About Chicago
Walter S. Gurnee
11th Mayor of Chicago
Frank, S.B. Chicago: Memorable Events and the Mayors We’ve Had. S.B. Frank, 1894. SPE CCW 41/14
Party
- Democrat (without formal party nomination)
Elected
- First term:
- March 4, 1851
- Defeated James Curtiss, Edward K. Rogers and Eli B. Williams (Democrats without party nomination)
- March 4, 1851
- Second term:
- March 2, 1852
- Defeated James Curtiss and Peter Page (Democrats without formal party nomination), and Amos G. Throop (Temperance)
- March 2, 1852
Inaugurations
- First term: March 11, 1851: Inaugural Address
- Second term: March 9, 1852: Inaugural Address
Terms of Office
- First term: 1851–1852
- Second term: 1852–1853
Birth
- March 9, 1813
- Haverstraw, N.Y.
Personal
- Lived in Chicago from 1836 until 1863, when he returned to New York
- Established what was then the largest tannery in the west
- One of the original directors of the Board of Trade and one of the founders of Winnetka, Ill.
- Was president of the Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad
- At his death, he was survived by four children; his wife, Mary, predeceased him by 10 years
Death
- April 17, 1903
- New York, N.Y.
Gravesite
- Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Tarrytown, N.Y.
Sources
- Andreas, A.T. History of Chicago: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. A.T. Andreas, 1884–86.
- Chicago Tribune, April 19, 1903, p. 7.
- Chicago Tribune, September 17, 1893, p. 5.
- Grossman, James R., Ann Durkin Keating and Janice L. Reiff, editors. Encyclopedia of Chicago. University of Chicago Press, 2004.
- New York Times, April 20, 1903, p. 7.