The September 19th Chicago Tribune had one of those great Ten Things You Might Not Know columns in the Perspective Section by Mark Jacob and Stephan Benzkofer.
Many were shocked when the current Mayor Daley, Richard M., announced that he was not going to run again. Most likely this is because of the mess Chicago finances are in.
But, Chicago has had other mayors over the years.
1. EIGHT OF THE LAST NINE mayors were born in Illinois, with the exception being Eugene Sawyer, born in Alabama. In the city's early years, New Yorkers dominated with fifteen being born there. Only eleven Illinois-born have been and two were foreign-born: Joseph Medill in Canada and Anton Cermak in Bohemia.
2. JANE BYRNE, Chicago's only female mayor, battled sexism in her rise to mayor.
3. MOST CROOKED MAYOR could be BIG BILL THOMPSON who threatened to punch Britain's King George V in the nose and once staged a "debate" in which he appeared on stage with two caged rats to represent his opponents.
Welcome to Illinois--Richard J. Daley, Mayor. --Cooter
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