1856 Chicago mayoral election

Chicago mayoral election, 1856
March 10, 1856
 
Candidate Thomas Dyer Francis Cornwall Sherman
Party Nebraska Democrat Anti-Nebraska Democrat
(Cross-nominated by the Know Nothing Party)
Popular vote 4,712 4,138
Percentage 53.24% 46.76%
Mayor before election

Levi Boone
Know Nothing

 Elected mayor

Thomas Dyer
Democratic

In the 1856 Chicago mayoral election, Thomas Dyer defeated former mayor Francis Cornwall Sherman. The race was shaped by the divisive national political debate surrounding the issue of slavery, particularly debate surrounding the controversial Kansas–Nebraska Act, and the election was treated by many as a referendum on it. Dyer vocally supported the act, while Sherman stood in opposition to it.

The election was held on March 10.

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