Career
After living with his family in Detroit, Michigan following the Battle of Fort Dearborn, the Kinzies returned to Chicago in 1816 and from 1818 until 1823, he worked for the American Fur Company. On August 11, 1834, Kinzie became the second president of Chicago. On May 2, 1837 he ran against William Butler Ogden for mayor when Chicago became a city and lost.
Kinzie died suddenly on a railroad train on June 21, 1865.
John H. Kinzie elementary school in Chicago, Illinois is named after him.
