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3 unusual facts about Fred A. Busse


Chicago Plan Commission

After official presentation of the Plan to the city on July 6, 1909, the City Council of Chicago authorized Mayor Fred A. Busse to appoint the members of the Chicago Plan Commission.

First Ward Ball

The Ball was finally closed down in 1909 by Mayor Fred Busse.

Ned Brown Forest Preserve

Busse Forest Preserve (Busse Woods) is named for former mayor of Chicago Fred A. Busse.


A. Miles Pratt

Along with Fred A. Earhart and Jesse S. Cave, Pratt was one of three acting mayors who served in the summer of 1936 between the resignation of Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley and the accession of Robert Maestri.

C. Herschel Schooley

In 1958 he became the Director of Information for the Department of Interior under Secretaries Fred A. Seaton and Stewart Udall.

Clement Warner

He married Eliza Noble; their son Ernest Noble Warner would represent Madison in the Wisconsin State Assembly; his grandson Fred Risser in the State Senate; and his great-grandson Fred A. Risser would represent Madison both in the Assembly and the State Senate.

Fred A. Bantz

Fred A. Bantz (June 25, 1895 – September 22, 1982) was an official in the United States Department of the Navy during the administration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Fred A. Earhart

Along with A. Miles Pratt and Jesse S. Cave, Earhart was one of three acting mayors who served in the summer of 1936 between the resignation of Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley and the accession of Robert Maestri.

Fred A. Hartley, Jr.

With his party in the majority, Hartley served as the Chairman of the Committee on Education and Labor in the 80th United States Congress.

Fred A. Lennon

He lived with his wife, Alice, and their two children in Hunting Valley, Ohio.

Fred Lennon

Fred A. Lennon (1905–1998), American manufacturer and philanthropist

Fred Petersen

For the architect see Fred A. Petersen

International Typographical Union

Newspaper publishers called for aid from the authors of the law, U.S. Senator Robert A. Taft (R - Ohio) and Congressman Fred A. Hartley, Jr. (R - New Jersey) The ITU and Woodruff Randolph won in Chicago.

Jesse S. Cave

Along with A. Miles Pratt and Fred A. Earhart, Cave was one of three acting mayors who served in the summer of 1936 between the resignation of Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley and the accession of Robert Maestri.


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