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    Walter Smith Gurnee (March 9, 1813 – April 17, 1903) served as Mayor of Chicago (1851–53) for the Democratic Party. The Village of Gurnee, Illinois is...
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    the Republican Mayor of Chicago between 1857 and 1863. Thereafter, Walter S. Gurnee, the 14th Mayor of Chicago and one of the directors of the railroad...
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  • Gurnee (1831–1906), American politician and lawyer; Walter S. Gurnee (1813–1903), American politician. This page lists people with the surname Gurnee...
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    Coe Hannah Coe (1784 — 1837), m. Halstead Gurnee Walter S. Gurnee (1813 — 1903), m. Mary Coe Augustus C. Gurnee (1855 — 1926) Dolly Coe (1800 — 1887), m...
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    students in its final year. Walter S. Gurnee (1813-1903), served as the 14th Mayor of Chicago (1851-1853), the village of Gurnee, Illinois is named after...
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    election to Walter S. Gurnee. His tenure ended on March 11, 1851, when he was succeed in office by Gurnee. In 1852, he sought to unseat Gurnee, but again...
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    lofty elevation relative to the lake, and was given its name from Walter S. Gurnee. The town annexed the village of Ravinia in 1899. From its establishment...
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    the late 19th century around a railroad stop. Former Chicago mayor Walter S. Gurnee had become president of the line connecting Chicago and Milwaukee,...
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  • James Curtiss, Walter S. Gurnee August 7, 1811 October 21, 1870 Served 2 terms. 7th James L. Howe March 2, 1852 March 6, 1854 Walter S. Gurnee, Charles McNeill...
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    road. The village was first subdivided in 1854 by Charles Peck and Walter S. Gurnee, President of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad. Winnetka's...
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    siblings was Delia E. Gurnee, Mary Evelyn Gurnee, Frances Medora Gurnee, Walter Scott Gurnee, Grace Gurnee, and Isabel Gurnee. In 1863, the family moved...
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    acting mayor or until the mayoral term expires. The current vice mayor is Walter Burnett. The position was created by a state law that was passed in response...
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    Waukegan at 3:30 pm. The president of the railroad, former Chicago mayor Walter S. Gurnee, speculated on land in Lake County spurring the development of railway...
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    Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (category U.S. Route 9)
    Hicks Grinnell (1803–1877), congressman and Central Park Commissioner Walter S. Gurnee (1805–1903), mayor of Chicago Angelica Hamilton (1784–1857), the older...
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  • (explorer) Guntown, Mississippi – James G. Gunn (early settler) Gurnee, Illinois – Walter S. Gurnee (mayor of Chicago) Gustine, California – Augusta Miller,...
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    rates of domestic murder tripled in Chicago. According to historian Jeffrey S. Adler, domestic homicide was often a manifestation of strains in gender relations...
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  • Cyrus P. Bradley 1850 1851 James Curtiss 1851 1852 Walter S. Gurnee U.P. Harris 1852 1854 Walter S. Gurnee Charles McNeill Gray Cyrus P. Bradley 1854 1855...
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    candidates. The listed vote share is that of the top-finisher of the two (Walter S. Gurnee) E.^ Since the disputed April 1876 mayoral election itself was not...
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    In the 1852 Chicago mayoral election, incumbent Democrat Walter S. Gurnee defeated former mayor James Curtiss (running as an independent) as well as Temperance...
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  • River Tunnel Railroad Company went out of business. On July 22, 1887, Walter S. Gurnee and Malcolm W. Niven founded the New York and Long Island Railroad...
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    schools. Lake County, Illinois is among the wealthiest counties in the U.S. and several of the wealthiest zip codes are there. Source: Europeans settled...
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    Mayor of Chicago In office March 7, 1853 – March 15, 1854 Preceded by Walter S. Gurnee Succeeded by Isaac Milliken Personal details Born (1807-06-13)June...
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    River Tunnel Railroad Company soon dissolved, and on July 22, 1887, Walter S. Gurnee and Malcolm W. Niven founded the New York and Long Island Railroad...
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    1860, Democratic nominee John Wentworth defeated Republican nominee Walter S. Gurnee. Both candidates had served as mayor before. Incidentally, each had...
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    In the 1851 Chicago mayoral election, Walter S. Gurnee defeated incumbent mayor James Curtiss as well as Eli B. Williams and Edward K. Rogers by a landslide...
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    John P. Chapin, Walter S. Gurnee, Edward Kendall Rogers, Thomas Richmond, Julian Sidney Rumsey, Samuel B. Pomeroy, Elisha Wadsworth, Walter Loomis Newberry...
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    of Chicago In office 1842–1843 Preceded by N.H. Bolles Succeeded by Walter S. Gurnee Chicago Alderman from the 2nd Ward In office 1837–1838 Serving with...
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    William L. Church 1845–1847 Walter S. Gurnee 1843–1845 Francis Cornwall Sherman 1842–1843 N.H. Bolles 1841–1842 Walter S. Gurnee 1840 N.H. Bolles 1840 George...
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    James in a landslide, winning by a 54-point margin. Incumbent mayor Walter S. Gurnee did not run for reelection. The election was held on March 14. Josiah...
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    this veto occurred in 1852, when the city council overrode mayor Walter S. Gurnee's veto of an ordinance granting the Illinois Central Railroad a right...
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