Jane Margaret Byrne was an American politician who was the first woman to be elected mayor of a major city in the United States. She served as the 50th Mayor of Chicago from April 16,1979,until April 29,1983. Byrne won the Chicago mayoral election on April 3,1979,becoming the first female mayor of the city,the second largest city in the United States at the time. Until the inauguration of Lori Lightfoot in 2019,she was the only female mayor of Chicago. Prior to her tenure as mayor,Byrne served as Chicago's commissioner of consumer sales from 1969 until 1977.
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.
The Chicago Police Department (CPD) is the municipal law enforcement agency of the U.S. city of Chicago,Illinois,under the jurisdiction of the City Council. It is the second-largest municipal police department in the United States,behind the New York City Police Department. It has approximately 12,000 officers and over 1,925 other employees. Tracing its roots back to the year of 1835,the Chicago Police Department is one of the oldest modern police forces in the world.
Charles Lloyd Beck is a retired police officer,ending his career as the Chief of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). A veteran of the department with over four decades as an officer,he is known for commanding and rehabilitating the Rampart Division after the Rampart scandal;and for technology enhancements during his time as Chief of Detectives. He agreed to be interim Superintendent of Police in Chicago in late 2019 while the city searches nationwide for a replacement for retiring Eddie Johnson. Beck took the helm of the Chicago Police Department on December 2,2019 after Johnson was fired. On April 15,2020,Beck stepped down and was replaced by former Dallas Police Department Chief David Brown,who had been nominated by Lightfoot to serve as permanent Superintendent. After his retirement he rejoined the Reserve Corps as a Reserve Police Officer and is assigned to the Office Of The Chief Of Police.
Garry Francis McCarthy is the interim Chief of Police in Willow Springs,Illinois and previous Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department. He was a candidate for Mayor of Chicago in the 2019 Chicago mayoral election.
LeRoy Martin was an American police officer for the Chicago Police Department. In November 1987,Martin became the third African-American and second permanent to serve as superintendent of the department,following the retirement of Fred Rice Jr..
Roderick Terrance Sawyer is an American politician and the current alderman of the 6th ward located in Chicago,Illinois,United States. In addition to serving as alderman,Sawyer is currently the Chairman of the Health and Human Relations Committee,a member of the Progressive Reform Caucus,and the former Chairman of the African American Caucus.
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,Illinois' first African-American mayor,Harold Washington. Incumbent Mayor Jane Byrne,who had served since April 1979 had lost renomination in the Democratic primary in a three-way race between herself,then–Congressman Washington,and then–State's Attorney Richard M. Daley in February 1983. Washington would face off against Republican nominee Benard Epton,winning with a 3.7% lead over Epton in the general election.
Ruth Burnett Love,also known as Ruth B. Love–Holloway is an American educator,education administrator,author and former schools superintendent. Love was formerly a professor of education at her college alma mater San Francisco State University. Love served as superintendent of the Oakland Unified School District from November 1975 until February 1981 and the Chicago Public Schools from March 1981 until March 1985. Love was the first African-American to serve as superintendent for the Chicago Public Schools district. In 1983,Love received the Horatio Alger Award and a Candace Award for Education from the National Coalition of 100 Black Women. Love was named as one among 100 of the best school managers in North America by Educator Magazine in 1984.
Eddie T. Johnson is a former Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department
Lori Elaine Lightfoot is an American attorney and politician serving since 2019 as the 56th mayor of Chicago. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Before becoming mayor,Lightfoot worked in private legal practice as a partner at Mayer Brown and held various government positions in Chicago. Most notably,she served as president of the Chicago Police Board and chair of the Chicago Police Accountability Task Force. Lightfoot ran for Mayor of Chicago in 2019,advancing to a runoff election against Toni Preckwinkle in the February 2019 election. She defeated Preckwinkle in the runoff on April 2,2019.
Edmund L. "Ed" Kelly is an American politician who formerly served as General Superintendent of the Chicago Park District and 47th Ward Democratic Committeeman.
James E. O'Grady is a former law enforcement official who served as Superintendent of the Chicago Police Department and Sheriff of Cook County,Illinois.
Michael F. Sheahan formerly served as Sheriff of Cook County,Illinois and as a Chicago alderman.
Fred Rice,Jr. was an American police officer for the Chicago Police Department who also served as superintendent of the department from August 1983 until November 1987. Rice is noted as the first permanent African-American to head the Chicago Police Department.
Judith Rice is an American politician who served as Chicago City Treasurer from 2000 to 2006 and has served as a judge on the Circuit Court of Cook County 7th sub-circuit since 2014.
Ricahard J. Brzeczek is a former law enforcement official who served as superintendent of the Chicago Police Department from 1980 through 1983.
Robert Shaw was an American politician. He served as a City of Chicago Alderman in the 9th ward for two terms,first in 1979 through 1983 and again from 1987 until 1998. Shaw also served as commissioner on the Cook County Board of Review from 1998 until 2004.
Chicago Public Schools is headed by a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) appointed by the mayor of Chicago. Currently serving as CEO is Pedro Martinez. This job is equivalent to a superintendent,and,before 1995,the occupant of this office was known as the "superintendent of Chicago Public Schools".
