1889 Chicago mayoral election

none January 2025 September 2023 1889 Chicago mayoral election presidential no 1887 1891 April 2, 1889 DeWitt Clinton Cregier old portrait (1).jpg DeWitt Clinton Cregier Democratic Party (United States) 57,340 54.93% John Roche (1).jpg John A. Roche Republican Party (United States) 46,328 44.38% Mayor John A. Roche Republican Party (United States) DeWitt Clinton Cregier Democratic Party (United States) 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.https://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 Campaign Cregier was backed strongly by trade unions.Kersten Andrew E. Clarence Darrow: American Iconoclast 2011 Macmillan 978-0-8090-9486-8 46 https://books.google.com/books?id=jJOgLx6XvqQC 2 June 2020 en John Peter Altgeld threw his backing behind Cregier's candidacy. The election was the second of only two elections between 1879 and 1893 in which Carter Harrison III was not a candidate. Results 1889 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) DeWitt Clinton Cregier 57,340 54.93 Republican Party (United States) John A. Roche (incumbent) 46,328 44.38 Prohibition Party (United States) Ira J. Mason 410 0.39 Socialist Labor Party (United States) Charles Orchardson 303 0.29 104,381 Creiger received 76.86% of the Polish-American vote, while Roche received 23.07%.Kantowicz Edward The Emergence of the Polish-Democratic Vote in Chicago Polish American Studies 1972 29 1/2 67–80 20147849 References collapsed Category:Mayoral elections in Chicago Chicago Chicago Category:1880s in Chicago Category:April 1889 in the United States