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Jane Margaret Byrne (née Burke; May 24, 1933 – November 14, 2014) [1] was an American politician who served as the 50th mayor of Chicago from April 16, 1979, until April 29, 1983. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Prior to her tenure as mayor, Byrne served as Chicago's commissioner of consumer sales from 1969 until 1977, the only female in the mayoral cabinet.
The election saw the election of Chicago's first African-American mayor, Harold Washington. Incumbent Mayor Jane Byrne, who had served since April 16, 1979, faced a primary challenge from Cook County State's Attorney Richard M. Daley and from U.S. Congressman Harold Washington. Washington defeated Byrne and Daley in the Democratic primary in ...
The 1979 Chicago mayoral election was first the primary on February 27, 1979, which was followed by the general on April 3, 1979. The election saw the election of Chicago, Illinois' first female mayor, and the first female mayor of any major American city, Jane M. Byrne.
She is the first elected Chicago mayor to lose a reelection bid since 1983, when Jane Byrne, the city’s first female mayor, lost her Democratic primary.
William Hale Thompson (#41) was the last Republican mayor of Chicago. Jane Byrne (#50) was the first female mayor. Harold Washington (#51) was the first African American mayor. Richard M. Daley (#54) was the longest-serving mayor (22 years). Lori Lightfoot (#56) was the first African American female and the first openly gay female mayor of Chicago.
Chicago Mayor Boots Public From Rowdy City Meeting As Residents Object To Migrant 'Invasion' Only if an ounce of that were true. The reality is that Johnson has been a force against too many of us ...
Jane Byrne and Lori Lightfoot are the only women to have been elected mayor of Chicago. No woman has otherwise served as Mayor of Chicago Women who had unsuccessfully sought election as mayor prior to Byrne's successful campaign in 1979 include Grace Gray in 1935 (the first woman ever to file to run for mayor of Chicago) [36] and Willie Mae ...
Chicago aldermen, Mayor Brandon Johnson and other elected officials have arrived at the autumn moment of truth to decide whether to accept annual raises tied to inflation. Largely free from the ...