William Butler Ogden
1st Mayor of Chicago
"I was born close to a saw mill, was early left an orphan, christened in a millpond, graduated at a log school house, and at fourteen fancied I could do any thing I turned my hand to, and that nothing was impossible..."
- W. B. Ogden
Party:
Democrat
Elected:
May 2, 1837
Defeated John H. Kinzie (Whig)
Term of office:
1837-1838
Birth:
June 15, 1805
Walton, NY
Personal:
1834 - Elected to the Legislature of New York
1860 - Elected to the Illinois Senate
1875 - Married Miss Mariana Arnot
Death:
August 3, 1877
Fordham Heights, NY
Gravesite:
Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY
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.