1852 Chicago mayoral election

Chicago mayoral election, 1852
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Candidate Walter S. Gurnee James Curtiss
Party Democratic Independent
Popular vote 1,741 1,295
Percentage 39.04% 29.05%

 
Candidate Amos G. Throop Peter Page
Party Temperance Mechanics
Popular vote 1,153 271
Percentage 25.85% 6.08%

Mayor before election

Walter S. Gurnee
Democratic

Elected mayor

Walter S. Gurnee
Democratic

In the 1852 Chicago mayoral election, incumbent Democrat Walter S. Gurnee defeated former mayor James Curtiss (running as an independent) as well as Temperance candidate Amos G. Throop and Mechanics candidate Peter Page by a ten-point margin.