a superintendent that would strengthen the educational authority of the office, cut fiscal waste, and improve educational standards. On January 9, 1924, the board voted to appoint William McAndrew as the superintendent of Chicago Public Schools. On December 5, 1926, in a surprise move, Mayor Dever broke his neutrality amid a school board dispute, he sided with Alderman Leo M. Brieske's position that it would be preferable to see McAndrew replaced with a new superintendent. Dever declared that he believed the superintendent should instead be a native Chicagoan, declaring, "I am heartily in accord with Alderman Brieske's stand that Chicagoans should fill Chicago offices. We have plenty of capable persons at home, without bringing in outsiders". McAndrew remained superintendent, however. On March 28, 1927, The New York Times wrote that, 1927 mayoral election Dever ran for re-election in 1927 against "Big Bill" Thompson, who defeated him by 83,000 votes. Dever's term as mayor ended April 18, 1927. Later years Dever went on to serve as a vice-president of a local bank, but took a leave of absence and died of cancer in 1929. He is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Evanston, Illinois. Notes References 1862 births 1929 deaths People from Woburn, Massachusetts Businesspeople from Chicago Lawyers from Chicago Mayors of Chicago Chicago City Council members Chicago-Kent College of Law alumni Illinois Democrats Judges of the Illinois Appellate Court Judges of the Superior Court of Cook County Deaths from cancer in Illinois 19th-century American lawyers Burials at Calvary Cemetery (Evanston, Illinois)