John Wentworth

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John Wentworth was a prominent 19th-century American politician and newspaper editor who served as mayor of Chicago and a U.S. Congressman.

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John Wentworth canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
mayor ⓘ
member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
newspaper editor ⓘ
politician ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
educatedAt Dartmouth College ⓘ
employer Chicago Democrat ⓘ
linked to: Chicago Daily News
ethnicGroup European American ⓘ
familyName Wentworth ⓘ
fieldOfWork journalism ⓘ
law ⓘ
politics ⓘ
genre political journalism ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
hasOccupation editor of a major Chicago newspaper ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf United States Congress ⓘ
United States House of Representatives ⓘ
name John Wentworth ⓘ
notableFor influencing Chicago’s early urban development through politics and the press ⓘ
serving as a U.S. Congressman from Illinois ⓘ
serving as mayor of Chicago ⓘ
notableRole leading figure in early Chicago politics ⓘ
notableWork Chicago Democrat (newspaper) ⓘ
occupation journalist ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
newspaper editor ⓘ
politician ⓘ
placeOfBirth Sandwich, New Hampshire, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
politicalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
Republican Party ⓘ
positionHeld Mayor of Chicago ⓘ
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives ⓘ
U.S. Representative from Illinois ⓘ
regionOfActivity Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
Illinois, United States ⓘ
linked to: Illinois
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wentworth Avenue → namedAfter → John Wentworth ⓘ
Wentworth Letter → commissionedBy → John Wentworth ⓘ
John Wentworth → name → John Wentworth ⓘ