Patrick Nash
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Patrick A. Nash was a political boss in the early and mid-twentieth century in Chicago and Cook County. He was in large part responsible for consolidating elements of the Cook County Democratic Party
King-Nash House, residence of Patrick Nash from 1925 to 1943.
Anton Cermak
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Anton Joseph Cermak was an American politician who served as the 44th Mayor of Chicago from 1931 until he was fatally wounded in 1933 by Giuseppe Zangara, who was trying to assassinate President-elect
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…He evolved from a local sewage contractor to a political boss by carefully selecting his political allies. His prominence stems from the death of Anton Cermak and his political career is intertwined with that of Edward Joseph Kelly. The success of this machine was attributed to its decision to be more inclusive…
Portrait by Harris & Ewing c. 1931–1933
Antonín Čermák birth record 1873
Monument to Anton Cermak in his birth town of Kladno.
Anton Cermak's tomb at Bohemian National Cemetery in Chicago.