Raymond H. LaHood is an American politician who served as the 16th United States Secretary of Transportation from 2009 to 2013 under President Barack Obama. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served in the Illinois House of Representatives (1982–1983) and United States House of Representatives (1995–2009).
The mayor of Philadelphia is the chief executive of the government of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,as stipulated by the Charter of the City of Philadelphia. The current mayor of Philadelphia is Jim Kenney,whose term as mayor expires in 2024.
Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne was an American politician who was the 24th Governor of Illinois from 1913 to 1917 and previously served as the 38th mayor of Chicago from April 5,1905 to 1907. Dunne is the only person to be elected both Mayor of Chicago and Governor of Illinois.
Francis Cornwall Sherman served as Mayor of Chicago,Illinois,for three terms as a member of the Democratic Party.
William Emmett Dever was the mayor of Chicago from 1923 to 1927. He had previously served as a judge and before that an alderman. As an alderman and judge he would work to become the Democratic candidate for mayor for over two decades.
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.
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.
Lester Legrant Bond was a member of the Illinois state House of Representatives from 1866 to 1870 and served as acting Mayor of Chicago,appointed by Joseph Medill in 1873 when Medill left for Europe.
Woodruff Career and Technical Center is a public vocational school located in Peoria,Illinois. Until 2010,it was a standard comprehensive high school known as E. N. Woodruff High School,and was more commonly known as Woodruff High School or simply Woodruff. The original high school opened in 1937 and was closed for one school year (2010–2011),reopening as a specialized high school with its current name.
Jim Ardis is an American corporate executive and politician who served as mayor of Peoria,Illinois from 2005 to 2021. Prior to becoming mayor,he had previously served on the Peoria City Council from 1999 through 2005. Ardis is the second-longest serving mayor in city history behind Edward Nelson Woodruff.
George H. Harlow was an American politician. Born in New York,he was originally a student of carpentry and architecture. He entered the mercantile business soon after he moved to Pekin,Illinois. In 1860,he was elected clerk of the circuit court,then co-founded a Union League of America chapter,later serving at the state level of the organization. Harlow was the personal secretary to Governor Richard J. Oglesby and oversaw Camp Butler starting in 1864. He was elected assistant Illinois Secretary of State for four years starting in 1868,then was the secretary from 1872 to 1880. After his terms expired,he traded commodities in Chicago.
Robert Boal was an American politician and physician from Pennsylvania. After schooling in Ohio,Boal moved to Lacon,Illinois,where he practiced medicine for thirty years. Boal was elected to the Illinois Senate in 1844,serving for four years. He returned to the General Assembly with an 1856 election to the Illinois House of Representatives. After serving a pair of two-year terms,he was made a trustee of the Illinois Institute of the Deaf and Dumb. During the Civil War,Boal examined soldiers from his congressional district. He later directed the Peoria State Hospital.
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1905,Democrat Edward F. Dunne defeated Republican John Maynard Harlan and Socialist John Collins.
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1863,Democrat Francis Cornwall Sherman won reelection,defeating National Union (Republican) nominee Thomas Barbour Bryan by an extremely narrow quarter percent margin.
The Chicago mayoral elections of 1876 is one of only two instances in which a Chicago mayoral election was declared invalid.
Francis J. Cain was an American politician and insurance agent who served as the 35th Mayor of Burlington,Vermont. During his tenure he was the highest office holder in the Vermont Democratic Party.
The Cook County,Illinois,general elections were held on November 8,2022. Primaries were be held on June 28,2022.
Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday,November 7,1950.
Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday,November 5,1940.
The 1920 Illinois gubernatorial election was held on November 2,1920.
