An election for Mayor of Milwaukee was held on April 5, 1910. Emil Seidel was elected with 46% of the vote. He was sworn in on April 19, 1910.
Candidates included Milwaukee city alderman Emil Seidel, Milwaukee city comptroller Vincenz J. Schoenecker, and physician John M. Beffel.
Background Seidel's victory came amid a Socialist Party wave election year in Milwaukee and Wisconsin fueled by public outrage towards political corruption. 1912 also saw 21 aldermen and 14 state legislators from the Socialist Party elected to office; as well as the election of Victor L. Berger as the first socialist member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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