Charles McNeill Gray
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Charles Gray | |
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15th Mayor of Chicago | |
In office 1853–1854 | |
Preceded by | Walter S. Gurnee |
Succeeded by | Isaac Milliken |
Personal details | |
Born | Sherburne, New York | March 7, 1807
Died | October 17, 1885 78) Chicago, Illinois, United States | (aged
Political party | Democratic |
Residence | Chicago, Illinois |
Charles McNeill Gray (March 7, 1807 in Sherburne, New York - October 17, 1885; buried in Graceland Cemetery) served as Mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1853–1854) for the Democratic Party.
Gray arrived in Chicago on July 17, 1834 and took a job as a clerk for Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, later working for Peter Cohen. By 1844 he was a candle maker with his own shop. He subsequently worked as a manufacturer, contractor and railroad man.[1] He was elected mayor in 1853.
References
- ↑ Gale, Edwin O. (1902). Reminiscences of Early Chicago and Vicinity. Chicago: Revell. p. 386.
External links
- Inaugural Address
- Charles McNeill Gray at Chicago public library
- Gray, Charles McNeill, 12th Mayor of Chicago (1807-1885) at The Political Graveyard
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