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the population of the infant settlement by drawing to it settlers from the interior for purposes of mutual protection. Town organization was effected on August 10, 1832, the total number of votes polled being 28. The town grew rapidly for a time, but received a set-back in the financial crisis of 1837. During May of that year, how-
ever, a charter was obtained and Chicago became a city. The total number of votes cast at that time was 703. The census of the city for the 1st of July of that year showed a population of 4,180. The following table shows the names and term of office of the chief city officers from 1837 to 1899:
YEAR.
MAYOR.
CITY CLERK.
CTTY ATTORNEY.
CITY TREASURER.
1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876
1877-78 1879 80 1881-82 1883-84 1885 86 1887-88 1889-90 1891-92 1893 94
1895-96 I"y7-i"8 1899-
Wm. B. Ogden..,
Buckner 8. Morris
Benj. W.Raymond
Alexander Lloyd.,.,
F.C.Sherman
Benj. W. Raymond
Augustus Oarrett.
Aug.Garrett,Alaon S.Sherman* 4) Aug.Garrett.Alson S.Sherman(4)
John P. Chapin
James Curtiss
James H. Woodworth
hunt's H. Woodworth
James Curtiss
Walters. Gurnee
Walter S. Gurnee
Charles M. Gray
Ira L. Milliken
Levi D. Boone
Thomas Dyer
John Wentworth
John C. Hafnes
John C. Haines
John Wentworth
JullanS. Rumsey.
F. C. Sherman
F. C. Sherman
F.O.Sherman
John B. Kice
John B. Rice
John B. Rice
John B. Rice
John B. Rice (8)
R. B. Mason
R. B. Mason
Joseph Medill
Joseph Medill
Harvey D. Colvin
Harvey D. Colvin
Monroe Heath,(9) H. D. Colvin,
Thomaa Hoy ne
Monroe Heath
Carter H. Harrison
Carter H. Harrison
Carter H. Harrison
Carter H. Harrison
John A. Roche
Dewitt C. Cregier
Hempstead Washburne
Carter H. Harrison. Geo. B.
vSwift/ll) John P. Hopkiris.(ll)
Geo. B. Swift
('arter H. Harrison, Jr
Carter H. Harrison, Jr
I. N. Arnold, Geo. Davis (1).
Geo. Davis
Wm. H. Brackett
Thomas Hoyne
Thomas Hoyne
J. Curtis
James M. Lowe
E. A. Rucker
E. A. Rucker,Wm.S.Brown(5)
Henry B. Clarke
Henry B. Clarke
Sidney Abe I
Sidney A bell
Sidney Abell
Henry W. Zimmerman
Henry W. Zimmerman
Henry W. Zimmerman
Henry W. Zimmerm
