and Southwest Side candidates for mayor, clerk, and treasurer. Bilandic very narrowly lost the primary, with 49% to Byrne's 51%; Byrne then won the general election with a record-setting 82% of the vote and became Chicago's first female mayor. Personal life Chicago's Archbishop John Cardinal Cody married Bilandic to Chicago socialite Heather Morgan on June 1, 1977. Bilandic and Morgan had a son, Michael M. Bilandic Jr., born in 1978. Later career and death Following his term as mayor, Bilandic was elected to the Illinois Appellate Court in 1984, and then the Illinois Supreme Court in 1990, where Bilandic served until 2000. From 1994 until 1996, Bilandic served as the Illinois chief justice. On January 15, 2002, Bilandic died from heart failure and was interred in St. Mary's Cemetery in Evergreen Park, Illinois. References External links First Inaugural Address Second Inaugural Address Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Illinois 1923 births 2002 deaths 20th-century American judges 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century American politicians American people of Croatian descent Burials in Illinois Catholics from Illinois Chicago City Council members Chief Justices of the Illinois Supreme Court De La Salle Institute alumni DePaul University College of Law alumni Illinois Democrats Judges of the Illinois Appellate Court Justices of the Illinois Supreme Court Lawyers from Chicago Mayors of Chicago Military personnel from Illinois United States Army officers United States Marine Corps personnel of World War II