Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne
31st Mayor of Chicago
Party:
Democrat
Elected:
April 4, 1905
Defeated John Maynard Harlan (Republican), John Collins (Socialist) and Oliver Stewart (Prohibition)
Inauguration:
April 10, 1905: Inaugural Address
Terms of office:
1905-1907
Birth:
October 12, 1853
Waterville, CT
Personal:
1877 – Received law degree from Union College of Law (now Northwestern University)
1881- Married Miss Elizabeth Kelly of Chicago and together had 13 children
1892 – Elected to circuit court bench
1913 – Elected governor of Illinois, served one term
1930 – Became attorney for Cook county board of election commissioners
1933 - Published 5 volume History of Illinois
Death:
May 24, 1937
Chicago, IL
Gravesite:
Calvary 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, May 25, 1937, pg. 7.