| Election Name: | 1847 Chicago mayoral election |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Year: | 1846 |
| Next Year: | 1848 |
| Nominee1: | James Curtiss |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,281 |
| Percentage1: | 46.77% |
| Nominee2: | Philo Carpenter |
| Party2: | Liberty Party (United States, 1840) |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,220 |
| Percentage2: | 44.54% |
| Mayor | |
| Nominee3: | John H. Kinzie |
| Party3: | Whig Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote3: | 238 |
| Percentage3: | 8.69% |
| Before Election: | John Putnam Chapin |
| Before Party: | Whig Party (United States) |
| After Election: | James Curtiss |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1847, Democratic nominee James Curtiss defeated Liberty nominee Philo Carpenter and Whig nominee John H. Kinzie.
Philo Carpenter had previously been an unsuccessful candidate in the prior election. John H. Kinzie had also previously been an unsuccessful candidate in the 1837 and 1845 mayoral elections.