Amos G. Throop

Amos Gager Throop
Amos Gager Throop
	11th ward
	In office; 1849–1853 Serving with Robert H. Foss (1849–1852); Charles McDonnell (1852–1853)
Preceded by	Charles McDonnell
Succeeded by	William Kennedy
Constituency	4th ward
Personal details
Born	Amos Gager Throop; 1811; Chicago, Illinois
Died	1894 (aged 82–83)
Political party	Temperance

Amos Gager Throop (

Chicago, Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s. Most famously he was known for being a staunch abolitionist prior to the Civil War. He served as a Chicago alderman from the 4th Ward from 1849 through 1853.^[1] In Chicago, he lost two campaigns to be that city's mayor in 1852 and 1854. In both elections he was the nominee of the little-known Temperance Party, facing tough opposition from the Democratic Party. At the time of the Great Chicago Fire Throop was the City Treasurer of Chicago.^[1] He was instrumental in securing financing from New York to rebuild the wooden frontier town into a city of brick and mortar. Grateful Chicagoans renamed Main Street to Throop Street. Many years later and after moving to California, he was finally elected mayor—of Pasadena, California

in 1888.

A fervent adherent to a liberal religion, Throop established a

Caltech

with grades ranging from K-12. His motto was "learn by doing".

The scenic

Unitarian Universalist

congregation founded in 1923. Throop Street at 1300 West in Chicago also is named for him.

He was allegedly a descendant of Sir Adrian Scrope, the famous regicide, possibly of the English Scrope family. Amos Gager Throop's daughter, Martha married John C. Vaughan, founder of The Vaughan Seed Company.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Centennial List of Mayors, City Clerks, City Attorneys, City Treasurers, and Aldermen, elected by the people of the city of Chicago, from the incorporation of the city on March 4, 1837 to March 4, 1937, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the years during which each official held office". Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
^ Council, Chicago (Ill ) City (1892). Journal of the Proceedings of the City Council. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
^ "History of Caltech (includes photo of Throop)". Archived from the original on 4 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-26.
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Throop Peak
^ "Martha Throop Vaughan". Archived from the original on 2014-05-19. Retrieved 2014-05-19.

N==External links==

THE AMOS GAGER THROOP COLLECTION A Guide to the Papers in The Archives of The California Institute of Technology and The Chicago Historical Society, 1990

Political offices
Preceded by M.M. Parker	Mayor of Pasadena 1888-1890	Succeeded by T.P. Lukens
Preceded by Roscoe Thomas	Member of the Pasadena Board of City Trustees , Seat 1 1888-1890	Succeeded by T.P. Lukens

[centennial-1] "Centennial List of Mayors, City Clerks, City Attorneys, City Treasurers, and Aldermen, elected by the people of the city of Chicago, from the incorporation of the city on March 4, 1837 to March 4, 1937, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the years during which each official held office". Archived from the original on 4 September 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2019.

[2] Council, Chicago (Ill ) City (1892). Journal of the Proceedings of the City Council. Retrieved 27 December 2020.

[3] "History of Caltech (includes photo of Throop)". Archived from the original on 4 August 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-26.

[4] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Throop Peak

[5] "Martha Throop Vaughan". Archived from the original on 2014-05-19. Retrieved 2014-05-19.

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Authority control databases
International	FAST VIAF
National	United States
Other	SNAC