About Chicago
Edward Joseph Kelly
37th Mayor of Chicago

Chicago. Police Dept. Annual Report. 1933.
Party
- Democrat
Elected
- First term:
- April 13, 1933
- Elected by City Council to complete unexpired term of Mayor Anton Cermak
- April 13, 1933
- Second term:
- February 26, 1935 (primary)
- Defeated John P. O’Meara, Martin Powroznik and James Fred Robertson
- April 2, 1935 (general)
- Defeated Newton Jenkins (Third Party) and Emil C. Wetten (Republican)
- February 26, 1935 (primary)
- Third term:
- February 28, 1939 (primary)
- Defeated Thomas J. Courtney, James Fred Robertson and James J. Ryan
- April 4, 1939 (general)
- Defeated Dwight H. Green (Republican) and Arthur P. Reilly (Third Party)
- February 28, 1939 (primary)
- Fourth term:
- February 23, 1943 (primary)
- Defeated John S. Boyle and Billy Patts
- April 6, 1943 (general)
- Defeated George B. McKibbin (Republican)
- February 23, 1943 (primary)
Inaugurations
- First term: April 17, 1933: Inaugural Address
- Second term: April 8, 1935: Inaugural Address
- Third term: April 12, 1939: Inaugural Address
- Fourth term: April 9, 1943: Inaugural Address
Terms of Office
- First term: 1933–1935
- Second term: 1935–1939
- Third term: 1939–1943
- Fourth term: 1943–1947
Birth
- May 1, 1876
- Chicago
Personal
- Became newsboy at 9, cash boy in a department store at 11, office boy for a broker at 14, and later undertaker and surveyor
- Married Mary Roche, who died in 1918; together they had a son who died at age 14
- 1922: Married Margaret E. Kirk of Kansas City, Mo.; together they adopted three children
- 1922: Became south park commissioner, and eventually president of the board until elected mayor
- Served as chief engineer of the Sanitary District
- 1944: Took over post of county chairman
Death
- October 20, 1950
- Chicago
Gravesite
- Calvary Cemetery, Chicago
Sources
- Chicago Daily Tribune, April 14, 1933, p. 1.
- Chicago Daily Tribune, October 21, 1950, p. 1+.
- Grossman, James R., Ann Durkin Keating and Janice L. Reiff, editors. Encyclopedia of Chicago. University of Chicago Press, 2004.



