What is Mayor of Chicago?
{{Infobox Political post |post = Mayor |body = Chicago |insignia = |insigniasize = 100px |insigniacaption = Seal of City of Chicago |image = Brandon Johnson 2024.jpg |incumbent = [[Brandon Johnson]] |incumbentsince = May 15, 2023 |style = |residence = |appointer = |termlength = 4 years |formation = 1837 |succession = |inaugural = [[William Butler Ogden]] |website = [http://mayor.cityofchicago.org/mayor/en/about_the_mayor.html Office of the Mayor] }} [[File:WBogden.jpg|thumb|right|120px|[[William Butler Ogden]] was the first mayor of Chicago]] [[File:WalterSGurneeSenorAnderson.png|thumb|right|120px|[[Walter S. Gurnee]] is the oldest living former Chicago mayor. He was 90 when he died]] [[File:Rosewellmason.jpeg|thumb|right|120px|[[Roswell B. Mason]] was the mayor during the Great Chicago Fire in 1871]] [[File:Carter Harrison, Sr. - Brady-Handy.jpg|thumb|right|120px|[[Carter Harrison, Sr.]] was the first mayor to be assassinated]] [[File:William Emmett Dever 1923.jpg|thumb|right|120px|[[William Emmett Dever]] is thought to be one of the best mayors of Chicago because he helped clean the city]] [[File:Jane Bryne.jpg|thumb|right|120px|[[Jane Bryne]] was the city's first female mayor]] [[File:Washington h.jpg|thumb|right|120px|[[Harold Washington]] is considered to be another great Chicago mayor. He was also the first African-American Chicago mayor]] [[File:Richardmdaley.jpg|thumb|right|120px|[[Richard M. Daley]] is the longest serving mayor of Chicago since his father, [[Richard J. Daley]]]] [[File:Rahm Emanuel, Gesticulating (17023849126) (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|120px|[[Rahm Emanuel]] is the city's first [[Jewish]] mayor]] [[File:Lori Lightfoot.png|thumb|right|120px|[[Lori Lightfoot]] is the city's first female African-American and openly [[lesbian]] mayor]] The mayoral term in [[Chicago]] was one year from 1837 through 1863, when it was increased to two years. In 1907 it was again lengthened to four years, the pr