Grave Sites of Chicago Mayors

Compiled by Father John McNalis, Chaplain Chicago Fire Department. Used with permission. Updated 2003,2008 by Matt Hucke.

The name of each mayor links to a photo of that mayor's grave, if available. The name of each cemetery links to a general page for that cemetery.

#	CHICAGO MAYOR	TERM	GRAVESITE	DATE OF DEATH
1	William Ogden (D)	1837-1838	Woodlawn Cem., Bronx NY	3 Aug 1877
2	Buckner Morris (W)	1838-1839	Rosehill	16 Dec 1879
3	Benjamin Raymond (W)	1839-1840	Graceland [G33-34]	6 Apr 1883
4	Alexander Loyd (D)	1840-1841	Rosehill	7 Apr 1871
5	Francis Sherman (D)	1841-1842	Graceland [A38]	7 Nov 1870
	Benjamin Raymond (W)	1842-1843	Graceland	6 Apr 1883
6	Augustus Garrett (D)	1843-1844	Rosehill [F]	30 Nov 1848
7	Alson Sherman (I-D)	1844-1845	Oakwood, Waukegan	27 Sept 1903
	Augustus Garrett (D)	1845-1846	Rosehill [F]	30 Nov 1848
8	John Chapin (W)	1846-1847	Graceland [D506]	27 June 1864
9	James Curtiss (D)	1847	City Cemetery*	2 Nov 1859
10	James Woodworth (I-D)	1848-1849	Oak Woods [B]	26 Mar 1869
	James Curtiss (D)	1850	City Cemetery*	2 Nov 1859
11	Walter Gurnee (D)	1851-1852	Sleepy Hollow, New York	18 Apr 1903
12	Charles Gray (D)	1853	Graceland	17 Oct 1885
13	Isaac Milliken (D)	1854-1855	Rosehill [I]	2 Dec 1885
14	Levi Boone (K-N)	1855	Rosehill [N]	24 Jan 1882
15	Thomas Dyer (pN-D)	1856-1857	Connecticut	6 June 1862
16	John Wentworth (R)	1857-1858	Rosehill	16 Oct 1888
17	John Haines (R)	1858-1860	Rosehill [111]	4 July 1896
	John Wentworth (R)	1860-1861	Rosehill	16 Oct 1888
18	Julian Rumsey (R)	1861-1862	Graceland	20 Apr 1886
	Francis Sherman (D)	1862-1865	Graceland [A38]	7 Nov 1870
19	John Rice (R)	1865-1869	Rosehill [M]	17 Dec 1874
20	Roswell Mason (Cit)	1869-1871	Rosehill	1 Jan 1892
21	Joseph Medill (Fp)	1871-1873	Graceland	16 Mar 1899
-	Lester Bond**	1873	Rosehill	1903
22	Harvey Colvin (P)	1873-1876	Rosehill [M]	16 Apr 1892
23	Monroe Heath (R)	1876-1879	Oak Woods	21 Oct 1894
24	Carter Harrison I (D)	1879-1887	Graceland	28 Oct 1893
25	John Roche (R)	1887-1889	Rosehill [M]	10 Feb 1904
26	DeWitt Cregier (D)	1889-1891	Rosehill [I]	9 Nov 1898
27	Hempstead Washburne (R)	1891-1893	Graceland	13 Apr 1918
	Carter Harrison I (D)	1893 (died)	Graceland	28 Oct 1893
28	George Swift (R)	1893	Rosehill	2 July 1912
29	John Hopkins (D)	1893-1895	Calvary, Evanston	13 Oct 1918
	George Swift (R)	1895-1897	Rosehill	2 July 1912
30	Carter Harrison II (D)	1897-1905	Graceland	25 Dec 1953
31	Edward Dunne [Gov] (D)	1905-1907	Calvary, Evanston	24 May 1937
32	Fred Busse (R)	1907-1911	Graceland	9 July 1914
	Carter Harrison II (D)	1911-1915	Graceland	25 Dec 1953
33	William Hale Thompson (R)	1927-1931	Oak Woods	18 Mar 1944
34	William Dever (D)	1923-1927	Calvary, Evanston	3 Sept 1929
	William Hale Thompson (R)	1927-1931	Oak Woods	18 Mar 1944
35	Anton Cermak (D)	1931-1933 (died)	Bohemian National	6 Mar 1933
36	Frank Corr (D)	1933	Holy Sepulchre	3 June 1934
37	Edward Kelly (D)	1933-1947	Calvary, Evanston	20 Oct 1950
38	Martin Kennelly (D)	1947-1955	Calvary, Evanston	29 Nov 1961
39	Richard J. Daley(D)	1955-1976 (died)	Holy Sepulchre	20 Dec 1976
40	Michael Bilandic (D)	1976-1979	St Mary	15 Jan 2002
41	Jane Byrne (D)	1979-1983	Calvary Sec I, Block 3, Lot 9	14 Nov 2014
42	Harold Washington (D)	1983-1987 (died)	Oak Woods	25 Nov 1987
43	David D. Orr+ (D)	1987	living
44	Eugene Sawyer (D)	1987-1989	Oak Woods	19 Jan 2008
45	Richard M. Daley (D)	1989-2011	living
46	Rahm Emanuel (D)	2011-2015	living

Political Parties
D	Democratic	R	Republican
I-D	Independent Democrat	W	Whig
p-ND	Pro-Nebraska Democrat	Cit	Citizen's
Fp	Fireproof	K-N	Know-Nothing

* No records are available indicating the present cemetery for James Curtiss. His son is buried in Graceland.
** Lester Bond was the first acting mayor appointed by the City Council while Medill took an extended European vacation.
+ Served as interim mayor following the death of Mayor Washington.
= Elected by the city council to serve as Acting Mayor.
(died) Died while in office.
1907 In 1907 the length of a mayor's term was increased from 2 years to 4 years.