Fred A. Busse
32nd Mayor of Chicago
Party:
Republican
Elected:
April 2, 1907
Defeated Edward F. Dunne (Democrat), George Koop (Socialist) and William A. Brubaker (Prohibition)
Inauguration:
April 15, 1907: Inaugural Address
Terms of office:
1907-1911
Birth:
March 3, 1866
Chicago, IL
Personal:
His father, Gustave Busse, was a captain for the Union in the Civil War
President of Busse Coal Co.
1894 – Elected to Illinois State House, re-elected 1896
1898 – Elected to Illinois State Senate
1902 – Elected State Treasurer
1905 – President Roosevelt named him postmaster
1907 – First mayor to serve 4 year term, second Chicago-born mayor
1908 – Secretly married Miss Josephine Lee, they had no children
Attained rank of thirty-second degree Mason
Death:
July 9, 1914
Chicago, IL
Gravesite:
Graceland Cemetery, Chicago
Sources:
Grossman, James R., Ann Durkin Keating, and Janice L. Reiff, editors. Encyclopedia of Chicago. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Chicago Daily Tribune, April 3, 1907, pg. 5.
Chicago Daily Tribune, July 10, 1914, pg. 5.