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== Mayors of Chicago, Illinois, current or previous ==

The mayoral term in Chicago was two years from 1837 through 1907, at which time it was lengthened to four years. Until 1861, municipal elections were held in March. In that year, legislation changed them to April. In 1869, however, election time was changed to November, and terms expiring in April of that year were lengthened.

#	Name	Term	Party	Notes
1	William Butler Ogden	1837-1838	Democratic
2	Buckner Stith Morris	1838-1839	Whig
3	Benjamin Wright Raymond	1839-1840	Whig
4	Alexander Lloyd	1840-1841	Democratic
5	Francis Cornwall Sherman	1841-1842	Democratic
6	Benjamin Wright Raymond	1842-1843	Whig
7	Augustus Garrett	1843-1844	Democratic
8	Alson Sherman	1844-1845	Independent Democrat
9	Augustus Garrett	1845-1846	Democratic
10	John Putnam Chapin	1846-1847	Whig
11	James Curtiss	1847-1848	Democratic
12	James Hutchinson Woodworth	1848-1850	Independent Democrat
13	James Curtiss	1850-1851	Democratic
14	Walter S. Gurnee	1851-1853	Democratic
15	Charles McNeill Gray	1853-1854	Democratic
16	Isaac Lawrence Milliken	1854-1855	Democratic
17	Levi Day Boone	1855-1856	Know-Nothing
18	Thomas Dyer	1856-1857	Democratic
19	John Wentworth	1857-1858	Democratic
20	John Charles Haines	1858-1860	Democratic
21	John Wentworth	1860-1861	Democratic
22	Julian Sidney Rumsey	1861-1862	Republican
23	Francis Cornwall Sherman	1862-1865	Democratic
24	John Blake Rice	1865-1869	Republican
25	Roswell B. Mason	1869-1871	Citizens
26	Joseph Medill	1871-1873	Fireproof
27	Harvey Doolittle Colvin	1873-1875	People's
28	Monroe Heath	1876-1879	Republican
29	Carter Henry Harrison, Sr.	1879-1887	Democratic
30	John A. Roche	1887-1889	Republican
31	DeWitt Clinton Cregier	1889-1891	Republican
32	Hempstead Washburne	1891-1893	Republican
33	Carter Henry Harrison, Sr.	1893	Democratic	Assassinated in office
34	George Bell Swift	1893	Republican	Mayor Pro Tem
35	John Patrick Hopkins	1893-1895	Democratic
36	George Bell Swift	1895-1897	Republican
37	Carter Henry Harrison, Jr.	1897-1905	Democratic
38	Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne	1905-1907	Democratic
39	Fred A. Busse	1907-1911	Republican
40	Carter Henry Harrison, Jr.	1911-1915	Democratic
41	William Hale Thompson	1915-1923	Republican
42	William Emmett Dever	1923-1927	Democratic
43	William Hale Thompson	1927-1931	Republican
44	Anton Cermak	1931-1933	Democratic	Assassinated in office
45	Frank J. Corr	March 15, 1933 - April 17, 1933	Democratic	32 days, Acting Mayor
46	Edward Joseph Kelly	April 17, 1933 - April 15, 1947	Democratic
47	Martin H. Kennelly	April 15, 1947 - April 20, 1955	Democratic
48	Richard Joseph Daley	April 20, 1955 - December 20, 1976	Democratic	Died in Office
49	Michael Anthony Bilandic	December 28, 1976 - April 16, 1979	Democratic
50	Jane Margaret Byrne	April 16, 1979 - April 29, 1983	Democratic
51	Harold Washington	April 29, 1983 - November 25, 1987	Democratic	Died in Office
52	David Duvall Orr	November 25, 1987 - December 2, 1987	Democratic	8 days, Interim Mayor
53	Eugene Sawyer	December 2, 1987 - April 24, 1989	Democratic	Elected by city council to complete Mayor Washington's term
54	Richard Michael Daley	April 24, 1989 - Present	Democratic