Benjamin Wright Raymond

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3rd Mayor of Chicago
Benjamin Wright Raymond

In office 1839 – 1840
Preceded by	Buckner Stith Morris
Succeeded by	Alexander Lloyd
6th Mayor of Chicago
In office 1842 – 1843
Preceded by	Francis Cornwall Sherman
Succeeded by	Augustus Garrett

Born	June 15, 1801(1801-06-15) Rome, New York
Died	April 6, 1883 (aged 81) Chicago, Illinois
Political party	Whig
Spouse	Aurelia Porter
Children	George Lansing Raymond
Residence	Chicago, Illinois
Religion	Presbyterian

Benjamin Wright Raymond (June 15, 1801 - April 5, 1883^[1]; buried in Graceland Cemetery) twice served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1839-1840, 1842-1843) for the Whig Party.

In 1864, approached by J.C. Adams of the Waltham Watch Company, Raymond agreed to put up the money to start a watch company in the Midwest. The men elected to build the company in Elgin, Illinois, which donated 35 acres of land to the entrepreneurs. The building was completed in 1866 and housed the Elgin Watch Company. The first model the company made was named the B.W. Raymond.

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^ "Obituary," Chicago Daily Tribune, April 6, 1883.

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Benjamin Wright Raymond at Find A Grave

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