1857 Chicago mayoral election

none January 2025 September 2023 Chicago mayoral election, 1857 presidential no 1856 1858 March 3, 1857 File:Long John Wentworth picture (1).jpg John Wentworth Republican Party (United States) 5,933 55.06% File:3x4.svg Benjamin Carver Democratic Party (United States) 4,842 44.94% Mayor Thomas Dyer Democratic Party (United States) John Wentworth Republican Party (United States) In the 1857 Chicago mayoral election, Republican nominee John Wentworth defeated Democratic nominee Benjamin Carver by a ten-point margin. The election was held on March 3. Background The Democratic Party were coming off of the success of their presidential ticket in November 1856 (both nationally, as well as in Illinois). At a celebratory bonfire held across from the Tremont House, Stephen A. Douglas delivered a speech predicting a Democratic victory in the coming municipal elections, declaring "Chicago will yet redeem herself, she will do so at the next election, and after that she will be right at every election."A History of Chicago, Volume II: From Town to City 1848-1871 by Bessie Louise Pierce Election Both the Republican Party and Democratic Party held nominating conventions on February 28. Republicans nominated congressman John Wentworth for mayor (who had previously served several terms as a Democratic congressman). Former congressman (and future president) Abraham Lincoln delivered an impassioned speech at the Republican convention on behalf of its ticket. Democrats nominated Benjamin Carver. Carver had previously been a member of the New York State Assembly (holding a Herkimer County seat in 1839).Benjamin Carver (1796-1879) https://americanaristocracy.com/people/benjamin-carver American Aristocracy 2 December 2024 In Chicago, he was working as the cashier of the Marine Bank and the Chicago Marine and Fire Insurance Company, and was a relative political unknown when compared to political the heavyweight Wentworth.https://books.google.com/books?id=uzBn8G3rhmgC&pg=PA550 Ending with the year 1857 Alfred Theodore Andreas October 3, 1884 A. T. Andreas 550 Google Books The results of the Democratic convention (including its nomination of Carver) were not made public until March 2, one day before the election. Former congressman Abraham Lincoln (at the time a U.S. senate aspirant; who would go on to be elected U.S. president in 1860) came to Chicago and campaigned in support of Wentworth's candidacy. Wentworth had well-established support for abolitionist policies,History of Chicago. From the earliest period to the present time while Carver was pro-slavery.Document 36 Petition for Damages Done to Frederick Berner's Store March 30, 1857 https://www.ilsos.gov/departments/archives/teaching_packages/early_chicago/doc36.html Office of the Illinois Secretary of State 23 April 2024 Wentworth's platform aroused some anti-Irish and anti-Catholic sentiments.Chicago History One of the bastions of Democratic support in the city was its seventh ward (which encompassed the portions of the city that lay "east of the centre of the north branch of the Chicago River, and north of the centre of the Chicago River, and west of the centre of La Salle street and a line running due north of the last named street"), which was home to a predominantly Irish-American populace. The day of the election was chaotic, with many instances of electoral violence arising across the city. Wentworth ultimately won by a wide margin and demonstrated a possible coattail effect, with his Republican ticket sweeping the city's other municipal elections as well. Results 1857 Chicago mayoral electionChicago Mayors, 1837-2007 http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1443.html www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org Encyclopedia of Chicago History (Chicago Historical Society) 13 May 2021 Republican Party (United States) John Wentworth 5,933 55.06 Democratic Party (United States) Benjamin F. Carver 4,842 44.94 10,775 References collapsed 1857 Chicago Category:1857 Illinois elections Category:1850s in Chicago Category:March 1857