1905 Chicago mayoral election

1905 Chicago mayoral election
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Turnout81% Decrease 3 pp[1]
 
Nominee Edward Fitzsimmons Dunne John Maynard Harlan John Collins
Party Democratic Republican Socialist
Popular vote 163,189 138,548 23,034
Percentage 49.74% 42.23% 7.02%

Mayor before election

Carter Harrison Jr.
Democratic

Elected mayor

Edward F. Dunne
Democratic

Campaign poster for Republican nominee Harlan promising a Square Deal

In the Chicago mayoral election of 1905, Democrat Edward F. Dunne defeated Republican John Maynard Harlan and Socialist John Collins.

This was the final regularly-scheduled Chicago mayoral election for a two-year term. Subsequent elections have been for four-year terms.[2][3]

The general election took place on April 4.[4][5]

Ahead of the election, both major parties selected their nominees at nominating conventions in February. Incumbent Democrat Carter Harrison Jr. did not seek renomination. Edward F. Dunne, with the backing of a number of political forces, and without opposition from any major player in his party, easily secured support for the Democratic Party nomination and was delivered by acclamation at the party's convention. The Republican Party nominated Harlan at their own convention. In addition, Socialists held a primary election and nominated John Collins.

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  5. ^ Currey, Josiah Seymour (1912). Chicago: Its History and Its Builders, a Century of Marvelous Growth. S. J. Clarke publishing Company. p. 335.