Martin Henry Kennelly
38th Mayor of Chicago
Party:
Democrat
Elected:
1st term:
February 25, 1947 (primary)
Unopposed
April 1, 1947 (general)
Defeated Russell W. Root (Republican)
2nd term:
February 27, 1951 (primary)
Unopposed
April 3, 1951 (general)
Defeated Robert L. Hunter (Republican)
Inaugurations:
1st term: April 15, 1947: Inaugural Address
2nd term: April 19, 1951: Inaugural Address
Terms of office:
1st term: 1947-1951
2nd term: 1951-1955
Birth:
August 11, 1887
Chicago, IL
Personal:
Quit school in grade school and took a job at Marshall Field & Co. as a stockroom boy
Served in WWI rising to the rank of captain in the quartermaster corps
Served as director of the Chicago Association of Commerce
Never married
Headed the Werner-Kennelly company, a warehouse and trucking business
Death:
November 29, 1961
Chicago, IL
Gravesite:
Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, IL
Sources:
Grossman, James R., Ann Durkin Keating, and Janice L. Reiff, editors. Encyclopedia of Chicago. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Chicago Daily Tribune, Nov. 30, 1961, pg. 1.
Chicago Daily Tribune, Dec. 1, 1961, pg. A16.