About Chicago
Julian Sidney Rumsey
18th Mayor of Chicago
Frank, S.B. Chicago: Memorable Events and the Mayors We’ve Had. S.B. Frank, 1894. SPE CCW 41/14
Party
- Republican
Elected
- April 16, 1861
- Defeated Thomas B. Bryan (Union)
Inauguration
- May 6, 1861: Inaugural Address
Term of Office
- 1861–1862
Birth
- April 3, 1823
- Batavia, N.Y.
Personal
- 1848: Married the daughter of John Turner; together they had nine children
- Was a grain merchant
- Served as Cook County treasurer and president of the Board of Trade
Death
- April 20, 1886
- Chicago
Gravesite
- Graceland Cemetery, Chicago
Sources
- Andreas, A.T. History of Chicago: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. A.T. Andreas, 1884–86.
- Chicago Daily Tribune, April 21, 1886, p. 1.
- Chicago Tribune, April 17, 1861, p. 4.
- Grossman, James R., Ann Durkin Keating and Janice L. Reiff, editors. Encyclopedia of Chicago. University of Chicago Press, 2004.