Curtiss returned to the mayor's office after winning the 1850 Chicago mayoral election, defeating Levi Day Boone and Lewis C. Kerchival (both of these challengers being Democrats without formal party nomination). He was sworn-in on March 12, 1850. Curtiss was again defeated in his bid for reelection, losing the 1851 election to Walter S. Gurnee. His tenure ended on March 11, 1851, when he was succeed in office by Gurnee. In 1852, he sought to unseat Gurnee, but again lost. Retirement from politics Retiring from politics, Curtiss moved to West Urbana (now Champaign) Illinois in 1855, and took up farming. Death Curtiss died on November 2, 1859, in Joliet, Illinois, after a long illness. His funeral was held at the Second Presbyterian Church on Wabash Avenue following the Odd Fellows rites. Originally buried in City Cemetery, when the Cemetery was moved to make way for Lincoln Park, his remains were lost. References External links First Inaugural Address Second Inaugural Address 1806 births 1859 deaths Mayors of Chicago People from Eastport, Maine People from Wethersfield, Connecticut Illinois Democrats 19th-century American newspaper publishers (people) 19th-century American politicians