1853 Chicago mayoral election

In the 1853 Chicago mayoral election, Charles McNeill Gray defeated Josiah L. James in a landslide, winning by a 54-point margin.

Chicago mayoral election, 1853
← 1852 March 14, 1853 1854 →
 
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

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

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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

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  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.