1889 Chicago mayoral election
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In the Chicago mayoral election of 1889, Democrat DeWitt Clinton Cregier defeated incumbent Republican John A. Roche, winning a majority of the vote and a margin of victory in excess of ten percent.
The election was held on April 2, 1889.[1][2]
Campaign
[edit]Cregier backed strongly by trade unions.[3] John Peter Altgeld threw his backing behind Cregier's candidacy.[3]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | DeWitt Clinton Cregier | 57,340 | 54.93 | |
| Republican | John A. Roche (incumbent) | 46,328 | 44.38 | |
| Prohibition | Ira J. Mason | 410 | 0.39 | |
| Socialist Labor | Charles Orchardson | 303 | 0.29 | |
| Turnout | 104,381 | |||
Creiger received 76.86% of the Polish-American vote, while Roche received 23.07%.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b The Chicago Daily News Almanac and Year Book for 1912. Chicago Daily News, Incorporated. 1911. p. 464. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
- ^ Currey, Josiah Seymour (1912). Chicago: Its History and Its Builders, a Century of Marvelous Growth. S. J. Clarke publishing Company. p. 335.
- ^ a b Kersten, Andrew E. (2011). Clarence Darrow: American Iconoclast. Macmillan. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-8090-9486-8. Retrieved June 2, 2020.
- ^ Kantowicz, Edward (1972). "The Emergence of the Polish-Democratic Vote in Chicago". Polish American Studies. 29 (1/2): 67–80. JSTOR 20147849.