Levi Day Boone
14th Mayor of Chicago
Party:
Know-Nothing
Elected:
March 8, 1855
Defeated Isaac L. Milliken (Democrat)
Inauguration:
March 13, 1855: Inaugural Address
Term of office:
1855-1856
Birth:
December 8, 1808
Lexington, KY
Personal:
Nephew of Daniel Boone
1833 - Married Louisa M. Smith, daughter of State Supreme Court Justice Theophilus W. Smith, with whom he had 11 children
Dr. Boone was the city physician for a number of years
The “lager-beer riots” occurred while he was mayor
Worked in the insurance business when ill health prevented him from medicine
Was held under military arrest for assisting a prisoner escape from Camp Douglas, he was later cleared of charges
Served 8 years as alderman of the 2nd ward
Death:
January 24, 1882
Chicago, IL
Gravesite:
Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago
Sources:
Andreas, A. T. History of Chicago: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Chicago: A.T. Andreas, 1884-86.
Grossman, James R., Ann Durkin Keating, and Janice L. Reiff, editors. Encyclopedia of Chicago. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Chicago Daily Tribune, Jan. 25, 1882. pg. 3.
Chicago Daily Tribune, Jan. 27, 1882. pg. 6.