1862 Chicago mayoral election
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1862, Democrat Francis Cornwall Sherman defeated Republican Party nominee Charles C. P. Holden.
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Sherman had previously served as mayor two decades earlier, after winning the 1841 election. He had also been an unsuccessful candidate in the 1856 mayoral election.
Holden was a former alderman.[1]
Campaigning
The election was held on April 15, 1862.[2] It was the second of four Chicago mayoral elections which took place during the course of the American Civil War. It was also last regularly-scheduled Chicago mayoral election to a one-year term.
Sherman had been supported by a nonpartisan ticket which bore the slogan "for the Union and the Constitution".[1]
Due to the fact that his son was a noted brigadier in the Union Army, Sherman was able to comfortably avoid accusations that his own loyalties sided anywhere but with the Union.[1]
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Francis Cornwall Sherman | 7,437 | 54.32 | |
Republican | Charles C. P. Holden | 6,254 | 45.68 | |
Turnout | 12,508 |
References
External links
- A History of Chicago, Volume II: From Town to City 1848-1871 - Bessie Louise Pierce, ISBN 978-0226668406