About Chicago
Monroe Heath
23rd 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:
- July 12, 1876
- Defeated Mark Kimball (Democrat) and James J. McGrath (Independent)
- July 12, 1876
- Second term:
- April 3, 1877
- Defeated Perry H. Smith (Democrat)
- April 3, 1877
Inaugurations
- First term: July 24, 1876: Inaugural Address
- Second term: April 30, 1877: Inaugural Address
Terms of Office
- First term: 1876–1877
- Second term: 1877–1879
Birth
- March 27, 1828
- Grafton, N.H.
Personal
- 1849: Went to California during the gold rush and met with some success
- 1851: Founded and was president of Heath & Milligan Manufacturing Company, a paint maker
- 1853: Married Miss Julia Dickerman of Jefferson, Ill., with whom he had four children
- 1870: His business burnt to the ground, then again the following year in the Great Fire
- 1871: Elected alderman of 12th Ward; served five years
Death
- October 21, 1894
- Asheville, N.C.
Gravesite
- Oakwoods 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, October 22, 1894, p. 1.
- Grossman, James R., Ann Durkin Keating and Janice L. Reiff, editors. Encyclopedia of Chicago. University of Chicago Press, 2004.