Edward Joseph Kelly served as chief engineer of the Chicago sanitary district in the 1920s, and later as mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1933-1947) for the Democratic Party. He held many distinctions in Chicago politics: He was the first of five Chicago Mayors from Bridgeport, the first man to voluntarily leave the office of Cook County Democratic Committee Chairman, and he distinguished himself as mayor by reducing the city's debt by $100,000,000, leaving it solvent.

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  • Edward Joseph Kelly served as chief engineer of the Chicago sanitary district in the 1920s, and later as mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1933-1947) for the Democratic Party. He held many distinctions in Chicago politics: He was the first of five Chicago Mayors from Bridgeport, the first man to voluntarily leave the office of Cook County Democratic Committee Chairman, and he distinguished himself as mayor by reducing the city's debt by $100,000,000, leaving it solvent. Kelly was the chief engineer of the Sanitary district in the 20s under the sponsorship of Patrick Nash who owned a sewer contracting company that did millions of dollars of business with the city. He subsequently became president of the South Park Board, a position that presided over the building of Soldier Field. Under his tenure Soldier Field cost $8 million, while a similar Los Angeles stadium only cost $1.7 million. Following the assassination of Mayor Anton Cermak Kelly was hand picked by his friend, Patrick Nash, Chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party, for the mayoralty election of 1933. Together, Kelly and Nash built one of the most powerful, and most corrupt, big city political organizations, called the "Kelly-Nash Machine. " Kelly was a fiercely loyal New Deal Democrat during the Great Depression. During the 1940's Kelly's administration was shaken by a series of major scandals, and further undermined by Kelly's integrationist views on race and support for open housing in the highly segregated city of Chicago. Kelly was Mayor of Chicago during the 1933-1934 Century of Progress. Sister Mary Stanisia painted his portrait in 1934. Mayor Kelly was also famous for banning Nelson Algren's book Never Come Morning from the Chicago Public Library which remained in force for decades over the massive outcry by Chicago Polonia upon its release. In 1947 Kelly acquiesced to the Cook County Democratic Party's decision to slate a candidate with reform credentials for the office of Mayor and was succeeded by Martin H. Kennelly. He was buried in Calvary Cemetery.
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  • Edward Joseph Kelly served as chief engineer of the Chicago sanitary district in the 1920s, and later as mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1933-1947) for the Democratic Party. He held many distinctions in Chicago politics: He was the first of five Chicago Mayors from Bridgeport, the first man to voluntarily leave the office of Cook County Democratic Committee Chairman, and he distinguished himself as mayor by reducing the city's debt by $100,000,000, leaving it solvent.
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