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In the 1854 Chicago mayoral election, Democrat Isaac Lawrence Milliken defeated Temperance Party nominee Amos G. Throop by a landslide 19.5% margin.

Throop had run previously in 1852.

Incumbent mayor Charles McNeill Gray did not run for reelection.

The election was held on March 13.[1]

Campaigning

Throop had the support of the city's temperance forces. Milliken supported giving Catholics a portion of the school fund and did not support temperance.[2]

Results

1854 Chicago mayoral election[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Isaac Lawrence Milliken 3,800 59.79
Temperance Party Amos G. Throop 2,556 40.21
Turnout 6,356

References

  1. ^ "Mayor Isaac Lawrence Milliken Biography". www.chipublib.org. Chicago Public Library. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  2. ^ Immigrants in the Valley: Irish, Germans, and Americans in the Upper Mississippi Country, 1830-1860 Portada Mark Wyman SIU Press, Nov 9, 2016
  3. ^ "Chicago Mayors, 1837-2007". www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  4. ^ "RaceID=486033". Our Campaigns. Retrieved January 4, 2019.