James Hutchinson Woodworth

10th Mayor of Chicago

Party

• Independent Democrat (Fusion ticket of Whigs and Democrats)

Elected

• First term:
  • March 7, 1848
    • Defeated James Curtiss (Democrat)
• Second term:
  • March 6, 1849
    • Defeated Samuel D. Childs, Lewis C. Kerchival and Timothy Wait (Democrats without formal party nomination)

Inaugurations

• First term: March 14, 1848: Inaugural Address
• Second term: March 16, 1849: Inaugural Address

Terms of Office

• First term: 1848–1849
• Second term: 1849–1850

Birth

• December 4, 1804
• Greenwich, N.Y.

Personal

• Worked in the dry goods business
• 1842: Married Miss Booth of Onondaga County, N.Y.
• Served in Illinois State Senate, Illinois State House, Chicago City Council and as a 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, Ill.

Gravesite

• Oakland Cemetery, Dolton, Ill.

Sources

• Andreas, A.T. History of Chicago: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. A.T. Andreas, 1884–86.
• Chicago Tribune, March 30, 1869, p. 3.
• 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. U.S. G.P.O., 2005.
• Grossman, James R., Ann Durkin Keating and Janice L. Reiff, editors. Encyclopedia of Chicago. University of Chicago Press, 2004.