1854 Chicago mayoral election

In the 1854 Chicago mayoral election, Democrat Isaac Lawrence Milliken defeated Temperance Party nominee Amos G. Throop by a landslide 19.5% margin.

Chicago mayoral election, 1854
March 13, 1854
 
Candidate Isaac Lawrence Milliken Amos G. Throop
Party Democratic Temperance Party
Popular vote 3,800 2,556
Percentage 59.79% 40.21%
Mayor before election

Charles McNeill Gray
Democratic

 Elected Mayor

Isaac Lawrence Milliken
Democratic

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Throop had run previously in 1852.

Incumbent mayor Charles McNeill Gray did not run for reelection.

The election was held on March 13.

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