Preceded by Walter S. Gurnee Political party Democratic Party | Name Charles Gray Residence Chicago, Illinois | |
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Born March 7, 1807
Sherburne, New York ( 1807-03-07 ) Died October 17, 1885, Chicago, Illinois, United States | ||
Succeeded by Isaac Lawrence Milliken | ||
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Charles McNeill Gray (March 7, 1807 in Sherburne, New York – 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, a retail merchant. 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.
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