1867 Chicago mayoral election explained

Election Name:1867 Chicago mayoral election
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Election Date:April 16, 1867
Previous Year:1865
Next Year:1869
Image1:File:JBrice (1).jpg
Nominee1:John Blake Rice
Party1:Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:11,904
Percentage1:59.89%
Nominee2:Francis Cornwall Sherman
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:7,971
Percentage2:40.11%
Mayor
Before Election:John Blake Rice
Before Party:Republican Party (United States)
After Election:John Blake Rice
After Party:Republican Party (United States)

In the Chicago mayoral election of 1867, incumbent Republican John Blake Rice won reelection, defeating Democrat Francis Cornwall Sherman by a nearly twenty-point margin.

The election was held on April 16.[1] It was ultimately a rematch of the previous election. This was Chicago's first mayoral election held after the conclusion of the American Civil War.

This was the final election before a law that would move mayoral elections from April to November.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mayor John Blake Rice Biography.