What is Walter S. Gurnee?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Walter S. Gurnee |image = WalterSGurneeSenorAnderson.png |birth_date = {{birth date|1813|3|9}} |birth_place = [[Haverstraw, New York|Haverstraw]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1903|4|18|1813|3|9}} |death_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. |residence = [[Chicago, Illinois]] |office = Mayor of Chicago |order = 14th |term_start = 1851 |term_end = 1853 |predecessor = [[James Curtiss]] |successor = [[Charles McNeill Gray]] |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] }} '''Walter S. Gurnee''' (March 9, 1813 – April 18, 1903) was an [[United States|American]] politician. He was the Mayor of [[Chicago]] from 1851 through 1853. The town [[Gurnee, Illinois]] is named after him. He was a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]. Gurnee was born on March 9, 1813 in [[Haverstraw, New York|Haverstraw]], [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Pierce|first=Bessie Louise|title=A History of Chicago: The Beginning of a City, 1673-1848|publisher=University of Chicago Press|year=2007|location=Chicago|pages=177}}</ref> He was raised in [[Michigan]] and in [[Chicago]]. He was never married and had no children. Gurnee died on April 18, 1903 in [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]] from natural causes, aged 90. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.gurnee.il.us/history/history_namesake.html Village of Gurnee, IL history page]{{Dead link|date=February 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} *[http://www.chipublib.org/cplbooksmovies/cplarchive/mayors/gurnee_inaug_1851.php 1st Inaugural speech at Chicago Public Library] *[http://www.chipublib.org/cplbooksmovies/cplarchive/mayors/gurnee_inaug_1852.php 2nd Inaugural speech at Chicago Public Library] {{Chicago Mayors}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gurnee, Walter S.}} [[Category:1813 births]] [[Category:1903 deaths]] [[Category:Mayors of Chicago]] [[Category:Politicians from New York (state)]] [[Category:Politicians