March 14, 1853
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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
Gray was elected with 77.10% of the vote, at the time the second greatest vote share a mayoral candidate had received in Chicago (behind the 80.02% that James H. Woodworth received in 1849. No subsequent mayor would be elected with a larger percent of the vote until Richard J. Daley won 77.67% of the vote in 1975.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Charles McNeill Gray | 3,270 | 77.10 | |
| Josiah L. James | 971 | 22.90 | ||
| Turnout | 4,241 | |||
References
- "Mayor Charles McNeill Gray Biography". www.chipublib.org. Chicago Public Library. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
- Theodore Andreas, Alfred (1886). History of Chicago: From the fire of 1871 until 1885. Vol. 3. p. 373. OCLC 1003763. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
- Hotchkiss, George Woodward (1898). History of the Lumber and Forest Industry of the Northwest. G.W. Hotchkiss & Company. p. 691. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
- Industrial Chicago: The commercial interests. Goodspeed Publishing Company. 1894. p. 141. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
- "Chicago Mayors, 1837-2007". www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
- "RaceID=486032". Our Campaigns. Retrieved January 4, 2019.