John Charles Haines

John Charles Haines

Infobox_Politician
name = John Charles Haines


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height = 200px
birth_date = May 26, 1818
birth_place = New York, United States
death_date = July 4, 1896
death_place = Chicago, Illinois, United States (aged 78)
residence = Chicago, Illinois
office = Mayor of Chicago
order = 20th
term_start = 1858
term_end = 1860
predecessor = John Wentworth
successor = John Wentworth
party = Democratic Party
religion =
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John Charles Haines (May 26 1818 in New York - July 4 1896; buried in Rosehill Cemetery) served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1858-1860) for the Democratic Party.

Haines arrived in Chicago on May 26 1835 and took on work as a clerk for George W. Merrill. By 1846 he formed a partnership with Jared Gage and acquired several flour mills. Haines worked to organize the Chicago waterwork beginning in 1854. He served two sequential terms as mayor of Chicago.

An elementary school, consisting of grades Pre-K to 8th, has been named after John Charles Haines.

External links

* [http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/mayors/speeches/haines58.html Inaugural Address]
* [http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/mayors/speeches/haines59.html Inaugural Address]


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