Alexander Loyd
4th Mayor of Chicago
Party:
Democrat
Elected:
March 3, 1840
Defeated Benjamin Wright Raymond (Whig)
Inauguration:
March 9, 1840: Inaugural Address
Term of office:
1840-1841
Birth:
August 19, 1805
Orange County, NY
Personal:
Builder and contractor who owned a lumberyard and was proprietor of a dry goods and grocery store
Served as chief engineer of the Fire Department
Served several years as alderman
Was survived by four children, his wife preceded him in death
Death:
May 7, 1872
West Lyons, IL
Gravesite:
Rosehill 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 Tribune, May 8, 1872, pg. 6.