1842 Chicago mayoral election

Summary

The 1842 Chicago Mayoral election Whig candidate and Former Mayor Benjamin Wright Raymond defeated Democratic candidate Augustus Garrett and Free Soil candidate Henry Smith by a six point margin.

1842 Chicago mayoral election
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Nominee Benjamin W. Raymond Augustus Garrett Henry Smith
Party Whig Democratic Free Soil
Popular vote 490 432 53
Percentage 50.26% 44.31% 5.43%

Results by ward

Mayor before election

Buckner Stith Morris
Whig

Elected Mayor

Benjamin W. Raymond
Whig

Raymond had previously served a term as mayor after winning the 1839 Chicago mayoral election, and had also previously unsuccessfully sought a second term in the 1840 Chicago mayoral election. By winning the 1842 election, Raymond became the first individual to serve more than one term as mayor of Chicago.[1]

Garrett was a former Chicago alderman.[1]

This was the first Chicago mayoral election in which voters were not required to be freeholders.[2]

Results edit

1842 Chicago mayoral election[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Benjamin Wright Raymond 490 50.26
Democratic Augustus Garrett 432 44.31
Free Soil Henry Smith 53 5.43
Turnout 975

Results by ward edit

As with other mayoral elections of the era, returns in the city's wards heavily matched the partisan makeup of the votes that had been cast in the city's aldermanic election.[4][2]

Ward Raymond Garrett Smith Total Votes
Votes % Votes % Votes %
1st 162 58.1% 96 34.4% 21 7.5% 279
2nd 110 48.0% 168 73.4% 21 7.02% 299
3rd 26 57.8% 18 40.0% 1 2.2% 45
4th 13 44.8% 16 55.2% 0 0.0% 29
5th 52 59.8 35 40.2% 0 0.0% 87
6th 127 53.8% 99 42.0% 10 4.2% 236

References edit

  1. ^ a b "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". Archived from the original on September 4, 2018. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Goodspeed, Weston A. (February 6, 2017). The History of Cook County, Illinois. Jazzybee Verlag. p. 339.
  3. ^ "Chicago Mayors, 1837-2007". www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  4. ^ Einhorn, Robin L. (2001). Property Rules: Political Economy in Chicago, 1833-1872. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 34.