1853 Chicago mayoral election

Chicago mayoral election, 1853

March 14, 1853

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

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]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles McNeill Gray	3,270	77.10
		Josiah L. James	971	22.90
Turnout			4,241

References

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.