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 vote3,270971
Percentage77.10%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]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Charles McNeill Gray 3,270 77.10
Josiah L. James97122.90
Turnout 4,241

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References

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  3. Hotchkiss, George Woodward (1898). History of the Lumber and Forest Industry of the Northwest. G.W. Hotchkiss & Company. p. 691. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  4. Industrial Chicago: The commercial interests. Goodspeed Publishing Company. 1894. p. 141. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  5. "Chicago Mayors, 1837-2007". www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  6. "RaceID=486032". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 2019-01-04.