1881 Chicago mayoral election

none January 2025 September 2023 1881 Chicago mayoral election presidential no 1879 1883 April 5, 1881 Carter Harrison, Sr. - Brady-Handy (3x4a).jpg Carter Harrison III Democratic Party (United States) 35,668 55.22% File:3x4.svg John M. Clark Republican Party (United States) 27,925 43.23% Mayor Carter Harrison III Democratic Party (United States) Carter Harrison III Democratic Party (United States) The Chicago mayoral election of 1881 was held on April 5, saw the incumbent mayor, Democrat Carter Harrison III, defeat Republican Candidate John M. Clark. Harrison won a majority of the vote with a nearly twelve point margin of victory. The election took place on April 5.https://www.chipublib.org/mayor-carter-henry-harrison-iii-biography/ Mayor Carter Henry Harrison III Biographyhttps://archive.org/details/chicagohistory03curr 335 Chicago: Its History and Its Builders, a Century of Marvelous Growth S. J. Clarke publishing Company Currey Josiah Seymour 1912 Unlike in the previous mayoral election, the Socialist Labor Party's nominee did not have much of an impact. Harrison's Republican opponent, John M. Clark was a Chicago alderman that had been elected to the Chicago City Council two years earlier.Multiple sources: http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/LIB/AldermansList.htm Centennial List of Mayors, City Clerks, City Attorneys, City Treasurers, and Aldermen, elected by the people of the city of Chicago, from the incorporation of the city on March 4, 1837 to March 4, 1937, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the years during which each official held office. December 24, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180904052355/http://chsmedia.org/media/fa/fa/LIB/AldermansList.htm September 4, 2018 dead Local Politics. https://www.newspapers.com/image/349857975 Newspapers.com Chicago Tribune 22 March 2023 en April 3, 1881 Harrison's sizable victory came despite the fact that Republicans had carried the city in the 1880 elections by a similar vote margin.Another Guiteau. https://www.newspapers.com/image/754909011 subscription Newspapers.com Mt. Carmel Republican 27 March 2023 en November 3, 1893 Democratic nomination of Harrison The Democratic Party re-nominated incumbent mayor Carter Harrison III Republican nomination of Clark At its March 22 convention, the Republican Party nominated John M. Clark. Clark was an incumbent member of the Chicago Common Council (city council). The convention's nomination saw four names placed into consideration. None of the four men had actively sought the nomination for themself. Clark was nominated largely because convention delegates believed he was the most likely of the four men to accept their nomination. Of the considered candidates, he had strong support among the city party rank-and-file as well as its wealthy business elite. Clark was understood to be an ally of business interests.The Republican City Ticket https://www.newspapers.com/image/349860847 Newspapers.com subscription Chicago Tribune 19 November 2024 en March 23, 1881 Other candidates Timothy O'Mara ran as an independent candidate, and George Schilling ran as the nominee of the Socialist Labor Party. Results 1881 Chicago mayoral electionThe Chicago Daily News Almanac and Year Book for 1912 1911 Chicago Daily News, Incorporated 464 https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=ERgfAQAAMAAJ 12 May 2020 en Democratic Party (United States) Carter H. Harrison III (incumbent) 35,668 55.22 Republican Party (United States) John M. Clark 27,925 43.23 Independent politician Timothy O'Mara 764 1.18 Socialist Labor Party of America George Schilling 240 0.37 64,597 References collapsed Category:Mayoral elections in Chicago Chicago Chicago Category:1880s in Chicago Category:Carter Harrison III Category:April 1881 in the United States