1853 Chicago mayoral election

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Chicago mayoral election, 1853
← 1852 March 14, 1853 1854 →
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Candidate Charles McNeill Gray Josiah L. James
Party Democratic
Popular vote 3,270 971
Percentage 77.10% 22.90%

Mayor before election

Walter S. Gurnee
Democratic

Elected mayor

Charles McNeill Gray
Democratic

In the 1853 Chicago mayoral election, Charles McNeill Gray defeated Josiah L. James in a landslide, winning by a 54-point margin. Incumbent mayor Walter S. Gurnee did not run for reelection. The election was held on March 14.[1] Josiah L. James was a businessman in the lumber industry.[2][3][4]

Results

1853 Chicago mayoral election[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Charles McNeill Gray 3,270 77.10
Josiah L. James 971 22.90
Turnout 4,241

References

  1. "Mayor Charles McNeill Gray Biography". www.chipublib.org. Chicago Public Library. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  2. Theodore Andreas, Alfred (1886). History of Chicago: From the fire of 1871 until 1885. p. 373. ISBN 9780832857249. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  3. Hotchkiss, George Woodward (1898). History of the Lumber and Forest Industry of the Northwest. G.W. Hotchkiss & Company. p. 691. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  4. Industrial Chicago: The commercial interests. Goodspeed Publishing Company. 1894. p. 141. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  5. "Chicago Mayors, 1837-2007". www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  6. "RaceID=486032". Our Campaigns. Retrieved January 4, 2019.