Monroe Heath Republican Monroe Heath Republican In the Chicago mayoral election of 1877, Republican Monroe Heath was reelected, defeating Democrat Perry H. Smith by a more than twenty point margin.

On April 23, 1875, Chicago had voted to operate under the Cities and Villages Act of 1872.

This moved its mayoral elections from November to April.

[4][5] Heath won reelection by a large majority.

Republicans managed to sweep all citywide offices in the municipal elections.