Benjamin Wright Raymond
3rd Mayor of Chicago
Party:
Whig
Elected:
1st term:
March 5, 1839
Defeated James Curtiss (Democrat)
2nd term:
March 7, 1842
Defeated Augustus Garrett (Democrat)and Henry Smith (Liberty)
Inaugurations:
1st Term: March 7, 1839
2nd Term: March 7, 1842: Inaugural Address
Terms of office:
1st term: 1839-1840
2nd term: 1842-1843
Birth:
June 15, 1801
Rome, NY
Personal:
1835 - Married Amelia Porter with whom he had two sons
Owned and operated chain of general goods stores
President of the Elgin National Watch Company
Death:
April 6, 1883
Chicago, IL
Gravesite:
Graceland Cemetery, Chicago
Sources:
Andreas, A. T. History of Chicago: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Chicago: A.T. Andreas, 1884-86.
Grossman, James R., Ann Durkin Keating, and Janice L. Reiff, editors. Encyclopedia of Chicago. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Chicago Daily Tribune, April 6, 1883, pg. 2.
Chicago Daily Tribune, April 7, 1883, pg. 8.