| Anton J. Cermak  AKA Anton Joseph Cermak
Born: 9-May-1873
Birthplace: Kladno, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [1]
Died: 6-Mar-1933
Location of death: Miami, FL [2]
Cause of death: Assassination
Remains: Buried, Bohemian National Cemetery, Chicago, IL
Gender: Male
Religion: Protestant [3]
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Mayor of Chicago, assassinated in office Assassinated by Giuseppe Zangara, who may have been aiming for Franklin D. Roosevelt.
[1] Emigrated to the United States with his family when he was one year old. [2] Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida. [3] Hussite. Cermak's wife was Roman Catholic. Father: Anton Cermak, Sr. (coal miner)
Wife: Mary Horejs (d. 1928)
Daughter: Helen Kenlay
Daughter: Lillian Graham
Daughter: Ella Jirka
Mayor of Chicago (9-Apr-1931 to 6-Mar-1933)
Illinois State Official President, Cook County Board of Commissioners (1922-31)
Chicago City Council (1912-18)
Illinois State House of Representatives (1902-09)
Shot (15-Feb-1933)
Czech Ancestry
Is the subject of books:
Anton the Martyr, 1933, BY: H. K. Barnard
Boss Cermak of Chicago: A Study of Political Leadership, 1962, BY: Alex Gottfried
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