About Chicago
Hempstead Washburne
27th 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 7, 1891
- Defeated DeWitt C. Cregier (Democrat), Carter Henry Harrison, Sr. (Independent-Democrat), Thomas J. Morgan (Socialist) and Elmer Washburn (Citizens’ Party)
Inauguration
- April 27, 1891: Inaugural Address
Term of Office
- 1891–1893
Birth
- November 11, 1852
- Galena, Ill.
Personal
- Studied metaphysics at University of Bonn, Germany
- 1876: Graduated from Union College of Law (now Northwestern Law School)
- 1880: Appointed master in chancery of the Superior Court
- 1883: Married Miss Annie M. Clarke; together they had four children
- 1885: Elected Chicago city attorney
Death
- April 13, 1918
- 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 14, 1918, p. 14.
- Chicago Daily Tribune, April 15, 1918, p. 9.
- Grossman, James R., Ann Durkin Keating and Janice L. Reiff, editors. Encyclopedia of Chicago. University of Chicago Press, 2004.