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Raymond was twice elected mayor of Chicago. In 1839, he was elected the city's third mayor, defeating James Curtiss. He ran for reelection the following year, losing to Alexander Loyd. In 1842, he was elected to a second term as Chicago's sixth mayor, defeating the incumbent, Francis Cornwall Sherman. At the time, mayoral terms were one year.
During his terms as mayor, Raymond ensured that State Street would be a wide thoroughfare. During his first year in office, he secured the site of Fort Dearborn for the city of Chicago when it was sold by the federal government.
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