In the Chicago mayoral election of 1869, Citizens Party nominee

Roswell B. Mason Roswell B. Mason (September 19, 1805January 1, 1892) served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1869–1871) for the Citizens Party. Early life Mason was born on September 19, 1805, in New Hartford, New York to Arnold Mason and Mercy Coman. His mo ...

defeated

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nominee George W. Gage by a

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27-point margin. This was the last mayoral election before the

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took place. Citizens Party candidate Mason was an executive in the

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. Republican Party candidate Gage was a businessman who operated the Tremont House and Sherman House hotels. The Citizens Reform ticket was a nonpartisan reform slate which aimed to challenge the power of German Republican

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Anton C. Hesing Anton Caspar Hesing (1823–1895), known as "Boss Hesing", was a German-American newspaper publisher and political boss who became a prominent figure in Chicago during the second half of the 19th Century. The long-time publisher of the ''Illino ...

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Aftermath

Mason would only serve a single term as mayor. Gage would go on to serve as the

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of the Chicago White Stockings baseball team (today's

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) and serve as Chicago's South Parks Commissioner Annual Report of the South Park Commissioners, 1873
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References

Mayoral elections in Chicago

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