What is Anton Cermak?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Anton Joseph Cermak | image = Anton Cermak cph.3b27410.jpg | office = Mayor of Chicago | order = 44th | term_start = April 7, 1931 | term_end = March 6, 1933 | predecessor = [[William Hale Thompson]] | successor = [[Frank J. Corr]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1873|5|9}} | birth_place = [[Kladno]], [[Kingdom of Bohemia|Bohemia]], [[Austria-Hungary]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1933|3|6|1873|4|1}} | death_place = [[Miami]], [[Florida]], [[United States]] | death_cause = [[Murder]] (gunshot wound) | constituency = | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | spouse = Mary Horejs Cermak | children = 1 daughter | profession = | religion = | signature = | footnotes = }} '''Antonín Josef Čermák''' (May 9, 1873 &ndash; March 6, 1933) was an [[Americans|American]] politician of [[Czechs|Czech]] origin. He was best known as the mayor of [[Chicago]]. He was mayor from 1931 until his assassination in 1933. ==Biography== Antonín Josef Čermák was born on May 9, 1873 in [[Kladno]], [[Austria-Hungary]]. He was married to Mary Horejas until his death in 1933. They have one daughter, Helena. Cermak was elected president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners in 1922, chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party in 1928, and mayor of Chicago in 1931. In 1928 he ran for the United States Senate and was defeated by Republican Otis F. Glenn, receiving 46% of the vote. His mayoral victory came in the wake of the Great Depression and the deep resentment many Chicagoans had of Prohibition and the increasing violence resulting from organized crime's control of Chicago, typified by the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. ==Death== Cermak was mortally shot while being at a Democratic Party convention for [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] on February 15, 1933 that was supposed attempt to assassinate Roosevelt. He died 19 days later from injury he sustained. He was 59 years old. 4 other people were also shot but received their minor injuries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com