About Chicago
Benjamin Wright Raymond
Third Mayor of Chicago
Frank, S.B. Chicago: Memorable Events and the Mayors We’ve Had. S.B. Frank, 1894. SPE CCW 41/14
Party
- Whig
Elected
- First term
- March 5, 1839
- Defeated James Curtiss (Democrat)
- March 5, 1839
- Second term:
- March 7, 1842
- Defeated Augustus Garrett (Democrat) and Henry Smith (Liberty)
- March 7, 1842
Inaugurations
- First Term: March 7, 1839
- Second Term: March 7, 1842: Inaugural Address
Terms of Office
- First term: 1839–1840
- Second term: 1842–1843
Birth
- June 15, 1801
- Rome, N.Y.
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
Gravesite
- Graceland Cemetery, Chicago
Sources
- Andreas, A.T. History of Chicago: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. A.T. Andreas, 1884–86.
- Chicago Daily Tribune. April 6, 1883, p. 2.
- Chicago Daily Tribune. April 7, 1883, p. 8.
- Grossman, James R., Ann Durkin Keating and Janice L. Reiff, editors. Encyclopedia of Chicago. University of Chicago Press, 2004.