Julian Sidney Rumsey (April 3, 1823 in Batavia, New York - April 20, 1886; buried in Graceland Cemetery) served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1861-1862) for the Republican Party.
Rumsey arrived in Chicago on July 28, 1835 to work in a shipping company owned by his uncles.
Rumsey Avenue, which runs NE/SW between the intersections of 87th St. & Pulaski and 85th St. & Hamlin, on Chicago's far Southwest Side, is named for him.
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