William Hale Thompson

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William Hale Thompson was a controversial early 20th-century American politician who served multiple terms as the notoriously corrupt and flamboyant mayor of Chicago.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American
human
mayor
politician
activeInPeriod early 20th century
causeOfDeath myocardial infarction
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1869-05-14
dateOfDeath 1944-03-19
describedBySource historical accounts of Chicago in the early 20th century
employer City of Chicago NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup White American
familyName Thompson NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork municipal politics
givenName William
hasHonorificPrefix Mayor
hasInfluenceOn Chicago politics
hasQuality controversial
knownFor patronage-based governance
public spectacles and stunts as mayor
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party
nativeLanguage English
nickname Big Bill Thompson NERFINISHED
notableFor association with organized crime in Chicago
corrupt political practices
flamboyant political style
opposition to Prohibition enforcement in Chicago
occupation politician
officeContested Mayor of Chicago
partOf Chicago political machine NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Boston NERFINISHED
Massachusetts NERFINISHED
United States of America
placeOfDeath Chicago NERFINISHED
Illinois NERFINISHED
United States of America
politicalAlignment nativist
populist
positionHeld Mayor of Chicago
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
residence Chicago NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
termEnd 1923-04-16
1931-04-13
termStart 1915-04-26
1927-04-18
workLocation Chicago NERFINISHED

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Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago burialPlaceOf William Hale Thompson
subject surface form: Oak Woods Cemetery
Oak Woods Cemetery burialPlaceOf William Hale Thompson
Carter Harrison Jr. succeededBy William Hale Thompson