1849 Chicago mayoral election

none January 2025 September 2023 1849 Chicago mayoral election presidential no 1848 1850 150x150px James H. Woodworth Independent Democrat 2,668 80.02% 150x150px Timothy Wait Other 399 11.97% Mayor James H. Woodworth Independent Democrat James H. Woodworth Independent Democrat 150x150px Lewis C. Kerchival Other 245 7.35% In the Chicago mayoral election of 1849, incumbent James H. Woodworth was reelected in a landslide. This election made Woodworth the first Chicago mayor to be reelected to a second consecutive term (an accolade that would have belonged to Augustus Garrett had the results of the March 1844 Chicago mayoral election not been declared null). Woodworth was also only the third mayor to be elected to a second term, after only Benjamin Wright Raymond and Augustus Garrett. Campaign The election is notable for the lack of political party involvement.Goodspeed Weston A. The History of Cook County, Illinois Feb 6, 2017 Jazzybee Verlag With the major national political parties disintegrating over the national debate surrounding slavery, the 1849 mayoral campaign lacked party conventions to nominate candidates. Instead, candidates were self-nominated. There was also a lack of party-organized efforts to support any candidate. Results With 80.02% of the vote, Hutchinson received the highest vote share than any Chicago mayoral candidate had ever received (surpassing the 66.86% that William B. Ogden had received in 1937). This has only once been exceeded in Chicago mayoral elections, (by Jane Byrne who received 82.05% in 1979). 1849 Chicago mayoral electionChicago Mayors, 1837-2007 http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1443.html www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org 2 January 2021 RaceID=486028 Our Campaigns http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=486028 2018-12-11 Independent Democrat James H. Woodworth (incumbent) 2,668 80.02 Other Timothy Wait 399 11.97 Other Lewis C. Kerchival 245 7.35 Other S. D. Childs 22 0.66 3,334 References collapsed Category:Mayoral elections in Chicago Chicago Chicago Category:1840s in Chicago