History
The first mayor was William Butler Ogden. Two sets of father and son have been elected Mayor of Chicago: Carter Harrison, Sr. and Carter Harrison, Jr. as well as Richard J. Daley and Richard M. Daley. Carter Harrison, Jr. was the first of the mayors to have been born within city limits. The first, and only woman to hold the office was Jane Byrne. The first Black mayor was Harold Washington. As an interim mayor, David Duvall Orr has the shortest mayoral term. Richard M. Daley was originally elected in 1989 and re-elected for the sixth time in 2007. In September 2010, Daley announced he would not seek a seventh term re-election as mayor. On December 26, 2010, Daley became the longest serving mayor of the city, surpassing his father's record. Rahm Emanuel is the current Mayor, having won the 2011 election with 55% of the votes to 25% for his closest opponent, Gery Chico. Emanuel was sworn in on May 16, 2011.
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