Isaac Lawrence Milliken
13th Mayor of Chicago
Party:
Democrat
Elected:
March 13, 1854
Defeated Amos G. Throop (Temperance)
Inauguration:
March 15, 1854: Inaugural Address
Term of office:
1854-1855
Birth:
August 29, 1815
Saco, ME
Personal:
Trained as a blacksmith
Married Miss Almira Done of Racine, WI; they had no children
Served two terms as alderman, as member of Board of Health, as assistant county judge, and as police justice
Later left the Democratic Party to become a Republican
Death:
December 2, 1889
Chicago, 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 Daily Tribune, Dec. 3, 1889. pg. 6.
Chicago Daily Tribune, Dec. 6, 1889. pg. 6.