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Preceded by
  
Political party
  
Democratic Party

Name
  
Charles Gray

Residence
  
Chicago, Illinois


Charles McNeill Gray

Born
  
March 7, 1807Sherburne, 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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