GEORGE B. SWIFT

George Bell Swift
28th Mayor of Chicago
Party: Republican
Elected:
1st term: Elected pro-tem Mayor by City Council on November 6, 1893 pending a special election
2nd term: April 2, 1895 Defeated Frank Wenter (Democrat), Arthur J. Bassett (Prohibition), Bayard Holmes (People's Party) & Ebenezer Wakely (Free Silver)
Inauguration:
1st term: November 9, 1893
2nd term: April 2, 1895
Terms of office:
1st term: 1893
2nd term: 1895-1897

Birth: December 14, 1845
Death: July 2, 1912, buried in Rosehill Cemetary 

Swift was elected pro-tem mayor by City Council on November 6, 1893 after the assassination of Carter Henry Harrison. He was elected to a full term of his own in 1895. 


Rosehill Cemetary
 


 

Swift School Today

Prepare yourself ... there is no longer a "Boy's" playground at Swift.  Some years back not so long ago, they added a new addition unto Swift which abolished the "good" playground and the fieldhouse.  Smatterings of playground equiptment exists on the "girl's side" which has been paved over and sectioned off the allow for several parking spaces.  I guess now the boys and girls recess together.  I don't even want to think about the cootie epidemic that may cause.

Swift Addition:

Although modern, it retains much of the original architech feel of the rest of the school.  But on the inside it is ultra modern and allows for a kitchen, elevator and smooth tiled floors unlike the school of yore.

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