James Hutchinson Woodworth
10th Mayor of Chicago

Party:
Independent Democrat (Fusion ticket of Whigs & Democrats)

Elected:
1st term:
March 7, 1848
Defeated James Curtiss (Democrat)

2nd term:
March 6, 1849
Defeated Timothy Wait, Samuel D. Childs, & Lewis C. Kerchival (Democrats without formal party nomination)

Inaugurations:
1st Term: March 14, 1848: Inaugural Address
2nd Term: March 16, 1849 Inaugural Address

Terms of office:
1st term: 1848-1849
2nd term: 1849-1850

Birth:
December 4, 1804
Greenwich, NY

Personal:
Worked in the dry goods business
1842 - Married Miss Booth of Onondaga Co., NY
Served in Illinois State Senate, Illinois State House, Chicago City Council and as U.S. Congressman.
Owned and operated Chicago Hydraulic Flouring Mills for 10 years.
Served as president at both Merchants & Mechanics’ Bank and Treasury Bank of Chicago.

Death:
March 26, 1869
Highland Park, IL

Gravesite:
Oakland Cemetery, Dolton, IL

Sources:
Andreas, A. T.  History of Chicago: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Chicago: A.T. Andreas, 1884-86.
Dodge, Andrew R. and Betty K. Koed, editors. Biographical directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005: the Continental Congress, September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788, and the Congress of the United States, from the First through the One Hundred Eighth Congresses, March 4, 1789, to January 3, 2005, inclusive. Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O., 2005.
Grossman, James R., Ann Durkin Keating, and Janice L. Reiff, editors. Encyclopedia of Chicago. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Chicago Tribune, Mar. 30, 1869, pg. 3.