Julian Sidney Rumsey
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Julian Sidney Rumsey (April 3, 1823 in Batavia, New York – April 20, 1886 in Chicago, Illinois) served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1861–1862) as a member of the Republican Party.
Early life
Rumsey was born on April 3, 1823<ref name="CPUB1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> in Batavia, New York.<ref name="NYTobit1"/>
Early career
Rumsey arrived in Chicago on July 28, 1835, to work at Newberry & Dole, a shipping company owned by his uncles.<ref name="NYTobit1"/><ref name="Gtrails1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> For many years he worked as a clerk at the firm. When Mr. Newberry retired from the firm, Rumsey and his brother George became partners at the firm, which became Dole, Newberry & Co. Prior to the Rumseys becoming partners, the company had been focused solely and transporting freight. However, soon after they became partners the company began to focus on purchasing grain, operating out of a small warehouse on the North Side of the city. In September 1939, the firm sent the first-ever shipment of grain made in Chicago (2,900 bushels cosigned to Black Rock, New York). In 1852 Dole retired, and the firm, which for a time thereafter became known as Rumsey Brothers. The firm thereafter focused exclusively on the grain commission business. Later, Henry Towner joined as a partner and the firm was renamed Rumsey Brothers & Co, a name it would hold for decades thereafter. Rumsey remained in the grain business for the rest of his life.<ref name="NYTobit1"/>
Rumsey was a charter member of the Chicago Board of Trade, and remained a continuous member from its founding until his death. At the time of Rumsey's death, the only living charter member who had similarly maintained uninterrupted membership was Marcus C. Stearns.<ref name="NYTobit1"/> On April 5, 1858, he was chosen to serve as president of the Board of Trade.<ref name="CTBoardofTrade">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In early 1859, he was again chosen to be president of the Board of Trade after its new charter from the state legislature giving it new privileges.<ref name="NYTobit1"/> As president, he implemented bold changes, which included obtaining a new charter for the board as well as putting in place a modernized system of grain inspection and grading.<ref name="NYTobit1"/> The latter achievement earned him the title of the "Father of Grain Inspection."Template:Citation needed His efforts to implement strict inspection standards helped to give Chicago a strong reputation among American grain markets.<ref name="Gtrails1"/>
Political involvement in the lead-up to the Civil War
Rumsey always took an interest in national and state politics, but had never been a major shaker in politics nor an office-seeker. However, he became more active amid the lead-up to the Civil War. He was an acquaintance of Abraham Lincoln (president-elect of the United States), and at this time regularly visited Lincoln in Springfield, Illinois to consult with him during Lincoln's presidential transition.<ref name="NYTobit1"/>
In this time period, he became an executive member of the Union's first War Finance Committee, and also served as a member of the central committee of the Illinois Republican Party.<ref name="NYTobit1"/>
Mayoralty
In 1861, Rumsey was elected mayor of Chicago, defeating Democratic nominee Thomas Barbour Bryan.<ref name="bio1sketch"/> During the mayoral campaign, the Civil War officially broke out. Rumsey did much to arouse the enthusiasm of his fellow citizens in favor of the preservation of the Union. At the mass meeting in Metropolitan Hall a few days after the Battle of Fort Sumter, Rumsey delivered a stirring address.<ref name="NYTobit1"/> Neither Rumsey nor his opponent had been personally interested in becoming mayor, with each being reluctantly drafted into candidacies.<ref name="bio1sketch">Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
Rumsey was sworn in as mayor on May 6, 1861.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
As mayor, Rumsey required all Chicagoans to take an oath of loyalty.<ref name="Gtrails1"/>
Rumsey's mayoralty ended on May 5, 1862, when he was succeeded in office by Democrat Francis Cornwall Sherman, who had won election in that year's election.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Post-mayoralty
At the time of the Panic of 1873 he was president of the Corn Exchange National Bank.<ref name="NYTobit1"/>
After the Great Chicago Fire, Rumsey served as Cook County treasurer<ref name="NYTobit1"/> from 1871 through 1873.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
In 1869, he founded the Illinois Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.<ref name="Gtrails1"/>
Personal life
In 1848, Rumsey married the daughter of John B. Turner (Northwestern Railway president), with whom he had many children.<ref name="NYTobit1"/>
Death
Rumsey died on April 20, 1886 of progressive paresis that occurred after a short period of illness.<ref name="NYTobit1">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He is buried in Graceland Cemetery.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
He was survived by his widow and nine surviving adult children (three sons and six daughters).<ref name="NYTobit1"/>
Memorials
Rumsey Avenue, which runs NE/SW between the intersections of 87th St. & Pulaski and 85th St. & Hamlin, on Chicago's far Southwest Side, is named for him.