1861 Chicago mayoral election

1861 Chicago mayoral election
April 16, 1861
 
Nominee Julian Sidney Rumsey Thomas Barbour Bryan
Party Republican People's
Popular vote 8,274 6,601
Percentage 55.62% 44.38%

Mayor before election

John Wentworth
Democratic

Elected mayor

Julian Sidney Rumsey
Republican

the 1861 Chicago mayoral election, was held on April 16, Republican Julian Sidney Rumsey defeated People's nominee Thomas Barbour Bryan by a ten-point margin. The election took place on April 16, 1861.

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