1871 Cook County and Chicago elections

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The elections were held in the aftermath of the Great Chicago Fire, which had occurred a month prior. ______nominations/ tickets. In recognition of the unusual situation the city and county faced due to the fire,

The vote included the Cook County Board of Commissioners election (the first election to the newly re-established board), in which future Chicago mayor Carter Harrison III won election to his first office and in which John Jones won election (the latter likely becoming the first Black person elected to office in Illinois). The Chicago Common Council election saw the first election of Edward Cullerton, who would go on to serve a significant decades-long tenure on the council (beginning a Cullerton family political dynasty that extended into the 21st century). The same election also saw the first election of Monroe Heath, who would later be elected mayor.

Background

Restructuring of the county government

In the 1871 elections, the inaugural election was held for the reconstituted Cook County Board of Commissioners. An early three-member Board of Commissioners had previously existed from 1831 until November 1849 to govern county affairs. In 1848, the board was dissolved and its duties were assumed by the judges of the Cook County Circuit Court. In 1850, the duties were transferred to the Cook County Board of Supervisors, with the county operating under a township–board system until after the 1871 elections when this system was replaced and a newly reconstituted Cook County Board of Commissioners (with fifteen members) became the primary governing body of the county.

Great Chicago Fire (October 1871)

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Nominations for elections

Formation of the Fireproof–Union Ticket

Carter Harrison III was the leading figure in the formation of the Union–Fireproof Ticket and served as the chair of its nominating convention.

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”Sorehead” Democratic and Republican nominating conventions and formation of the "People's Ticket"

Not all members of the county Democratic and Republican parties were onboard with the joint ticket approved by the county party central committees. The dissatisfied factions of the two parties (factions that were frequently labeled "sorehead" or "bummer") joined together to nominate a ticket of their own, with nominees selected by rump party nominating conventions. The resultant ticket was formally named the "People's Ticket".

Opening of conventions, negotiations over the division of nominations

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Both conventions opened on the morning of October 30. The Democratic Convention was held at Orphens Hall. The convention was called to order by Alderman Joseph A. Montgomery. Former alderman John Comiskey was appointed as convention chair.

Nomination votes at Democratic conventions

Judge of the Circuit Court ___

Mayoral nomination

City collector

City attorney

Clerk of police court

Nomination votes at Republican convention

Names placed for nomination for county treasurer were Henry Harms, Fritz Metke (supported by a grouping of German-American delegates), J. W. Brockway (a veteran who had been wounded in the Battle of St. Petersburg, whose name being brought for nomination was greeted by laughter from many delegates). The vote was Harms 171, Mezke 4, and Brockway 20; Harms was nominated.

Otto Harburg, John A. Nelson and Fred Gund were brought for a vote in the nomination for police commissioner. The ballot resulted in Gund 63, Hartung 124 and Nelson 2, with Hartung being nominated.

J. B. Young was nominated for fifth district county commissioner

Fred Tesch, W. G. Waterman, and William Friese were placed as candidates for nomination for commissioner from the second district

After this, the Republican convention was made aware that the Democratic convention had nominated Charles C. P. Holden for mayor of Chicago, though there was some initial confusion as to the veracity of this news.

The convention voted tesch 18? Fraten 28 WAterman 68. Thereafter, the convention was made aware that news of Holden's nomination for mayor was verified.

Third district

Holden then appeared before the Republican Convention ____

North Side commissioners South Side commissioners

Effort for colored member. ______ H. D. King nominated

Vote

West side commissioners

Votes

Confirmation Hurd would accept nomination

Chicago City Treasurer

South Side Police Magistrate

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Election logistics

Polling places for the November elections had been designated prior to the Great Chicago Fire. The destruction of many buildings that had been designated to serve as polling places presented a challenge in administering the election. It was judged that it would be illegal for voting to be conducted outside of the already-designated polling locations. Ultimately, it was decided that the locations of such ruined buildings would remain polling places, with temporary structures erected in which voting could be conducted. This required the displaced residents of destroyed neighborhoods who wished to vote to travel back to Chicago in order to cast votes at their precincts. https://www.newspapers.com/image/9451565/ https://www.newspapers.com/image/73492856

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The canvass of the city election results occurred on November 20.

Chicago citywide municipal officers

Mayor

Main article: 1871 Chicago mayoral election

1871 Chicago mayoral election

November 7, 1871

Nominee Joseph Medill Charles C. P. Holden Party Republican Republican Alliance Union-Fireproof People's Popular vote 16,125 5,988 Percentage 72.92% 27.08%

Mayor before election Roswell B. Mason Citizens Party Elected Mayor Joseph Medill Republican

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Nominations for mayor of Chicago

Fireproof–Union

Holden (a Republican) was selected for mayor by the "Sorehead" Democratic convention. Holden was president of the city council, and represented the fourth ward on the council. Hoyne's name was put forward for the convention balloting by former alderman John Comiskey.

"Sorehead" Democratic convention mayoral nomination balloting
Candidate	1st ballot
Charles C. P. Holden	102
Thomas Hoyne	23
Samuel W. Fuller	1
Total	126
Majority (necessary for nomination)	64

Results of the Chicago mayoral election

1871 Chicago mayoral election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union-Fireproof	Joseph Medill	16,125	72.92
	People's	Charles C. P. Holden	5,988	27.08
Total votes			22,113	100

City treasurer

1871 Chicago treasurer election

November 7, 1871

Nominee David Allen Gage Kyler K. Jones Party Democrat Alliance Union-Fireproof People's Popular vote 16,155 5,730 Percentage 73.82% 26.18%

Treasurer before election David Allen Gage Democratic Elected Treasurer David Allen Gage Democratic

The Union–Fireproof ticket nominated David Allen Gage (the incumbent) for the office. He was selected for the ticket by the Cook County Democratic Central Committee. Gage had previously been elected in 1869 on a "People's Ticket" (unrelated to the 1871 "People's" ticket).

There were allegations made against Gage's candidacy alleging that the "Union–Fireproof" nomination process had been subject to pressure by a "ring" to nominate Gage in hopes that his re-election would allow him to cover up enormous frauds committed with funds from the city treasurer. It would in subsequent years be uncovered that Gage in malfeasance defaulted in the amount of $503,703.58 as treasurer.

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1871 Chicago city treasurer election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union-Fireproof	David Allen Gage (incumbent)	16,155	73.82
	People's	Kyler K. Jones	5730	26.18
Total votes			21,885	100

City assessor

1871 Chicago city assessor election

November 7, 1871

Nominee ____ ____ Party Union–Fireproof People's Popular vote ___ ___ Percentage ___% ___%

Elected Assessor TBD

City clerk

1871 Chicago city clerk election

November 7, 1871

Nominee ____ ____ Party Union–Fireproof People's Popular vote ___ ___ Percentage ___% ___%

Elected Clerk TBD

City collector

1871 Chicago city collector election

November 7, 1871

Nominee George Von Hollen William J. Onahan Party Union–Fireproof People's Popular vote 13,896 8,219 Percentage 62.84% 37.16%

Elected City collector George Von Hollen

Nominations for Chicago city collector

The Union–Fireproof ticket nominated George Von Hollen.

William J. Onahan was unanimously selected at the "Sorehead" Democratic convention to be the People's Ticket nominee.

Results of the Chicago city collector election

Van Hollen handily defeated Onahan.

1871 Chicago city collector election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union-Fireproof	George Von Hollen	13,896	62.84
	People's	William J. Onahan	8219	37.16
Total votes			22,115	100

City attorney

1871 Chicago city attorney election

November 7, 1871

Nominee Israel N. Stiles Patrick McHugh Party Democrat Democrat Alliance Union–Fireproof People's Popular vote 15,217 6,406 Percentage 70.37% 29.63%

Elected City attorney I. N. Stiles Democratic

Nominations for Chicago city attorney

The Union–Fireproof ticket nominated I. N. Stiles, the incumbent. He was selected for the ticket by the Cook County Democratic Central Committee.

The "sorehead" Democratic convention selected Patrick McHugh for the "People's Ticket" on the second ballot, and then passed a motion to declare his nomination unanimous.

Sorehead" Democratic convention balloting for the People's Ticket nomination for Chicago city attorney (simple majority needed for nomination)
Candidate	1st	2nd
Patrick McHugh	55	79
George A. Meech	44	41
D.J. O'Leary	21	N/A
Thomas A. Moran	0	N/A
Theodore Schintz	0	N/A

Results of the Chicago city collector election

1871 Chicago city collector election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union-Fireproof	Israel N. Stiles	15,217	70.37
	People's	Patrick McHugh	6,406	29.63
Total votes			21,623	100

Clerk of the Police Court

1871 clerk of the Chicago Police Court election

November 7, 1871

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Clerk of the Police Court before election _________ ___________ Elected Clerk of the Police Court Canute R. Matson

Clerk of Police Court nominations

The Union–Fireproof ticket nominated Canute R. Matson.

At the "sorehead" Democratic convention, Albert Michaelson defeated Mark Clinton (a police captain) in the balloting for the People's Ticket nomination.

Clerk of Police Court election results

Matson handily defeated Michaelson.

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1871 Clerk of the Chicago Police Court election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union-Fireproof	Canute R. Matson	16,068	72.80
	People's	Albert Michaelson	6003	27.20
Total votes			22,071	100

Chicago Common Council

1871 Chicago Common Council election

November 7, 1871
20 (of 40) seats on the Chicago Common Council 21 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Union–Fireproof Republicans Union–Fireproof Democrats People's ticket Republicans Seats won ___ __ __ Popular vote ___ __ Percentage ___% __%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party People's ticket Democrats Others Seats won __ 1

Results (Union–Fireproof vs. People's)

Alliance Union–Fireproof People's others Seats up 2 6 Seats won 14 5 1 Seat change 12 1 Popular vote 13,438 6,255 2,315 Vote % 61.06% 28.42 10.52%

Union–Fireproof total 13,438 61.06 People's ticket total 6,255 28.42

Half of the seats on the Chicago Common Council (today known as a "Chicago City Council") were up for election. At the time, each ward had two seats, which were elected for two-year terms (with the two seats in each ward having their elections scheduled in a manner that allowed for a council election each year in every ward).

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14 fireproof winners 6 non fireproof winners

Republican/Fireproof: IIII Democratic/Fireproof: Republican/People's: Democratic/People's: II

Among those elected to the council was Lester L. Bond, a former alderman who at the time of the election was filling the duties of mayor on an acting basis. Monroe Heath (a future mayor) was among the newly elected aldermen. Also among the newly elected aldermen was Edward Cullerton, who would go on to serve a significant decades-long tenure on the council (beginning a Cullerton family political dynasty that extended into the 21st century).

Chicago Common Council results

Ward	Union–Fireproof nominee				People's ticket nominee				Other candidates				Total votes	Alderman before	Elected alderman
	Name	Party	Vote total	Vote %	Name	Party	Vote total	Vote %	Name	Party	Vote total	Vote %
1st	Chauncey T. Bowen	____	643	90.95	Jacob Becker		64	9.05	N/A				707	Richard Sommers	Chauncey T. Bowen (Republican/Fireproof)
2nd	Arthur Dixon (incumbent)	Republican	990	100	N/A				N/A				990	Arthur Dixon (Republican/Fireproof) incumbent re-elected
3rd	John W. McGinniss		1,216	73.74	Joseph A. Montgomery (incumbent)	Democratic	188	11.40	A. B. Sheldon		245	14.86	1,649	Joseph A. Montgomery (Democratic/People's)	John W. McGenniss (____/Fireproof)
4th	John H. McAvoy (incumbent)		1,489	97.64	Moses A. Thayer		36	2.36	N/A				1,525	John H. McAvoy (_____/Fireproof) incumbent re-elected
5th	R. B. Stone		563	66.00	Moore Conger		290	34.00	N/A				853	George S. Whitaker (____)	R. B. Stone (_____/Fireproof)
6th	Phillip Ready		678	49.34	William Tracy		696	50.66	N/A				1,374	David Walsh	William Tracy (______/People's)
7th	William Raleigh		344	32.61	Edward Cullerton	Democratic	415	39.34	Patrick McClowry		296	28.06	1,055	William Batterman (____)	Edward Cullerton (Democratic/People's)
8th	Jeremiah Clowry		702	53.67	Philip Moser		271	20.72	W. S. Powell		335	25.61	1,308	William S. Powell	Jeremiah Clowry (____/Fireproof)
9th	James McMullen		680	33.63	George Powell (incumbent)		792	39.17	Patrick Rafferty		550	27.20	2,022	George Powell (_____/People's) incumbent re-elected
10th	Lester L. Bond	Republican	891	68.33	Alonzo Snider		413	31.67	N/A				1,304	Thomas Wilco	Lester L. Bond (Republican/Fireproof)
11th	Henry Sweet		530	41.28	James Walsh (incumbent)		470	36.60	C.F. Periolat		284	22.12	1,284	James Walsh (_____/People's)	Henry Sweet (_____/Fireproof)
12th	Monroe Heath	Republican	1,250	100	N/A								1,250	Samuel McCotter	Monroe Heath (Republican/Fireproof)
13th	George W. Sherwood		663	53.21	James L. Campbell (incumbent)	Republican	583	46.79	N/A				1,246	James L. Campbell (Republican/People's)	George W. Sherwood (_____/Fireproof)
14th	S. Ezra Cleveland		618	72.45	Jane Pyne		126	14.77	Thomas McNamara		109	12.78	853	P.B. Shiel	S. Ezra Cleveland (____/Fireproof)
15th	J. Vant Woud		543	35.87	J. J. McGrath (incumbent)	Democratic	971	64.13	N/A				1,514	J. J. McGrath (Democratic/People's) incumbent re-elected
16th	Thomas A. Stout		559	68.42	Brice A. Miller		258	31.58	N/A				817	David A. Walsh	Thomas A. Stout (_______/Fireproof)
17th	George Adolph Misch		64	12.60	N/A				Jacob Lengacher		365	71.85	508	____	Jacob Lengacher (____/_____)
									A.D. Skinner		79	15.55
18th	Owen McCarthy		190	24.27	Thomas Carney (incumbent)		593	75.73	N/A				783	Thomas Carney (____/People's) incumbent re-elected
19th	Mahlon D. Ogden		310	87.32	James McCauley (incumbent)		45	12.68	N/A				355	James McCauley	Mahlon D. Ogden (______/Fireproof)
20th	Charles L. Woodman		515	84.29	Philip A. Hoyne		44	7.20	Thomas D. Reilly		52	8.51	611	M.A. Devine (___)
Totals	Union–Fireproof total		13,438	61.06	People's ticket total		6,255	28.42	Other candidates total		2,315	10.52	22,008

Other Chicago offices

Constables

Challenge to legality of election, voiding of results____

Police magistrates

The Union–Fireproof ticket nominated R. F. Sherlock, John Summerfield, William H. Stickney, all of whom won election.

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North Division police magistrate

1871 Chicago north division police magistrate election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union-Fireproof	William H. Stickney	13,251	72.27
	People's	Nathan M. Plotke	5085	27.73
Total votes			18,336	100

South Division police magistrate

1871 Chicago south division police magistrate election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union-Fireproof	John Summerfield	13,634
	People's	John Fitzgibbon	5278
Total votes				100

West Division police magistrate

R. J. Barrett prevailed in the balloting at the "sorehead" Democratic convention for the "People's Ticket" nomination, beating out former alderman James H. Hildreth as well as A. S. Alexander and Mr. O'Connor.

1871 Chicago west division police magistrate election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union-Fireproof	P.T. Sherlock	14,972	71.75
	People's	Richard J. Barrett	5895	28.25
Total votes			20,867	100

North Side town officers

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North Side town collector

1871 Chicago North Side town collector election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union-Fireproof	___Walsh	2,401	69.56
	People's	___ Becker	1,051	30.45
Total votes			3,452	100

North Side town supervisor

1871 Chicago North Side town supervisor election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union-Fireproof	___ Mahr	2,402	68.14
	People's	___ Becker	1123	31.86
Total votes			3,525	100

North side town clerk

1871 Chicago North Side town clerk election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union-Fireproof	___ Healy	2,523	71.053
	People's	___ Sanderson	1028	28.957
Total votes			3,551	100

South Side town officers

South Side town collector

1871 Chicago South Side city collector election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union-Fireproof	___ Tappen	5,066	74.17
	People's	___ Berg	1770	25.89
Total votes			6,836	100

South Side town supervisor

1871 Chicago South Side town supervisor election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union-Fireproof	___ Lowenthal	5,763	53.64
	People's	___ Garland	1252	17.85
Total votes			7,015	100

South side town clerk

1871 Chicago South Side city supervisor election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union-Fireproof	___ Spiegel	5,837	82.61
	People's	___ Glassner	1229	17.39
Total votes			7,066	100

West Side town officers

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West Side town collectors

1871 Chicago West Side town clerk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union-Fireproof	___ Kleuts__h	7,561
	People's	___ McGrath	4497
Total votes			12,058	100

West Side town supervisor

1871 Chicago West Side town supervisor election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union-Fireproof	___ Pilgrim	8,063
	People's	___ Waysman	4046
Total votes			12,109	100

West Side town clerk

The October 31 "Sorehead" Democratic convention nominated Jacob C. Klein (Kine) to run on the People's Ticket.

1871 Chicago South Side town clerk election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Union-Fireproof	___ Miller	8,343
	People's	___ Klein	3593
Total votes			11,936	100

County officers

Cook County Treasurer

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Nominations for county treasurer

"Sorehead" Republicans

Cook County Police Commissioner

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Jacob Rehm was on the Fireproof ticket

Nominations for county police commissioner

Sorehead Republicans

Cook County Surveyor

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County Board of Commissioners

1871 Cook County Board of Commissioners election

November 7, 1871
All 15 seats on the Cook County Board of Commissioners 8 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Union–Fireproof Republicans Union–Fireproof Democrats Seats won 9 6 Popular vote ___ ___ Percentage ___% __%   Third party Fourth party   Party People's Ticket Republicans People's Ticket Democrats Seats won 0 0 Popular vote __ ___ Percentage __% ___%

Results (Union–Fireproof vs. People's)

Alliance Union–Fireproof People's Seats won 15 0 Popular vote 257,220 98,360 Percentage 72.34% 27.66%

The 1871 Cook County Board of Commissioners election

Among their nominees, each ticket included an African American man: with the Union–Fireproof ticket nominating John Jones. and the People's Ticket nominating H. D. King. Jones was elected along with the rest of the Union–Fireproof nominees. This is believed to be the first instance in Illinois history in which a Black person was elected to office.

Union–Fireproof nominees for Board of Commissioners

Union–Fireproof nominees

Name	Geographic area from	County party central committee selected by
Samuel Ashton	North Side of Chicago	Democratic
John Crawford	Third district
Joseph Harris	West Side of Chicago
Carter Harrison III	West Side of Chicago	Democratic
John Herting	North Side of Chicago
Charles Hitchcock	Fourth district
John Jones	South Side of Chicago
Thomas Lonergan	West Side of Chicago	Democratic
J. H. Pahlman	Second district
Joseph Roelle	North Side of Chicago	Democratic
D. C. Skelly	Fifth district	Democratic
Marcus C. Stearns	South Side of Chicago	Democratic
Mancel Talcott	West Side of Chicago
Christian Wahl	South Side of Chicago	Republican
Julius White	First district

Wahl filled a spot on the ticket that had initially been offered to Conrad Seipp.

People's Ticket nominees for Board of Commissioners

People's Ticket nominees

Name	Geographic area from	Party convention selected by
Philip Bohlander	Third district	Republican
D. W. Clark	West side	Republican
John Cooly	South Side (Palos)	Democratic
Thomas E. Courtney	South Side	Democratic
Charles Denehy	North Side	Democratic
William B. Gray	First district	Republican
Jacob Harth	North Side	Republican
H. D. King	West Side	Republican
______	North Side	______
_____	Fourth district	Republican
Fred Tesch	Second district	Republican
James Lynch	South Side	Republican
Edward Thompson	West Side	Republican
Gustavus Troost	North Side	Democratic
J. B. Young	Fifth district	Republican

two north side, selected by Democratic party balloting

North side balloting

____ King

There was heavy discord at the "Sorehead" Republican convention before nominations were reached for the ten county board seats that the party was given to select on the People's Ticket. The convention was only able to agree on nominees for nine of those seats during its October 31 sessions.

____ Healey of _____ declined the Democratic convention's nomination to run on the People's Ticket. He had been nominated at the party's October 31 convention.

E. J. Thomas of the South Side declined the Republican convention's nomination to run on the People's Ticket. He had been nominated at the party's October 31 meeting.

Results of Board of Commissioners election

1871 Cook County commissioners election
preliminary returns as published in the Chicago Evening Post

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Fireproof Ticket	John Herting	17,692	4.98
	Fireproof Ticket	John Crawford	17,505	4.92
	Fireproof Ticket	Carter Harrison III	17,489	4.92
	Fireproof Ticket	Julius White	17,487	4.92
	Fireproof Ticket	Charles Hitchcock	17,440	4.90
	Fireproof Ticket	D. C. Skelly	17,326	4.87
	Fireproof Ticket	Joseph Roelle	17,322	4.87
	Fireproof Ticket	Thomas Lonergan	17,231	4.85
	Fireproof Ticket	Joseph Harris	17,178	4.83
	Fireproof Ticket	Marcus C. Stearns	17,025	4.79
	Fireproof Ticket	Mancel Talcott	17,005	4.78
	Fireproof Ticket	J. H. Pahlman	17,002	4.78
	Fireproof Ticket	Christian Wahl	16,936	4.76
	Fireproof Ticket	Samuel Ashton	16,797	4.72
	Fireproof Ticket	John Jones	15,785	4.44
	People's Ticket	____ Evans	6865	1.93
	People's Ticket	J.B. Young	6788	1.91
	People's Ticket	Charles Holland	6787	1.91
	People's Ticket	Charles Denehy	6726	1.89
	People's Ticket	James Lynch	6858	1.93
	People's Ticket	D. W. Clark	6626	1.86
	People's Ticket	Jacob Harth	6496	1.83
	People's Ticket	Philip Bohlander	6253	1.76
	People's Ticket	Fred Tesch	6550	1.84
	People's Ticket	John Cooly	6544	1.84
	People's Ticket	Thomas E. Courtney	6444	1.81
	People's Ticket	Edward Thompson	6441	1.81
	People's Ticket	William B. Gray	6423	1.81
	People's Ticket	Gustavus Troost	6355	1.79
	People's Ticket	H. D. King	6204	1.74

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After the election results, it was determined that _____

County court elections

Chief Justice of Cook County (Cook County Circuit Court)

1871 Chicago chief justice election

November 7, 1871

Nominee ____ ____ Party Union–Fireproof People's Popular vote ___ ___ Percentage ___% ___%

Elected Chief Justice TBD

Nominations for chief justice

This was one of the offices that the Democratic Central Committee was given the right to select the nominee for on the Union–Fireproof ticket. They selected Samuel W. Fuller, a Chicago lawyer who had several years earlier held a seat in the State Senate.

The judgeship was an office which "sorehead" Republicans had been given to select for the "People's" ticket. The following morning, Milligan declined the nomination, declaring that he was a supporter of the Union–Fireproof ticket. The convention voted to remove his name from the ticket. The November 1 morning session of the "sorehead" Republican convention _____

Atwood vs. Tree https://www.newspapers.com/image/349801678

Cook County Superior Court judge

1871 Cook County Superior Court election

November 7, 1871

Nominee John A. Jameson ____ Hurd Party Union–Fireproof People's Popular vote ___ ___ Percentage ___% ___%

Judge before election John A. Jameson Elected Judge John A. Jameson

Nominations for Superior Court judge

John A. Jameson, the incumbent.

At the "sorehead" Republican convention’s October 31 afternoon session, the first vote taken was on the selection of a nominee. Since that Democratic County committee had selected Samuel W. Fuller to run for the chief justice of the Circuit Court on the Union–Fireproof ticket, his name was not placed into nomination for Superior Court judge at the sorehead Republican convention. Judge John A. Jameson (the incumbent), Elliott Anthony, and Ira A. Buall had their names placed into nomination. The first ballot result was Anthony 55 Buall 69 JAmeson 61. However, this vote was discarded after it was brought to attention that one delegate had voted on behalf of multiple towns in the county. In the re-vote the result was Buell 145, Jameson 26, Anthony 20. The convention thereafter agreed to a motion to make the nomination of Buall unanimous. Within hours, Buell declined the nomination citing a distaste for political conflict in the aftermath of the fire. Declining to be a candidate in the elections, Buell wrote, "in the midst of our great calamity, I have no heart for political warfare, and shall make no effort for personal political preferment." He also remarked that he not sought the nomination. At the November 1 morning session of the Republican convention, the party voted on a replacement for Buell A. Jameson and Elliott Anthony were placed into balloting. Anthony was nominated in a single ballot, receiving 128 delegate votes to Jameson's 45. A motion then passed to consider the nomination unanimous.

Hurd nominated https://www.newspapers.com/image/349801678

Cook County Probate Court

???

Town elections in Cook County

Evanston

town officers elections

Evanston

Office	Winning candidate				Opponent(s)				Vote total	Officerholder before
	Name	Party (ticket)	Vote total	Vote %	Name	Party (ticket)	Vote total	Vote %
Supervisor	____	Regular ticket			____
Town treasurer	____	Regular ticket			____
Town clerk	____	Regular ticket			____
Town assessor	____	Regular ticket			____
Town collector	____ Oakes	independent			____ Reese	Regular ticket
Justice of the peace	____	Regular ticket			____

Hyde Park

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Hyde Park town offices

Office	Winning candidate				Opponent(s)				Vote total	Officerholder before
	Name	Party (ticket)	Vote total	Vote %	Name	Party (ticket)	Vote total	Vote %
Town supervisor	Lucius George Fisher		378		John Middleton		231
Town treasurer	George Marquis Bogue		378		Nathan B. Dodson		230			George Marquis Bogue (incumbent re-elected)
Town clerk	Richard S. Thompson		421		James R. Stanley		191
Town assessor	Joseph H. Gray		281		Charles Burlingame Waite		274
Town collector	James H. Ely		354		Bruno Gansell		253
Justice of the peace	William B. Sinclair		544		Charles Reese		357
					James H. Smith		213
					James N. Thacker		73

1871 Hyde Park town trustees election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		John F. Barney	597
		William E. Hale	393
		Lester Bradner Jr.	395
		H. Vanderbilt	399
		Benjamin Howard
		Joseph B. Lewis
		Cornelius Kryper
Total votes				100

Lake View

S. B. Chase was nominated by the party organization in Lake View. Incumbent mayor Belden F. Culver (a political progressive) ran as an independent. At contention was Culver's focus on infrastructure projects, such as the construction of Lake Shore Drive.

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Other elections

Coinciding with these elections, a special election was held in which John Lourie Beveridge was held to fill Illinois's at-large seat in the United States House of Representatives, which was won by John Lourie Beveridge https://www.newspapers.com/image/734928729

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State senator race https://www.newspapers.com/image/349801678

Aftermath

Medill etc.

future mayoral elections

Carter Harrison III

Cullerton

References

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