. . "Charles Gray"@en . . "American politician" . . "1885Z"^^ . "1807Z"^^ . "Mayor of Chicago" . . "1807-03-07Z"^^ . . "1885-10-17Z"^^ . . "Gray, Charles McNeill"@en . "15th" . "Charles McNeill Gray (March 7, 1807 in Sherburne, New York - October 17, 1885; buried in Graceland Cemetery) served as Mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1853\u20131854) for the Democratic Party.Gray arrived in Chicago on July 17, 1834 and took a job as a clerk for Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard, later working for Peter Cohen, a retail merchant. By 1844 he was a candle maker with his own shop. He subsequently worked as a manufacturer, contractor and railroad man. He was elected mayor in 1853."@en .