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the Chicago mayoral election of 1850, Democrat James Curtiss defeated Levi Boone and Lewis C. Kerchival by a double-digit margin.
The incumbent mayor James H. Woodworth did not run for a third term.
Curtiss had previously served one term as mayor, having previously been elected in 1847. This was Curtiss' fourth mayoral campaign, as he also ran unsuccessful campaigns in 1839 and 1848.
Kerchival had also been an unsuccessful candidate in the previous election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | James Curtiss | 1,697 | 45.51 | |
| Independent | Levi Boone | 1,227 | 32.90 | |
| Other | Lewis C. Kerchival | 805 | 21.59 | |
| Turnout | 3,729 | |||
Levi Day Boone served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1855–1856) for the American Party (Know-Nothings).
Benjamin Wright Raymond was an American politician who twice served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois for the Whig Party.
James Curtiss was an American politician who twice served as Mayor of Chicago, Illinois for the Democratic Party.
The Chicago mayoral election of 2007 saw incumbent mayor Richard M. Daley win a landslide victory, garnering a 51-point margin of victory.
The Chicago mayoral election of 1991 resulted in the re-election of incumbent Democrat Richard M. Daley to his first full four-year term. Daley had previously been elected to serve the remainder of Harold Washington's unexpired term in a special election held following Washington's death in office.
In the 1855 Chicago mayoral election, Know Nothing candidate Levi Boone defeated Democratic incumbent Isaac Lawrence Milliken by a 5.75% margin.
Chicago has held regularly-scheduled popular elections to select the city's mayor ever since it was incorporated as a city in 1837.
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1935, incumbent Interim Mayor Edward J. Kelly defeated Republican Emil C. Wetten and independent candidate Newton Jenkins by a landslide 60% margin of victory.
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1893, Democrat Carter Harrison Sr. won election, returning him the mayor's office for a (then-record) fifth non-consecutive term as mayor of Chicago. Harrison won a majority of the vote, defeating the Republican nominee, businessman Samuel W. Allerton, by a ten-point margin. He also defeated two third-party candidates: United Citizens nominee DeWitt Clinton Cregier and Socialist Labor Party nominee Henry Ehrenpreis, neither of whom received strong support.
The Chicago mayoral election of 1951 was held on April 3, 1951. The election saw Democrat Martin H. Kennelly being reelected for a second term, defeating Republican Robert L. Hunter by a double-digit margin.
The 1848 Chicago mayoral election , independent Democratic candidate James H. Woodworth defeated incumbent Democrat James Curtiss.
the 1843 Chicago mayoral election , Democratic nominee Augustus Garrett defeated Whig nominee Thomas Church and Liberty nominee Henry Smith by a landslide 26.5% margin.
In the 1842 Chicago Mayoralelection 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.
In the 1851 Chicago mayoral election, Walter S. Gurnee defeated incumbent mayor James Curtiss as well as Eli B. Williams and Edward K. Rogers by a landslide 36.25% margin.
In the 1852 Chicago mayoral election, incumbent Democrat Walter S. Gurnee defeated former mayor James Curtiss as well as Temperance candidate Amos G. Throop and Mechanics candidate Peter Page by a ten-point margin.
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1862, Democrat Francis Cornwall Sherman won a second non-consecutive term, defeating Republican Party nominee Charles N. Holden.
The Chicago mayoral election of 1883 was held on Tuesday April 3, saw incumbent Carter Harrison Sr. defeat Republican Eugene Cary by a double-digit margin.
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1847, Democratic nominee James Curtiss defeated Liberty nominee Philo Carpenter and Whig nominee John H. Kinzie.
The Cook County, Illinois, general elections were held on November 8, 2022. Primaries were held on June 28, 2022.
Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 5, 1940.
