1895 Chicago mayoral election

1895 Chicago mayoral election
← 1893 (special) April 2, 1895[1] 1897 →
 
Nominee George Bell Swift Frank Wenter
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 143,884 103,125
Percentage 55.36% 39.68%

Mayor before election

John Patrick Hopkins
Democratic

Elected mayor

George Bell Swift
Republican

In the Chicago mayoral election of 1895, was held on Tuesday April 2 Republican candidate George Bell Swift was elected, winning a majority of the vote and defeating Democratic nominee Frank Wenter by more than a fifteen-point margin.

Incumbent mayor Hopkins did not seek reelection.[2] In addition to Wenter (who was the president of the Sanitary District of Chicago), Chicago Postmaster Washington Hesing also initially sought the nomination of the Democratic Party. However, by the time of the party's nominating convention, Wenter had secured enough support to drive Hesing out of the race.

  1. ^ Currey, Josiah Seymour (1912). Chicago: Its History and Its Builders, a Century of Marvelous Growth. S. J. Clarke publishing Company. p. 335.
  2. ^ "Political History of Bridgeport". lockzero.org.uic.edu. University of Illinois at Chicago. Archived from the original on January 17, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2022.