Democrats take control of Chicago City Council from Unionists in municipal elections

04/21/1863

In Chicago, Illinois, the Democrats took control of the City Council in municipal elections against a weak and disunited Unionist ticket. (By John Osborne)

Source Citation

"Affairs in the West," New York Times, May 3, 1863.

Record Data

Date Certainty

Exact

Type

Campaigns/Elections

Major Topics

Election of 1864

People

Places

Chicago, IL

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