Charles McNeill Gray

Charles Gray


15th Mayor of Chicago
In office 1853–1854
Preceded by	Walter S. Gurnee
Succeeded by	Isaac Milliken
Personal details
Born	(1807-03-07)March 7, 1807 Sherburne, New York
Died	October 17, 1885(1885-10-17) (aged 78) Chicago, Illinois, United States
Political party	Democratic
Residence	Chicago, Illinois

Charles McNeill Gray (March 7, 1807 in Sherburne, New York – October 17, 1885; buried in Graceland Cemetery) served as Mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1853–1854) for the Democratic Party.

Gray arrived in Chicago on July 17, 1834 and took a job as a clerk for Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, later working for Peter Cohen, a retail merchant. By 1844 he was a candle maker with his own shop. He subsequently worked as a manufacturer, contractor and railroad man.^[1] He was elected mayor in 1853.

References

↑ Gale, Edwin O. (1902). Reminiscences of Early Chicago and Vicinity. Chicago: Revell. p. 386.

External links

Inaugural Address
Charles McNeill Gray at Chicago public library
Gray, Charles McNeill, 12th Mayor of Chicago (1807-1885) at The Political Graveyard

Mayors of Chicago

Ogden Morris Raymond Loyd F. C. Sherman Raymond Garrett A. Sherman Garrett Chapin Curtiss Woodworth Curtiss Gurnee Gray Milliken Boone Dyer Wentworth Haines Wentworth Rumsey F. C. Sherman Rice Mason Medill Bond ¹ Colvin Hoyne ² Heath Harrison, Sr. Roche Cregier Washburne Harrison, Sr. Swift Hopkins Swift Harrison, Jr. Dunne Busse Harrison, Jr. Thompson Dever Thompson Cermak Corr Kelly Kennelly R. J. Daley Bilandic Byrne Washington Orr Sawyer R. M. Daley Emanuel

¹ Acting officeholder. ² Election declared null and void.

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