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Edward F. Dunne (311 words) |
 | Edward F. Dunne was born in Connecticut in 1853 and two years later moved with his parents to Peoria, Ill. He graduated from Peoria High School, The University of Dublin and in 1876 went on to study law in Chicago where he was elected to the bar. |
| Dunne ran on a Democratic Party ticket and was twice elected as Circuit Court Judge before becoming mayor of Chicago. |
| Dunne left River Forest in 1902 and within three years was elected as Chicago mayor with the help from many influential people including President Theodore Roosevelt. |
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