creating 20th Century Politics Chicago Style" should go to William Thompson. A 1993 survey of historians, political scientists and urban experts conducted by Melvin G. Holli of the University of Illinois at Chicago ranked Thompson as the worst American big-city mayor to have served between the years 1820 and 1993. References Further reading Bukowski, Douglas. Big Bill Thompson, Chicago, and the Politics of Image (1998) Kogan, Herman and Lloyd Wendt. Big Bill of Chicago (1953) Schottenhamel, George. "How Big Bill Thompson Won Control of Chicago." Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society 45.1 (1952): 30-49. pnline Mayors of Chicago Chicago City Council members Members of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Businesspeople from Chicago Al Capone associates Illinois Independents Illinois Republicans Politicians from Boston 1868 births 1944 deaths American political bosses from Illinois Republican National Committee members