1839 Chicago mayoral election

Chicago mayoral election, 1839
← 1838 March 5, 1839 1840 →
 
Candidate Benjamin Wright Raymond James Curtiss
Party Whig Democratic
Popular vote 353 212
Percentage 62.48% 37.52%

Mayor before election

Buckner Stith Morris
Whig

Elected Mayor

Benjamin Wright Raymond
Whig

The 1839 Chicago mayoral election saw Whig nominee Benjamin Wright Raymond defeat Democratic nominee James Curtiss by a landslide 25 point margin.

The election was held on March 5.[1]

  1. ^ "Mayor Benjamin Wright Raymond Biography". www.chipublib.org.

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