William Emmett Dever (March 13, 1862 – September 3, 1929) was an American politician. He was the mayor of Chicago from 1923 to 1927. He had previously...

William Dever may refer to: William Emmett Dever (1862–1929), mayor of Chicago 1923–1926 William G. Dever, Syro-Palestinian archaeologist This disambiguation...

academic Paul A. Dever (1903–1958), Democratic politician from Boston, Massachusetts Seamus Dever (born 1976), American actor William Emmett Dever (1862–1929)...

Thompson declined to run for reelection in 1923 and he was succeeded by William Emmett Dever. Thompson left office as Mayor on April 16, 1923. While out of office...

held on April 5, 1927. Democratic incumbent William Emmett Dever was defeated by Republican candidate William Hale Thompson, who had served as mayor from...

Catholics to be elected mayor include Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne, William Emmett Dever, Edward Joseph Kelly, Martin H. Kennelly, Richard J. Daley, Michael...

a judge on the Superior Court of Cook County in 1907, defeating William Emmett Dever in 1907 to fill the unexpired term of Joseph Gary. In 1922, while...

contribution of $250,000 from Capone. Thompson beat Democratic candidate William Emmett Dever in the 1927 mayoral race by a relatively slim margin. On the day...

Burlington Ida M. Curran, journalist and editor, Woburn City Press William Emmett Dever, mayor of Chicago Charles Goodyear, inventor of vulcanized rubber...

reform-minded mayor William Emmett Dever's appointees. The schools had been tarnished by mismanagement under Dever's predecessor William Hale Thompson. During...

mayoral election. The campaign saw him defeat incumbent Democrat William Emmett Dever, as well as a third-party effort by John Dill Robertson. In his campaign...

hard-lined backers of immediate municipal ownership such as alderman William Emmett Dever. Dever attempted to pressure his fellow alderman to take a firm position...

1923, the city of Chicago elected William Emmett Dever, a reformer, as its mayor. Early into his mayoralty, Dever appointed seven new members to the...

Civil War Medal of Honor recipient Thomas Cusack, US congressman William Emmett Dever, mayor of Chicago from 1923 to 1926 Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne, Illinois...

Desnoyers was also son-in-law of Wisconsin State Senator M. P. Lindsley. William Emmett Dever (1862–1929), Mayor of Chicago, Illinois 1923–27; delegate to the...

remaining four years of his term. Republican William H. McSurely narrowly defeated Democrat William Emmett Dever. Joseph Gary was the eldest of five children...

Governor of Kansas John W. Davis, former congressman from West Virginia William Emmett Dever, Mayor of Chicago Edward L. Doheny, businessman from California Edward...

run its own slate of candidates. In 1923 Chicago elected reformist William Emmett Dever as mayor. This led mobsters Johnny Torrio and Al Capone to move the...

Democratic Party. He was up against six other candidates, including William Emmett Dever (supported by the Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne-led wing of the party)...

held on April 5, 1927, behind Thompson and Democratic incumbent William Emmett Dever. Robertson received 51,347 votes, equivalent to 5.14% of the overall...

Chicago mayoral election of 1923, Democrat William E. Dever defeated Republican Arthur C. Lueder and Socialist William A. Cunnea. Elections were held on April...

2022 no-hitter for Los Angeles Angels Armand Deutsch, film producer William Emmett Dever, Mayor of Chicago 1923–27 (born in Massachusetts) Richard A. Devine...

who gave away several hundred wooden legs." In 1923 he supported William Emmett Dever as Mayor of Chicago. Deneen was a member of the Democratic National...

ward voted for, incumbent anti-mob and Prohibition-enforcing mayor William Emmett Dever in the 1927 election. In retaliation for such support, on April 4...

against Fordism and the specialization of work. Evans supported William Emmett Dever's successful campaign to become Mayor of Chicago, and was then appointed...

campaign of William Emmett Dever, the Democratic Party candidate, a former alderman and judge who was an honest and able public servant. Although Dever served...

known for creating the Vaillancourt Fountain in San Francisco Died: William Emmett Dever, 67, Mayor of Chicago from 1923 to 1927 Owen Thomas Edgar, 98, the...

and in 1923, became the Commissioner of Public Welfare under Mayor William Emmett Dever. In this role, she created a bureau of employment and social surveys...

delegate to the 1920 Illinois constitutional convention. In 1923, mayor William Emmett Dever appointed Traeger to Chicago's zoning appeal board. He retained this...

037 votes, defeating eight opponents to avoid a runoff. Democrat William Emmett Dever was elected mayor in 1923; Anderson opposed his 1924 budget, claiming...