1842 Chicago mayoral election

1842 Chicago mayoral election
 
Nominee Benjamin W. Raymond Augustus Garrett Henry Smith
Party Whig Democratic Free Soil
Popular vote 490 432 53
Percentage 50.26% 44.31% 5.43%
Results by ward
Mayor before election

Buckner Stith Morris
Whig

 Elected mayor

Benjamin W. Raymond
Whig

In the 1842 Chicago Mayoral election saw Whig candidate and Former Mayor Benjamin Wright Raymond defeat Democratic candidate Augustus Garrett and Free Soil candidate Henry Smith by a six point margin.

Raymond had previously served a term as mayor after winning the 1839 Chicago mayoral election, and had also previously unsuccessfully sought a second term in the 1840 Chicago mayoral election. By winning the 1842 election, Raymond became the first individual to serve more than one term as mayor of Chicago.

This was the first Chicago mayoral election in which voters were not required to be freeholders.

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