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In the Chicago mayoral election of 1867, incumbent Republican John Blake Rice won reelection, defeating Democrat Francis Cornwall Sherman by a nearly twenty-point margin.

The election was held on April 16.[1] It was ultimately a rematch of the previous election. This was Chicago's first mayoral election held after the conclusion of the American Civil War.

This was the final election before a law that would move mayoral elections from April to November.

Results

1867 Chicago mayoral election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Blake Rice (incumbent) 11,904 59.89
Democratic Francis Cornwall Sherman 7,971 40.11
Turnout 19,875

References

  1. ^ "Mayor John Blake Rice Biography".
  2. ^ "RaceID=486043". Our Campaigns. Retrieved January 12, 2019.