List of mayors of Chicago
Mayors of Chicago, Illinois, Current or Previous
| William Butler Ogden | 1837-1838 |
| Buckner Stith Morris | 1838-1839 |
| Benjamin Wright Raymond | 1839-1840 1842-1843 |
| Alexander Lloyd | 1840-1841 |
| Francis Cornwall Sherman | 1841-1842 1862-1863 1863-1865 |
| Augustus Garrett | 1843-1844 1845-1846 |
| Alson Sherman | 1844-1845 |
| John Putnam Chapin | 1846-1847 |
| James Curtiss | 1847-1848 |
| James Hutchinson Woodworth | 1848-1849 1849-1850 |
| Walter S. Gurnee | |
| Charles McNeill Gray | |
| Isaac Lawrence Milliken | |
| Levi Day Boone | |
| Thomas Dyer | |
| John Wentworth | |
| John Charles Haines | |
| Julian Sidney Rumsey | |
| John Blake Rice | |
| Roswell B. Mason | |
| Joseph Medill | |
| Harvey Doolittle Colvin | |
| Monroe Heath | |
| Carter Henry Harrison, Sr | |
| John A. Roche | |
| DeWitt Clinton Cregier | |
| Hempstead Washburne | |
| George Bell Swift | 1897-1905 |
| John Patrick Hopkins | 1905-1907 |
| Carter Henry Harrison, Jr | 1907-1911 |
| Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne | 1911-1915 |
| Fred A. Busse | 1915-1923 |
| William Hale Thompson | 1923-1927 |
| William Emmett Dever | 1927-1931 |
| Anton Joseph Cermak | 1931-1933 (died in office) |
| Frank J. Corr | March 15, 1933-April 17, 1933 (32 days, acting) |
| Edward Joseph Kelly | April 17, 1933-April 15, 1947 |
| Martin H. Kennelly | 1947-1955 |
| Richard Joseph Daley | April 20, 1955-December 20, 1976 (died in office) |
| Michael Anthony Bilandic | December 28, 1976-April 16, 1979 |
| Jane Margaret Byrne | April 16, 1979-April 29, 1983 |
| Harold Washington | April 29, 1983-November 25, 1987 (died in office) |
| David Duvall Orr | November 25, 1987-December 2, 1987 (8 days, interim) |
| Eugene Sawyer | December 2, 1987-April 24, 1989 (acting, elected by City Council) |
| Richard Michael Daley | April 24, 1989-present |