Editing Monroe Heath (section)

{{short description|American politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Monroe Heath
|image = Monroeheath.jpg
|birth_date = March 27, 1827
|birth_place = [[Grafton, New Hampshire]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|1894|10|21|1827|3|27}}
|death_place = [[Asheville, North Carolina]], [[United States]]
|residence = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]]
|office = Mayor of Chicago
|order = 28th
|term_start = July 24, 1876
|term_end = April 28, 1879
|predecessor = [[Harvey Doolittle Colvin|Harvey Colvin]]
|successor = [[Carter Harrison III]]
|office1 = [[Chicago Alderman]] from the 12th ward<ref name="centennial">{{Cite web |url=http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/LIB/AldermansList.htm |title=Centennial List of Mayors, City Clerks, City Attorneys, City Treasurers, and Aldermen, elected by the people of the city of Chicago, from the incorporation of the city on March 4, 1837 to March 4, 1937, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the years during which each official held office. |access-date=December 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904052355/http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/LIB/AldermansList.htm |archive-date=September 4, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|term_start1 = 1871
|term_end1 = 1875
|alongside1 = Arba N. Waterman
|predecessor1 = Samuel McCotter
|successor1 = S.H. McCrea
|party = [[United States Republican Party|Republican]]
|religion =
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}}

'''Monroe Heath''' (March 27, 1827{{spaced ndash}}October 21, 1894) was a [[United States|U.S.]] politician. He served as [[Mayor of Chicago]], [[Illinois]] (1876–1879) elected as a member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], after winning the [[1876 Chicago mayoral special election#July special election|1876 election]]. He was re-elected [[1877 Chicago mayoral election|the following year]], defeating [[Perry H. Smith]].