Anton Joseph Cermak was an American politician who served as the 34th mayor of Chicago, Illinois from April 7, 1931 until his death on March 6, 1933 from complications of an assassination attempt 23 days earlier.
“It is true that I have not come on the Mayflower but I came as fast as I could.”
In response to "Big Bill" Thomson, who made fun of his origins in Bohemia
Francois Hollande, June 15, 2007, in the magazine History, No. 339, Chicago Record, "The Saga of a Democratic stronghold," p. 43, appeared in February 2009, Pap Ndiaye and Caroline Rolland.
“I'm glad it was me instead of you”
Cermak's alleged words to Franklin Roosevelt after he was shot.
O'Connor, Len: Clout: Mayor Daley and His City. McGraw-Hill/Contemporary, 1984. ISBN 0-8092-5424-7.
