Augustus Garrett
Augustus Garrett | |
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7th Mayor of Chicago | |
In office 1843–1844 | |
Preceded by | Benjamin Wright Raymond |
Succeeded by | Alson Sherman |
9th Mayor of Chicago | |
In office 1845–1846 | |
Preceded by | Alson Sherman |
Succeeded by | John Putnam Chapin |
Personal details | |
Born |
1801 New York, United States |
Died |
November 30, 1848 46–47) Chicago, Illinois | (aged
Political party | Democratic Party |
Spouse(s) | Eliza Clark |
Residence | Chicago, Illinois |
Augustus Garrett (1801 – November 30, 1848) was an American politician who twice served as Mayor of Chicago (1843–1844, 1845–1846). He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Garrett married Eliza Clark in 1825 and moved to Chicago from New York in 1834. He had a small auction house near the Chicago River and by the following year had formed a partnership with the Brown Brothers, which allowed him to become a leading land speculator and auctioneer. By October 1836, he had sales of more than $1.8 million.
Elected mayor in 1843, he won re-election in 1844 only to have the election invalidated based on charges of "illegal proceedings and fraud."[1] Garrett ran in a second election that year, losing to Alson Sherman. During his terms in office, Garrett pushed to have the first brick school in Chicago, Dearborn School, turned into either a warehouse or an insane asylum, believing that the building was too large for use as a school.[2]
Following his death, Eliza established the Garrett Bible Institute, now Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, in nearby Evanston, Illinois.
References
- ↑ Garrett, Augustus (March 7, 1844). "Inaugural Address of Mayor Augustus Garrett". Chicago Public Library. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
- ↑ Gale, Edwin O. (1902). Reminiscences of Early Chicago and Vicinity. Chicago: Revell. p. 384.