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.
Campaign Cregier was backed strongly by trade unions. 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
Creiger received 76.86% of the Polish-American vote, while Roche received 23.07%.
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