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In the mid-twentieth century, Chicago writers coined the term “clout” to mean political power and influence. This political usage probably was taken from the baseball expression “What a clout!” which described a powerful hit.
By the 1970s, the query “Who's your clout?”—questioning one's ability to reach and persuade those in power—had found wide national usage beyond its Chicago origins. | ||
Who's your clout?
Chicago: The Cost of Clout
An interesting article by Aaron Renn about Chicago. He contends that Chicago's lagging economy is due to clout. I think he is correct. Quotes:
"It described the sad reality of how Chicago’s economy is in the tank, and has been underperforming the nation for the last few years."
"The region also has lagged in innovation, firm creation and growth in productivity and gross metropolitan product over the past decade, according to economic development consultant Robert Weissbourd, president of RW Ventures LLC. "
"Believe it or not, a lot of it goes back to that bane of Chicago politics: Clout. People in Chicago tend to write off clout and political corruption in Chicago with a shrug, as a unique or even amusing local affectation, or just part of the character of purely political life of the city, but one that doesn’t fundamentally change its status as the “City That Works.” But nothing could be further from the truth. Chicago’s culture of clout is a key, perhaps the key, factor holding the city back economically."
Read the article at:
http://www.urbanophile.com/2011/01/16/chicago-the-cost-of-clout/
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Ubi Est Mea -- Where's mine?
Ubi Est Mea -- Where's mine?
Tthe late great Chicago newspaperman, Mike Royko, gave the "Windy City" its unofficial motto: "Ubi Est Mea -- Where's mine?", meaning where is my share of the boodle. A sometimes heard alternative is, "What's in it for me?
Chinaman was an epithet for political mentors and backers in the politics of Chicago, Illinois, U.S., in the 1900s. Although politically incorrect, the term is still in use today. An example of the use of the term appeared in the January 27, 2004 Chicago Sun-Times: "Before the age of political correctness, Munoz would have been called Torres' chinaman, and in City Hall, that's still what they'd call him, but if you prefer, you can stick with mentor or patron."
Joe Peyronnin: "Ubi Est Mea -- Where's Mine?" - Huffington Post
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../ubi-est-mea----wheres-min_b_149...Dec 9, 2008 – That's why the late great Chicago newspaperman, MikeRoyko, gave the "Windy City" its official motto: "Ubi Est Mea -- Where's mine?" ...Where's Mine? - Neighborhoods - Blogs - Chicago Sun-Times
blogs.suntimes.com/neighborhoods/2008/01/wheres_mine.htmlJan 25, 2008 – t's been 40 years since Mike Royko suggested Chicago take on a new motto, Ubi Est Mea -- "Where's mine?" Still, loads of city politicians ...One More Time: The Best of Mike Royko - Page 19 - Google Books Result
books.google.com/books?isbn=0226730727Mike Royko - 2000 - Literary CollectionsThe Best of Mike Royko Mike Royko. October 27, 1967 ... The new motto — Ubi Est Mea — means "Where's Mine?" The phrase "Where's Mine?" can be heard ...The Evolution of Rod Blagojevich's Favorite Phrase | Mental Floss
mentalfloss.com/.../evolution-rod-blagojevichs-favorite-phraseJan 15, 2009 – Back in 1967, tough-talking Chicago journalist Mike Roykoconcocted a ... for the City of Strong Shoulders—"Ubi Est Mea," or: "Where's mine?Royko: A Life in Print - Page 136 - Google Books Result
books.google.com/books?isbn=0786751975F. Richard Ciccone - 2009 - Biography & Autobiography"The new motto— -'Ubi Est Mea' —means "Where's Mine?'" Royko's first collections of columns, "Up Against It, " was published in 1967 by Henry Regnery ...BARACK: BEWARE WHERE'S MINE? !!! - John McCarthy - Open ...
open.salon.com/blog/john_mccarthy/.../barack_beware_wheres_mineJan 20, 2009 – Royko wrote that the real Chicago slogan was, is, and always will be, "Where's Mine?" Barack Obama will have a very short honeymoon before ...Royko . - Google News
news.google.com/newspapers?nid=348&dat=19970430&id...In typical tongue-in-cheek fash ion, Royko suggested the city's motto of urbs In Horto" — city in a garden — should be changed to Est Mea" — where's mine?Remember Royko's “Ubi Est Mea — Where's Mine?” | admin
currentbuzz.org/?p=4171Jun 1, 2011 – If it's good enough for Washington (the revolving lobbyist/elected official door) I guess it's good enough for Chicago: Former Mayor Richard M.Results for similar searches
List of Chicago Mayors
The mayoral term in Chicago was one year from 1837 through 1863, when it was increased to two years. In 1907 it was again lengthened to four years, the present duration. Until 1861, municipal elections were held in March. In that year, legislation changed them to April. In 1869, however, election time was changed to November, and terms expiring in April of that year were lengthened. In 1875, the election day was moved back to April by the city's vote to operate under the Cities and Villages Act of 1872.
| # | Name | Term | Party | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Butler Ogden | 1837–1838 | Democratic | |
| 2 | Buckner Stith Morris | 1838–1839 | Whig | |
| 3 | Benjamin Wright Raymond | 1839–1840 | Whig | |
| 4 | Alexander Loyd | 1840–1841 | Democratic | |
| 5 | Francis Cornwall Sherman | 1841–1842 | Democratic | |
| 6 | Benjamin Wright Raymond (2nd) | 1842–1843 | Whig | |
| 7 | Augustus Garrett | 1843–1844 | Democratic | |
| 8 | Alson Sherman | 1844–1845 | Independent Democrat | |
| 9 | Augustus Garrett (2nd) | 1845–1846 | Democratic | |
| 10 | John Putnam Chapin | 1846–1847 | Whig | |
| 11 | James Curtiss | 1847–1848 | Democratic | |
| 12 | James Hutchinson Woodworth | 1848–1850 | Independent Democrat | |
| 13 | James Curtiss (2nd) | 1850–1851 | Democratic | |
| 14 | Walter S. Gurnee | 1851–1853 | Democratic | |
| 15 | Charles McNeill Gray | 1853–1854 | Democratic | |
| 16 | Isaac Lawrence Milliken | 1854–1855 | Democratic | |
| 17 | Levi Day Boone | 1855–1856 | American Party | |
| 18 | Thomas Dyer | 1856–1857 | Democratic | |
| 19 | John Wentworth | 1857–1858 | Republican | |
| 20 | John Charles Haines | 1858–1860 | Democratic | |
| 21 | John Wentworth (2nd) | 1860–1861 | Republican | |
| 22 | Julian Sidney Rumsey | 1861–1862 | Republican | |
| 23 | Francis Cornwall Sherman | 1862–1865 | Democratic | |
| 24 | John Blake Rice | 1865–1869 | Republican | |
| 25 | Roswell B. Mason | 1869–1871 | Citizens | Mayor during the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. |
| 26 | Joseph Medill | 1871–1873 | Fireproof | Born in Canada |
| 27 | Harvey Doolittle Colvin | 1873–1875 | People's | |
| 28 | Monroe Heath | 1876–1879 | Republican | |
| 29 | Carter Harrison, Sr. | 1879–1887 | Democratic | father of Carter Harrison, Jr. |
| 30 | John A. Roche | 1887–1889 | Republican | |
| 31 | DeWitt Clinton Cregier | 1889–1891 | Democratic | |
| 32 | Hempstead Washburne | 1891–1893 | Republican | |
| 33 | Carter Harrison, Sr. (2nd) | 1893 | Democratic | Assassinated in office; father of Carter Harrison, Jr. |
| 34 | George Bell Swift | 1893 | Republican | Mayor Pro Tem |
| 35 | John Patrick Hopkins | 1893–1895 | Democratic | |
| 36 | George Bell Swift (2nd) | 1895–1897 | Republican | |
| 37 | Carter Harrison, Jr. | 1897–1905 | Democratic | First Chicago born mayor; son of Mayor Carter Harrison, Sr. |
| 38 | Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne | 1905–1907 | Democratic | |
| 39 | Fred A. Busse | 1907–1911 | Republican | |
| 40 | Carter Harrison, Jr. (2nd) | 1911–1915 | Democratic | |
| 41 | William Hale Thompson | 1915–1923 | Republican | |
| 42 | William Emmett Dever | 1923–1927 | Democratic | |
| 43 | William Hale Thompson(2nd) | 1927–1931 | Republican | |
| 44 | Anton Cermak | 1931–1933 | Democratic | Assassinated in office; second foreign born (in Kladno, Austria-Hungary) |
| 45 | Frank J. Corr | 1933 | Democratic | 32 days, Acting Mayor |
| 46 | Edward Joseph Kelly | 1933–1947 | Democratic | Act of the Illinois legislature permitted City Council to elect a non-alderman to fill the vacancy. |
| 47 | Martin H. Kennelly | 1947–1955 | Democratic | |
| 48 | Richard J. Daley | 1955–1976 | Democratic | Died in office; father of Richard M. Daley |
| 49 | Michael Anthony Bilandic | 1976–1979 | Democratic | |
| 50 | Jane Margaret Byrne | 1979–1983 | Democratic | First female mayor |
| 51 | Harold Washington | 1983–1987 | Democratic | Died in office; first Black/African-American mayor |
| 52 | David Duvall Orr | 1987 | Democratic | 8 days, Interim Mayor |
| 53 | Eugene Sawyer | 1987–1989 | Democratic | Elected by city council to complete Mayor Washington's term |
| 54 | Richard M. Daley | 1989–2011 | Democratic | Longest serving mayor; son of Richard J. Daley |
| 55 | Rahm Emanuel | 2011–present | Nonpartisan1 | First Jewish mayor |
Bathhouse John Coughlin 1893-1938
"Bathhouse" John Coughlin (August 15, 1860 – November
11, 1938) was an alderman of Chicago's First Ward from 1893 until his death. Coughlin acquired his nickname as a result of working in a bathhouse as a masseur. Eventually he was able to purchase a tavern and several bathhouses of his own. Coughlin and his partner, fellow First Ward alderman Michael "Hinky Dink" Kenna, were known as the "Lords of the Levee", a district which was part of their ward. The "Levee" was known as being a vice-ridden section of Chicago and home to many saloons, gambling dens, prostitutes, pimps, and flop houses. The two also led the Gray Wolves of Chicago.
Coughlin and Kenna were also the hosts of the First Ward Ball, an annual political fundraiser which brought together safecrackers, prostitutes, gangsters, politicians, businessmen, gamblers, and a variety of other types. The event raised more than $50,000 a year for the two First Ward aldermen until it was closed down in 1909 by Mayor Fred Busse. By the time it was banned, the ball was so large that it had to be held in theChicago Coliseum, the city's major convention center. Besides its notoriety in attracting many unsavory characters it often ended with the police having to curb disorderly conduct bordering on rioting.
Later when Coughlin was accused of corruption, he demanded a retraction, not for the charge of graft, but for the claim he was born in Waukegan,Illinois.
Coughlin and Kenna were also the hosts of the First Ward Ball, an annual political fundraiser which brought together safecrackers, prostitutes, gangsters, politicians, businessmen, gamblers, and a variety of other types. The event raised more than $50,000 a year for the two First Ward aldermen until it was closed down in 1909 by Mayor Fred Busse. By the time it was banned, the ball was so large that it had to be held in theChicago Coliseum, the city's major convention center. Besides its notoriety in attracting many unsavory characters it often ended with the police having to curb disorderly conduct bordering on rioting.
Later when Coughlin was accused of corruption, he demanded a retraction, not for the charge of graft, but for the claim he was born in Waukegan,Illinois.
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John Coughlin (alderman) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coughlin_(alderman)"Bathhouse" John Coughlin (August 15, 1860 – November 11, 1938) was an alderman of Chicago's First Ward from 1893 until his death. Coughlin acquired his ...Era of "Hinky Dink" and "Bathhouse John" - Encyclopedia of Chicago
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www.myalcaponemuseum.com/id147.htmBath House John " Coughlin came from the same Irish Slum District . He was born in 1860. They went to the first Jones School at Harrison and Plymouth Court.Alderman John Coughlin's Basement Bathhouse - The Chicago ...
chicagocrimescenes.blogspot.com/.../alderman-john-coughlins-basement....Feb 24, 2009 – John J. Coughlin was the proprietor of a bathhouse in the basement of the Brevoort Hotel at this location, 143 W. Madison (now 118 W.Bathhouse John Coughlin - History of Chicago Politics
chicagopolitics.wikidot.com/bathhouse-john-coughlinMar 29, 2008 – Growing up in a rough Irish neighborhood in Chicago known as "Connelly's Patch," 1 "Bathhouse" John Coughlin was perhaps the most ..."Bathhouse" John Coughlin; Chicago Alderman / Poet / Barkeep ...
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bath house john, hinky dink & chicago's history of graft and corruption
www.prairieghosts.com/graft.htmlMichael "Hinky Dink" Kenna and "Bathhouse" John Coughlin, Chicago politicians, ran the notorious, gangster-infested First Ward for almost four decades, ... "Hinky Dink" Kenna and "Bathhouse" John Coughlin - NBC Chicago
www.nbcchicago.com/.../The-12-Most-Corrupt-Public-Officials-In-Illino...Jan 19, 2012 – Numbers 3 and 4 on our list are former 1st Ward Aldermen Michael "Hinky Dink" Kenna and "Bathhouse" John Coughlin, the so-called "Lords of ..."Bathhouse" John Coughlin - The Clarence Darrow Collection
darrow.law.umn.edu/photo.php?pid=1361"Bathhouse" John Coughlin (1860 - 1938) was an alderman in Chicago's First Ward from 1892 or 1893 until he died in 1938. Coughlin and alderman Michael ...Hinky Dink And Bathhouse John`s `Carnival Of Evil` - Chicago Tribune
articles.chicagotribune.com › Featured ArticlesJan 25, 1987 – Hinky Dink And Bathhouse John`s `Carnival Of Evil` ... two aldermen), Michael ``Hinky Dink`` Kenna and John ``Bathhouse John`` Coughlin.
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