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.
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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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Whig | Benjamin Wright Raymond | 490 | 50.26 | |
Democratic | Augustus Garrett | 432 | 44.31 | |
Free Soil | Henry Smith | 53 | 5.43 | |
Turnout | 975 |
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 | |||
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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 |