William B. Ogden

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William B. Ogden was a 19th-century American politician and businessman who became Chicago’s first mayor and played a key role in the city’s early development and railroad expansion.

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instanceOf businessperson
human
mayor
politician
burialPlace Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1805-06-15
dateOfDeath 1877-08-03
educatedAt local schools in New York
employer Chicago and North Western Railway Company NERFINISHED
Galena and Chicago Union Railroad NERFINISHED
endTime 1838-03-06
familyName Ogden NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork rail transport
real estate
urban development
givenName William
headOfGovernment Chicago NERFINISHED
knownFor being the first mayor of Chicago
early real estate development in Chicago
railroad promotion and investment
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
middleName Butler NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage English
notableWork development of Chicago’s early infrastructure
leadership in the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad
promotion of railroad expansion in the American Midwest
occupation businessperson
politician
railroad executive
officeContested Mayor of Chicago
partOf 19th-century American business leaders
19th-century American politicians
placeOfBirth Walden, New York NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath New York City
positionHeld Mayor of Chicago
member of the New York State Assembly
relative David A. Ogden NERFINISHED
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
residence Chicago NERFINISHED
New York City
sexOrGender male
sibling Mahlon D. Ogden NERFINISHED
Marianne Ogden NERFINISHED
startTime 1837-05-02
workLocation Chicago NERFINISHED
New York NERFINISHED

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Mayor of Chicago firstHolder William B. Ogden