John Wentworth (nicknamed "Long John") (March 5, 1815 – October 16, 1888) was the editor of the Chicago Democrat, publisher of an extensive Wentworth family genealogy, a two-term mayor of Chicago, and a six-term member of the United States House of Representatives, both before and after his service as mayor. After growing up in New Hampshire, he joined the migration west and moved to the developing city of Chicago in 1836, where he made his adult life.
John Wentworth (nicknamed "Long John") (March 5, 1815 – October 16, 1888) was the editor of the Chicago Democrat, publisher of an extensive Wentworth family genealogy, a two-term mayor of Chicago, and a six-term member of the United States House of Representatives, both before and after his service as mayor. After growing up in New Hampshire, he joined the migration west and moved to the developing city of Chicago in 1836, where he made his adult life.
He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1836. ==Migration west and career== Later that year, Wentworth joined a migration west and moved to Chicago, arriving in the city on October 25, 1836.
After he supported the 1837 mayoral candidacy of William Ogden, including throwing the newspaper behind Ogden's candidacy, he was appointed by Odgen to serve in the post of city printer. Wentworth, after having become active in Democratic politics, was elected to the U.S.
He became managing editor of Chicago's first newspaper, the Chicago Democrat, eventually becoming its owner and publisher. Wentworth was admitted to the bar in 1841. He started a law practice and entered politics.
House of Representatives, where he served for a total of six terms, five of them as a Democrat: (March 4, 1843March 3, 1851 and March 4, 1853March 3, 1855). He returned to Chicago and affiliated with the Republican Party.
He was a business partner of Illinois financier Jacob Bunn, and the two men were two of the incorporators of the Chicago Secure Depository Company. ==Marriage and family== In 1844, he married Roxanna Marie Loomis.
House of Representatives, where he served for a total of six terms, five of them as a Democrat: (March 4, 1843March 3, 1851 and March 4, 1853March 3, 1855). He returned to Chicago and affiliated with the Republican Party.
House of Representatives, where he served for a total of six terms, five of them as a Democrat: (March 4, 1843March 3, 1851 and March 4, 1853March 3, 1855). He returned to Chicago and affiliated with the Republican Party.
Wentworth was affiliated with the Democratic Party until 1855; then he changed to the Republican Party.
House of Representatives, where he served for a total of six terms, five of them as a Democrat: (March 4, 1843March 3, 1851 and March 4, 1853March 3, 1855). He returned to Chicago and affiliated with the Republican Party.
Wentworth was first elected mayor in the 1857 Chicago mayoral election; he served two terms, 1857–1858 and 1860–1861 (being elected to his second term in the 1860 Chicago mayoral election).
In his second term, he again affiliated with the Democratic Party. As mayor Wentworth instituted the use of chain gangs of prisoners in the city as laborers. In July 1857, while serving as mayor of Chicago, Wentworth was charged with assaulting an attorney named Charles Cameron, who was attempting to communicate with his incarcerated client.
In 1857, Wentworth led a raid on "the Sands," Chicago's red-light district, which resulted in the burning of the area. In 1864, Wentworth ran again for Congress, as a Republican, and was elected for his last term, serving March 4, 1865March 3, 1867.
Wentworth was first elected mayor in the 1857 Chicago mayoral election; he served two terms, 1857–1858 and 1860–1861 (being elected to his second term in the 1860 Chicago mayoral election).
In 1857, Wentworth led a raid on "the Sands," Chicago's red-light district, which resulted in the burning of the area. In 1864, Wentworth ran again for Congress, as a Republican, and was elected for his last term, serving March 4, 1865March 3, 1867.
In 1857, Wentworth led a raid on "the Sands," Chicago's red-light district, which resulted in the burning of the area. In 1864, Wentworth ran again for Congress, as a Republican, and was elected for his last term, serving March 4, 1865March 3, 1867.
In 1857, Wentworth led a raid on "the Sands," Chicago's red-light district, which resulted in the burning of the area. In 1864, Wentworth ran again for Congress, as a Republican, and was elected for his last term, serving March 4, 1865March 3, 1867.
It is also to note that the boundary line dispute with Wisconsin would have cut through present-day Sandwich, as it straddles the northern border with neighboring LaSalle County, which would have been the State Line had Wentworth not been successful in moving the line north. After retiring from Congress, from 1868 Wentworth lived at his country estate at 5441 South Harlem Avenue in Chicago.
The first two-volume edition, also known as the "private edition", published in 1871, was followed by a second, corrected, edition in 1878, which was published in three volumes, for a total of 2241 pages.
The first two-volume edition, also known as the "private edition", published in 1871, was followed by a second, corrected, edition in 1878, which was published in three volumes, for a total of 2241 pages.
The first of the 1878 volumes chronicles the ancestry of Elder William Wentworth, the first of this family in New England, and his first five generations of New World descendants.
John Wentworth (nicknamed "Long John") (March 5, 1815 – October 16, 1888) was the editor of the Chicago Democrat, publisher of an extensive Wentworth family genealogy, a two-term mayor of Chicago, and a six-term member of the United States House of Representatives, both before and after his service as mayor. After growing up in New Hampshire, he joined the migration west and moved to the developing city of Chicago in 1836, where he made his adult life.
John was a fourth great grandson of William. ==Death== Wentworth died at his estate in 1888, aged 73.
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