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{{short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Monroe Heath
|image = Monroeheath.jpg
|birth_date = March 27, 1827
|birth_place = [[Grafton, New Hampshire]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|1894|10|21|1827|3|27}}
|death_place = [[Asheville, North Carolina]], [[United States]]
|residence = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]
|office = Mayor of Chicago
|order = 28th
|term_start = July 24, 1876
|term_end = April 28, 1879
|predecessor = [[Harvey Doolittle Colvin|Harvey Colvin]]
|successor = [[Carter Harrison III]]
|office1 = [[Chicago Alderman]] from the 12th ward<ref name="centennial">{{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 }}</ref>
|term_start1 = 1871
|term_end1 = 1875
|alongside1 = Arba N. Waterman
|predecessor1 = Samuel McCotter
|successor1 = S.H. McCrea
|party = [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
|religion =
|spouse =
|children =
|website =
}}

'''Monroe Heath''' (March 27, 1827{{spaced ndash}}October 21, 1894) was a [[United States|U.S.]] politician. He served as [[Mayor of Chicago]], [[Illinois]] (1876–1879) elected as a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], after winning the [[1876 Chicago mayoral special election#July special election|1876 election]]. He was re-elected [[1877 Chicago mayoral election|the following year]], defeating [[Perry H. Smith]].

==Early life and career==
Born in [[Grafton, New Hampshire]], he took part in the [[California Gold Rush]] in 1849. In 1851, he founded the Heath & Milligan Manufacturing Company in Chicago. Illinois.

==Chicago City Council==
Heath served as an [[alderman]] on the [[Chicago City Council]] from 1871 through 1876, representing the [[12th ward, Chicago|twelfth ward]].<ref name="centennial"/> For his first term on the council, he had been elected on the "Fireproof" [[ticket (election)|ticket]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Monroe Heath |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/349567169 |via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription |publisher=Chicago Tribune |access-date=18 December 2024 |language=en |date=July 11, 1876}}</ref> (on which [[Joseph Medill]] was elected mayor in [[1871 Chicago mayoral election |the coinciding mayoral election]]).

==Mayoralty==
After winning the [[1876 Chicago mayoral special election#July special election|1876 election]], Heath was sworn in as Mayor of Chicago on July 24, 1876.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mayor Monroe Heath Inaugural Address, 1876 |url=https://www.chipublib.org/mayor-monroe-heath-inaugural-address-1876/ |website=www.chipublib.org |publisher=Chicago Public Library |accessdate=26 May 2020}}</ref> He was re-elected [[1877 Chicago mayoral election|the following year]] (defeating [[Perry H. Smith]]) and was sworn in for his second term on April 30, 1877.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mayor Monroe Heath Inaugural Address, 1877 |url=https://www.chipublib.org/mayor-monroe-heath-inaugural-address-1877/ |website=www.chipublib.org |publisher=Chicago Public Library |accessdate=26 May 2020}}</ref> His tenure as mayor ended on April 28, 1879.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mayor Carter Henry Harrison III Inaugural Address, 1879 |url=https://www.chipublib.org/mayor-carter-henry-harrison-iii-inaugural-address-1879/ |website=www.chipublib.org |publisher=Chicago Public Library |accessdate=26 May 2020}}</ref>

==Post-mayoralty==
He died in [[Asheville, North Carolina]]. He is buried in [[Oak Woods Cemetery]].<ref>[http://www.chipublib.org/cplbooksmovies/cplarchive/mayors/heath.php Mayor Monroe Heath, Chicago Public Library]</ref>

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[[Category:1827 births]]
[[Category:1894 deaths]]
[[Category:People from Grafton, New Hampshire]]
[[Category:People of the California Gold Rush]]
[[Category:Businesspeople from Illinois]]
[[Category:Illinois Republicans]]
[[Category:Chicago City Council members]]
[[Category:Mayors of Chicago]]
[[Category:19th-century American businesspeople]]
[[Category:19th-century mayors of places in Illinois]]


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