In the Chicago mayoral election of 1845, Democratic nominee

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defeated Whig nominee John H. Kinzie and

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nominee Henry Smith by a 7.5% margin. Garrett had previously served a term as mayor. All candidates had previously run in Chicago mayoral elections, Garrett in

1842 Events January–March * January 6– 13 – First Anglo-Afghan War – Massacre of Elphinstone's army (Battle of Gandamak): British East India Company troops are destroyed by Afghan forces on the road from Kabul to Jalalabad, Afghan ...

1843 Events January–March * January 3 – The '' Illustrated Treatise on the Maritime Kingdoms'' (海國圖志, ''Hǎiguó Túzhì'') compiled by Wei Yuan and others, the first significant Chinese work on the West, is published in China. * J ...

, and both 1844 elections; Smith in 1842, 1843 and both 1844 elections; Kinzie in

1837 Events January–March * January 1 – The destructive Galilee earthquake causes thousands of deaths in Ottoman Syria. * January 26 – Michigan becomes the 26th state admitted to the United States. * February 4 – Seminoles attack Fo ...

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1840s in Chicago