1846 Chicago mayoral election

none January 2025 September 2023 1846 Chicago mayoral election presidential no 1845 1847 150x150px John P. Chapin Whig Party (United States) 1,104 55.20% 150x150px Charles Follansbee Democratic Party (United States) 667 33.35% Mayor 150x150px Philo Carpenter Liberty Party (United States, 1840) 229 11.45% Augustus Garrett Democratic Party (United States) John Putnam Chapin Whig Party (United States) In the Chicago mayoral election of 1846, Whig nominee John P. Chapin defeated Democratic nominee Charles Follansbee and Liberty nominee Philo Carpenter by a landslide 22 point margin. Campaign February 2019 Follansbee, a former Chicago alderman from the 1st ward,http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/LIB/AldermansList.htm Centennial List of Mayors, City Clerks, City Attorneys, City Treasurers, and Aldermen, elected by the people of the city of Chicago, from the incorporation of the city on March 4, 1837 to March 4, 1937, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the years during which each official held office. December 24, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180904052355/http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/LIB/AldermansList.htm September 4, 2018 dead failed to garner the support of Irish Democrats, an important constituency for the Democratic Party in Chicago. These voters rejected him because he was a champion of the "Native American Act", which would require a period of 21 years of residency before any immigrant could become a naturalized citizen.https://books.google.com/books?id=uZkGAAAAMAAJ Politics and Politicians of Chicago: Cook County, and Illinois. Memorial Volume, 1787-1887. A Complete Record of Municipal, County, State and National Politics from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. And an Account of the Haymarket Massacre of May 4, 1886, and the Anarchist Trials 1886 Chapin was the first Whig since 1839 to hold the mayoral office.Bennett Fremont O. Politics and politicians of Chicago, Cook county, and Illinois. Memorial volume, 1787-1887. A complete record of municipal, county, state and national politics from the earliest period to the present time. And an account of the Haymarket massacre of May 4, 1886, and the anarchist trials. 1886 Blakely Printing Co 1886 Chicago, IL 59 Prior to this he had had been elected as an alderman from the 1st ward in 1844. General election 1846 Chicago mayoral electionChicago Mayors, 1837-2007 http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1443.html www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org 2 January 2021 RaceID=486025 Our Campaigns http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=486025 2019-01-12 Whig Party (United States) John P. Chapin 1,104 55.20 Democratic Party (United States) Charles Follansbee 667 33.35 Liberty Party (United States, 1840) Philo Carpenter 229 11.45 2,000 References Category:Mayoral elections in Chicago Chicago Chicago Category:1840s in Chicago