Summary
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1869, Citizens Party nominee Roswell B. Mason defeated Republican nominee George W. Gage by a landslide 27-point margin.
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This was the last mayoral election before the Great Chicago Fire took place.
Citizens Party candidate Mason was an executive in the Illinois Central Railroad. Republican Party candidate Gage was a businessman who operated the Tremont House and Sherman House hotels.
The Citizens Reform ticket was a nonpartisan reform slate which aimed to challenge the power of German Republican political boss Anton C. Hesing.[2]
Results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citizens Party | Roswell B. Mason | 19,826 | 63.47 | |
| Republican | George W. Gage | 11,410 | 36.53 | |
| Turnout | 31,236 | |||
Aftermath edit
Mason would only serve a single term as mayor. Gage would go on to serve as the president of the Chicago White Stockings baseball team (today's Chicago Cubs) and serve as Chicago's South Parks Commissioner[4] (during which time he commissioned a park which would subsequently bear his name).
References edit
- ^ Republican Ticket Election Tuesday, November 2, 1869 Archived December 9, 2018, at the Wayback Machine Illinois Staats-Zeitung -- September 21, 1869
- ^ Schneirov, Richard (1998). Labor and Urban Politics: Class Conflict and the Origins of Modern Liberalism in Chicago, 1864-97. University of Illinois Press. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-252-06676-4. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
- ^ "RaceID=486044". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
- ^ Annual Report of the South Park Commissioners, 1873