1842 Chicago mayoral election explained

Election Name:1842 Chicago mayoral election
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Year:1841
Next Year:1843
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Nominee1:Benjamin W. Raymond
Party1:Whig Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:490
Percentage1:50.26%
Nominee2:Augustus Garrett
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:432
Percentage2:44.31%
Mayor
Before Election:Buckner Stith Morris
Before Party:Whig Party (United States)
After Election:Benjamin W. Raymond
After Party:Whig Party (United States)
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Nominee3:Henry Smith
Party3:Free Soil Party
Popular Vote3:53
Percentage3:5.43%

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

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]

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

Results

Results by ward

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.[2] [3]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 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. . December 24, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180904052355/http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/LIB/AldermansList.htm . September 4, 2018 . dead .
  2. Book: Einhorn . Robin L. . Property Rules: Political Economy in Chicago, 1833-1872 . University of Chicago Press . Chicago . 34 . 2001.
  3. Book: Goodspeed . Weston A. . The History of Cook County, Illinois . Feb 6, 2017 . Jazzybee Verlag . 339 .