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In the Chicago mayoral election of 1877, Republican Monroe Heath was reelected, defeating Democrat Perry H. Smith by a more than twenty point margin.
On April 23, 1875, Chicago had voted to operate under the Cities and Villages Act of 1872. This moved its mayoral elections from November to April.[1][2][3] The 1877 election was the first Chicago mayoral election to be scheduled in accordance with this change (the disputed April 1876 election was nullified because it had not been officially scheduled). As a result, the election took place on April 3.[4][5]
Results
Heath won reelection by a large majority. Republicans managed to sweep all citywide offices in the municipal elections.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Monroe Heath (incumbent) |
30,881 | 61.36 | |
| Democratic | Perry H. Smith | 19,449 | 38.64 | |
| Turnout | 50,330 | |||
References
- ^ "Legal Organization and Charter, City of Chicago". Chicago Public Library. Retrieved January 18, 2007.
- ^ Gale, Neil (February 13, 2013). "In 1876, Thomas Hoyne and Harvey Doolittle Colvin were both Chicago Mayors at the same time". Digital Research Library of Illinois History Journal.
- ^ Pierce, Bessie Louise (2007). A History of Chicago, Volume III: The Rise of a Modern City, 1871-1893. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp. 345–346. ISBN 9780226668420.
- ^ "Mayor Monroe Heath Biography".
- ^ Currey, Josiah Seymour (1912). Chicago: Its History and Its Builders, a Century of Marvelous Growth. S. J. Clarke publishing Company. p. 335.
- ^ History of Cook County, Illinois--: Being a General Survey of Cook County History, Including a Condensed History of Chicago and Special Account of Districts Outside the City Limits; from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Volume 2 edited by Weston Arthur Goodspeed, Daniel David Healy (page 580)
- ^ The Chicago Daily News Almanac and Year Book for 1912. Chicago Daily News, Incorporated. 1911. p. 464. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
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