John Charles Haines
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Other people|John Haines}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = John Charles Haines
|image = Johnhaines.jpg
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1818|05|26}}
|birth_place = Deerfield, New York, United States
|death_date = {{death date and age|1896|7|4|1818|5|26}}
|death_place = near Waukegan, Illinois, United States
|resting_place = Rosehill Cemetery
|residence = Chicago, Illinois
|office = Mayor of Chicago
|order = 20th
|term_start = March 2, 1858{{cite web |title=Mayor John Charles Haines Biography |url=https://www.chipublib.org/mayor-john-charles-haines-biography/ |website=www.chipublib.org |publisher=Chicago Public Library |access-date=26 May 2020}}
|term_end = March 22, 1860{{cite web |title=Mayor John Wentworth Inaugural Address, 1860 |url=https://www.chipublib.org/mayor-john-wentworth-inaugural-address-1860/ |website=www.chipublib.org |publisher=Chicago Public Library |access-date=26 May 2020}}
|predecessor = John Wentworth
|successor = John Wentworth
|office1 = Chicago Alderman from the 5th ward{{Cite web |url=http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/LIB/AldermansList.htm |title=Centennial List of Mayors, City Clerks, City Attorneys, City Treasurers, and Aldermen, elected by the people of the city of Chicago, from the incorporation of the city on March 4, 1837 to March 4, 1937, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the years during which each official held office. |access-date=December 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904052355/http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/LIB/AldermansList.htm |archive-date=September 4, 2018 |url-status=dead }}{{cite book |last1=Council |first1=Chicago (Ill ) City |title=Journal of the Proceedings of the City Council |date=1892 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TWw0AQAAMAAJ |access-date=27 December 2020 |language=en}}
|term_start1 = 1848
|term_end1 = 1854
|alongside1 = Thomas James (1848–1849)
E.H. Chapin (1849)
Alson S. Sherman (1849–1851)
J.L. James (1851–1853)
William H. Scoville (1853–1854)
|predecessor1 = John Sheriffs
|successor1 = Jasper D. Ward
|party = Democratic Party
|spouse =
|children =
|signature = Signature of John Charles Haines (1818–1896).png
}}
John Charles Haines (May 26, 1818 – July 4, 1896) served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1858–1860) for the Democratic Party.
Biography
John Charles Haines was born in Deerfield, New York on May 26, 1818.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZkxRAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA50 |title=History of Chicago: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time |volume=II |first=Alfred Theodore |last=Andreas |author-link=Alfred T. Andreas |publisher=A. T. Andreas Company |pages=50–51 |year=1885 |access-date=2021-11-15 |via=Google Books}} He arrived in Chicago on May 26, 1834{{cite book | last = Gale | first = Edwin O. | title = Reminiscences of Early Chicago and Vicinity | url = https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.157159 | publisher = Revell | year = 1902 | location = Chicago | pages = [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.157159/page/n427 388]}} and took on work as a clerk for George W. Merrill. By 1846, he formed a partnership with Jared Gage and acquired several flour mills. Haines worked to organize the Chicago waterwork beginning in 1854. In 1848, he was elected to the first of six terms on the city council and two terms as the water commissioner.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67121545/obituary-for-e-x-mayor-haines-aged-78/ | title = Ex-Mayor Haines Dead | newspaper = Chicago Daily Tribune | date = 1896-07-05 |page=15 |access-date=2021-11-15 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite book | last = Moses | first = John |author2=Joseph Kirkland | title = History of Chicago, Illinois | volume = 1 | publisher = Munsell & Company | year = 1895 | location = Chicago | pages = 132}} He was elected mayor in 1858 as a Republican, defeating Democrat Daniel Brainard with 54% of the vote.{{cite web | last = Walker | first = Thomas | title = Chicago Mayor 1858 | work = Our Campaigns | date = 2008-11-04 | url = http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=486037 | access-date = 2021-11-15}} He successfully ran for re-election the following year against Marcus D. Gilman, winning with about 53% of the vote.{{cite web | last = Walker | first = Thomas | title = Chicago Mayor 1859 | work = Our Campaigns | date = 2008-11-04 | url = http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=486038 | access-date = 2021-11-15}}
Haines served as an elected members of the board of the Chicago Historical Society and on the Board of Health. He was also a founding member of the Chicago Board of Trade. In 1870, he was sent to the Illinois Constitutional Convention and helped write a new Constitution for the state. He was elected to the Illinois State Senate for two terms from the First District in 1874. After he left the State Senate, he retired from public life near Waukegan, Illinois, where he owned a small farm. He died there on July 4, 1896, and was buried at Rosehill Cemetery.
Haines was a member of the First Unitarian Church of Chicago.History of the First Unitarian Society of Chicago, 1836-1936, by Esther Hornor
An elementary school, consisting of grades Pre-K to 8th, has been named after John Charles Haines. He was the brother of Illinois Speaker of the House Elijah Haines.
References
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External links
{{Wikisource|Illinois Constitution of 1870}}
- [http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/mayors/speeches/haines58.html Inaugural Address]
- [http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/mayors/speeches/haines59.html Inaugural Address]
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Category:People from Deerfield, New Hampshire
Category:Burials at Rosehill Cemetery
Category:Chicago City Council members
Category:Democratic Party Illinois state senators
Category:19th-century mayors of places in Illinois
Category:19th-century members of the Illinois General Assembly
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