- Benjamin Wright Raymond
Infobox_Politician
name = Benjamin Wright Raymond
width = 150px
height = 200px
birth_date = birth date|1801|06|15
birth_place = Rome,New York
death_date = death date and age|1883|04|6|1801|06|15
death_place =Chicago ,Illinois
residence =Chicago ,Illinois
office = Mayor of Chicago
office2 = Mayor of Chicago
order= 3rd
term_start = 1839
term_end = 1840
predecessor =Buckner Stith Morris
successor =Alexander Lloyd
order2 = 6th
term_start2 = 1842
term_end2 = 1843
predecessor2 =Francis Cornwall Sherman
successor2 =Augustus Garrett
party = Whig
religion =Presbyterian
spouse = Aurelia Porter
children = George Lansing Raymond
website =Benjamin Wright Raymond (
June 15 1801 -April 5 1883 "Obituary," "Chicago Daily Tribune", April 6, 1883.] ; buried inGraceland Cemetery ) twice served as mayor ofChicago ,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 inElgin, Illinois , which donated 35 acres of land to the entrepreneurs. The building was completed in 1866 and housed theElgin Watch Company . The first model the company made was named the B.W. Raymond.Notes
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