| Election Name: | Chicago mayoral election, 1853 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Year: | 1852 |
| Next Year: | 1854 |
| Election Date: | March 14, 1853 |
| Image1: | File:Charlesgray (a).jpeg |
| Candidate1: | Charles McNeill Gray |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 3,270 |
| Percentage1: | 77.10% |
| Candidate2: | Josiah L. James |
| Popular Vote2: | 971 |
| Percentage2: | 22.90% |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Walter S. Gurnee |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Charles McNeill Gray |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
In the 1853 Chicago mayoral election, Charles McNeill Gray defeated Josiah L. James in a landslide, winning by a 54-point margin.
Incumbent mayor Walter S. Gurnee did not run for reelection.
The election was held on March 14.[1]
Josiah L. James was a businessman in the lumber industry.[2] [3] [4]