John Wentworth (nicknamed Long John) (March 5 1815 – October 16 1888) was the editor of the Chicago Democrat publisher of an extensive Wentworth family genealogy a two-term mayor of Chicago and a six-term member of the United States House of Representatives both before and after his service as mayor. After growing up in New Hampshire he joined the migration west and moved to the developing city of Chicago in 1836 where he made his adult life.
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