- Augustus Garrett
Infobox_Politician
name = Augustus Garrett
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birth_date = 1801 (month and day unknown)
birth_place =New York
death_date = death date|1848|11|30|mf=y
death_place =Chicago ,Illinois
residence =Chicago ,Illinois
office = Mayor of Chicago
order= 7th
term_start = 1843
term_end = 1844
predecessor =Benjamin Wright Raymond
successor =Alson Sherman
office2 = Mayor of Chicago
order2= 9th
term_start2 = 1845
term_end2 = 1846
predecessor2 =Alson Sherman
successor2 =John Putnam Chapin
party = Democratic Party
religion =
spouse = Eliza Clark
children =
website =Augustus Garrett (
1801 -November 30 1848 ; buried in Rosehill Cemetery) twice served as Mayor ofChicago ,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.
Following his death, Eliza established the
Garrett Bible Institute in nearbyEvanston, Illinois .External links
* [http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/mayors/speeches/garret44.html Invalidated Second Inaugural Address]
* [http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/mayors/speeches/garret45.html Third Inaugural Address]
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