capitalize on this victory in the following year's Chicago mayoral election,which was won by Democrat Martin Kennelly.
Dick Weldon Simpson is an American professor,author,politician,activist,political consultant,and filmmaker who formerly served as a Chicago alderman from 1971 through 1979.
In the 1980 Cook County State's Attorney election,incumbent second-term state's attorney Bernard Carey,a Republican,was unseated by Democrat Richard M. Daley.
Stanley T. Kusper,Jr. is an American politician and lawyer who served as Cook County clerk from 1973 to 1990.
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