Republican candidates swept the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania municipal elections, electing George Wilson as the mayor.  They also secured the posts of Controller and Treasurer and a 32 to 9 majority in the City Council.  (By John Osborne) 
Source Citation
              Francis Vincent, Vincent's Semi-Annual United States Register.... 1st of January and 1st of July, 1860 (Philadelphia: Francis Vincent, 1860), 10.
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