Augustus Garrett
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Augustus Garrett
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7th Mayor of Chicago
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| In office 1843 – 1844 |
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| Preceded by | Benjamin Wright Raymond |
| Succeeded by | Alson Sherman |
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9th Mayor of Chicago
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| In office 1845 – 1846 |
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| Preceded by | Alson Sherman |
| Succeeded by | John Putnam Chapin |
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| Born | 1801 (month and day unknown) New York |
| Died | November 30, 1848 Chicago, Illinois |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Eliza Clark |
| Residence | Chicago, Illinois |
Augustus Garrett (1801 - November 30, 1848; buried in Rosehill Cemetery) twice served as Mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1843-1844, 1845-1846) for 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. 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.[1]
Following his death, Eliza established the Garrett Bible Institute, now Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, in nearby Evanston, Illinois.
References
- ^ Gale, Edwin O. (1902). Reminiscences of Early Chicago and Vicinity. Chicago: Revell. pp. 384.
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