biography
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Cermak, Anton (Joseph)
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pronunciation:
[chermak]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1873–1933)
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| biography:
| US representative and mayor, born in Kladno, Bohemia. He went to the USA as an infant, began his working life as a coal miner, and rose to become a prosperous businessman. A power in Chicago Democratic politics, he served four terms as a state legislator (from 1903), as well as holding other state and city offices. Elected Mayor of Chicago (1931), he was killed in 1933 by a gunman aiming at president-elect Franklin Roosevelt as they were riding together in a car in Miami, FL. |
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