1843 Chicago mayoral election

1843 Chicago mayoral election

Nominee Augustus Garrett Thomas Church Party Democratic Whig Popular vote 671 381 Percentage 61.17% 34.73%

Mayor before election Benjamin Wright Raymond Whig Elected mayor Augustus Garrett Democratic

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.

Incumbent Whig Benjamin Wright Raymond did not run for reelection to a third term.

Democratic nominee Augustus Garrett had been an unsuccessful election in the preceding 1842 election. He was also a former city alderman.^[1]

Like Garrett, Liberty candidate Henry Smith had also been a candidate in the previous election.^[2]

As with other mayoral elections of the era, returns in the city's wards heavily matched the partisan makeup of the votes that had been cast in the city's aldermanic election.^[3]

Results

1843 Chicago mayoral election^[2]^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Augustus Garrett	671	61.17
	Whig	Thomas Church	381	34.73
	Liberty	Henry Smith	45	4.10
Turnout			1,097

References

1. "Centennial List of Mayors, City Clerks, City Attorneys, City Treasurers, and Aldermen, elected by the people of the city of Chicago, from the incorporation of the city on March 4, 1837 to March 4, 1937, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the years during which each official held office". Archived from the original on September 4, 2018. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
2. "Chicago Mayors, 1837-2007". www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
3. Einhorn, Robin L. (2001). Property Rules: Political Economy in Chicago, 1833-1872. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. p. 34.
4. "RaceID=486022". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 12, 2018.