Monroe Heath
23rd Mayor of Chicago
Party:
Republican
Elected:
1st term:
July 12, 1876
Defeated Mark Kimball (Democrat) and James J. McGrath (Independent)
2nd term:
April 3, 1877
Defeated Perry H. Smith (Democrat)
Inaugurations:
1st term: July 24, 1876: Inaugural Address
2nd term: April 30, 1877: Inaugural Address
Terms of office:
1st term: 1876-1877
2nd term: 1877-1879
Birth:
March 27, 1828
Grafton, NH
Personal:
1849 – Went to California during 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, IL with whom he had 4 children
1870 – His business burnt to the ground, then again the following year in the Great Fire
1871 – Elected alderman of 12th Ward, served 5 years
Death:
October 21, 1894
Asheville, NC
Gravesite:
Oakwoods 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, Oct. 22, 1894, pg. 1.