Harvey Doolittle Colvin
22nd Mayor of Chicago
Party:
People's
Elected:
November 4, 1873
Defeated Lester Legrand Bond (Union)
Inauguration:
December 1, 1873: Inaugural Address
Term of office:
1873-1875
Birth:
December 18, 1815
Herkimer County, NY
Personal:
Married Miss Nancy Churchill of Little Falls, NY and together had 5 children
Worked for 38 years with the United States Express Company
After injury in a cable car fall, went to live with son in Florida
Death:
April 16, 1892
Jacksonville, FL
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, April 17, 1892, pg. 3.
Chicago Daily Tribune, April 20, 1892, pg. 6.