1855 Chicago mayoral election

Chicago mayoral election, 1855
← 1854 March 8, 1855 1856 →
 
Candidate Levi Boone Isaac Lawrence Milliken
Party Know Nothing Democratic
Popular vote 3,185 2,839
Percentage 52.87% 47.13%

Mayor before election

Isaac Lawrence Milliken
Democratic

Elected mayor

Levi Boone
Know Nothing

In the 1855 Chicago mayoral election, Know Nothing candidate Levi Boone defeated Democratic incumbent Isaac Lawrence Milliken by a 5.75% margin.[1]

The election was held on March 8.[2]

  1. ^ "RaceID=486034". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
  2. ^ "Mayor Levi Day Boone Biography". www.chipublib.org. Retrieved May 17, 2020.