About Chicago
Michael Anthony Bilandic
40th Mayor of Chicago
Party
- Democrat
Elected
- First term:
- Elected by City Council (following the death of Mayor Richard J. Daley) to serve as acting mayor pending a special election
- Second term:
- April 19, 1977 (primary)
- Defeated Edward V. Hanrahan, Anthony Martin-Trigona, Roman Pucinski, Ellis Reid and Harold Washington
- June 7, 1977 (general)
- Defeated Dennis Block (Republican), Dennis Brasky (Socialist Labor) and Gerald Rose (U.S. Labor)
- April 19, 1977 (primary)
Inaugurations
- First term: December 28, 1976: Inaugural Address
- Second term: June 22, 1977: Inaugural Address
Terms of Office
- First term: 1976–1977
- Second term: 1977–1979
Birth
- February 13, 1923
- Chicago
Personal
- Graduated from DePaul University with law degree
- Served in World War II as a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps
- 1969: Elected alderman of the 11th Ward
- 1977: Married Heather Morgan; together they had one child
- Started ChicagoFest
- 1984: Won seat on the Illinois Appellate Court
- 1990: Elected to a 10-year term as justice of the Illinois Supreme Court
- 1994: Became chief justice of Illinois Supreme Court
Death
- January 15, 2002
- Chicago
Gravesite
- St. Mary Catholic Cemetery, Evergreen Park, Ill.
Sources
- Chicago Tribune, January 17, 2002, p. 1.
- Grossman, James R., Ann Durkin Keating and Janice L. Reiff, editors. Encyclopedia of Chicago. University of Chicago Press, 2004.
- St. Mary Catholic Cemetery, Evergreen Park, Ill.