1861 Chicago mayoral election

In the Chicago mayoral election of 1861, Republican Julian Sidney Rumsey defeated Democratic nominee Thomas B. Bryan by a ten-point margin.


Nominee	Julian Sidney Rumsey	Thomas B. Bryan
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	8,274	6,601
Percentage	55.62%	44.38%

Mayor before election

John Wentworth
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Julian Sidney Rumsey
Republican

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The election was the first of four Chicago mayoral elections which took place during the course of the American Civil War.

Campaign

The municipal election season came on the tail of the fall of Fort Sumter.[1] Both parties referred to their tickets as “Union”.[1]

On April 15 the Democrats held a meeting where they urged the election of their ticket to maintain the union.[1]

Both parties adopted strong support for the union and its cause in the war.[1]

Democratic nominee Thomas Barbour Bryan was a Chicago business leader.[2][3]

Bryan was seen to be a far more prominent figure than Rumsey at the time of the election.[1]

Bryan had been drafted for mayor by a number of acquaintances to run on what the being dubbed "The People's Ticket".[4] Unaware at the time that he'd be running in opposition to the Republican Party, Bryan reluctantly accepted.[4] He was reported to, ultimately, have seemed somewhat relieved by his ultimatel defeat in the polls.[4] He did not desire to be mayor of the city, nor did he want to cause disarray or fractures in the Republican Party at the time that the civil war was beginning.[4]

Rumsey was also a largely unwilling candidate, and did not desire to be mayor.[1]

Republicans primarily took issue not with the Democratic nominee for mayor, who many Republicans saw to be a unionist of strong character, but rather with the overall Democratic ticket for the municipal elections. Many Republicans felt uncomfortable with the fact that the Democratic ticket was strongly supported by the Chicago Times.[1]

Results

Despite the unusual times in which the election was held, much of the city voted along its typical party lines.[1]

**1861 Chicago mayoral election**[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Julian Sidney Rumsey	8,274	55.62
	Democratic	Thomas B. Bryan	6,601	44.38
Turnout			14,875

References

Goodspeed, Weston A. (Feb 6, 2017). The History of Cook County, Illinois. Jazzybee Verlag.
Sellers, John R. (1986). Civil War manuscripts : a guide to collections in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress (PDF). Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. p. 35. ISBN 0-8444-0381-4. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
"History Highlight: Thomas Barbour Bryan and Elmhurst | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Elmhurst History Museum. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
Biographical Sketches Of The Leading Men Of Chicago, written by the Best Talent of the Northwest. Chicago: Wilson & St. Clair, Publishers. 1868.
"RaceID=486040". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 19, 2018.

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