About Chicago
John Charles Haines
17th Mayor of Chicago
Frank, S.B. Chicago: Memorable Events and the Mayors We’ve Had. S.B. Frank, 1894. SPE CCW 41/14
Party
- Republican
Elected
- First term:
- March 2, 1858
- Defeated Daniel Brainard (Democrat)
- March 2, 1858
- Second term:
- March 1, 1859
- Defeated Marcus Gilman (Democrat)
- March 1, 1859
Inaugurations
- First term: March 2, 1858: Inaugural Address not available
- Second term: March 16, 1859: Inaugural Address
Terms of Office
- First term: 1858–1859
- Second term: 1859–1860
Birth
- May 26, 1818
- Deerfield, N.Y.
Personal
- 1846: Purchased Chicago Flour Mills
- 1848: Elected to City Council, served six years
- Twice elected as water commissioner and twice elected to Illinois State Senate
- After leaving public life, engaged in the banking business
- Nicknamed the “Dusty Miller”
- Was survived by his wife and four children
Death
- July 4, 1896
- Waukegan, Ill.
Gravesite
- Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago
Sources
- Andreas, A.T. History of Chicago: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. A.T. Andreas, 1884–86.
- Chicago Daily Tribune, July 5, 1896, p. 15.
- Chicago Daily Tribune, July 5, 1896, p. 34.
- Grossman, James R., Ann Durkin Keating and Janice L. Reiff, editors. Encyclopedia of Chicago. University of Chicago Press, 2004.
- Visitors Guide to Historic Rosehill. Chicago: Rosehill Cemetery & Mausoleum, 1987.