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Charles McNeill Gray - Definition

Charles McNeill Gray (born: March 7, 1807 in Sherburne, New York; died: October 17, 1885; buried in Graceland Cemetery) served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1853-1854) for the Democratic Party.

Gray arrived in Chicago on July 17, 1834 and took a job as a clerk for Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, later working for Peter Cohen. By 1844 he was a candle maker with his own shop. He subsequently worked as a manufacturer, contractor and railroad man. He was elected mayor in 1853.

External links

Inaugural Address (http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/mayors/speeches/gray53.html)

Preceded by:
Walter S. Gurnee 		Mayors of Chicago Succeeded by:
Isaac Lawrence Milliken

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