1867 Chicago mayoral election

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1867 Chicago mayoral election
  1865 April 16, 1867 1869  
  JBrice (1).jpg Francis-sherman (1).jpg
Nominee John Blake Rice Francis Cornwall Sherman
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote11,9047,971
Percentage59.89%40.11%

Mayor before election

John Blake Rice
Republican

Elected mayor

John Blake Rice
Republican

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.

Results

1867 Chicago mayoral election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Blake Rice (incumbent) 11,904 59.89
Democratic Francis Cornwall Sherman 7,97140.11
Turnout 19,875

References

  1. "Mayor John Blake Rice Biography".
  2. "RaceID=486043". Our Campaigns. Retrieved January 12, 2019.