In the Chicago mayoral election of 1867, incumbent Republican

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won reelection, defeating Democrat Francis Cornwall Sherman by a nearly ten-point margin. The election was held on April 16. It was ultimately a rematch of the previous election. This was Chicago's first mayoral election held after the conclusion of the

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. This was the final election before a law that would move mayoral elections from April to November.

Results

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Mayoral elections in Chicago

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