1889 Chicago mayoral election

1889 Chicago mayoral election
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Nominee DeWitt Clinton Cregier John A. Roche
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 57,340 46,328
Percentage 54.93% 44.38%

Mayor before election

John A. Roche
Republican

Elected mayor

DeWitt Clinton Cregier
Democratic

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]

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