Benjamin Wright Raymond (June 15, 1801 – April 6, 1883[2]) was an American politician who twice served as mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1839–1840, 1842–1843) for the Whig Party.

He returned to East Bloomfield, New York and worked as a merchant before deciding to try his luck in real estate in Chicago in 1836 with the backing of his friend, Simon Newton Dexter.

[7] 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.

[1] In 1843, after finishing his second term as Mayor, Raymond and Dexter built the first woolen factory in Illinois, in Elgin.

Raymond also served as the president of the Fox River Railroad, which connected Elgin to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.