1889 Chicago elections

The 1889 Chicago elections took place in two rounds on April 2, 1889.^[1]^[2] Elections were held for Mayor, City Clerk, City Attorney, and half of the seats on the Chicago City Council.

Mayor

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.

Cregier was backed strongly by trade unions.^[3] John Peter Altgeld threw his backing behind Cregier's candidacy.^[3]

**1889 Chicago mayoral election**^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	DeWitt Clinton Cregier	57,340	54.93
	Republican	John A. Roche (incumbent)	46,328	44.38
style="background-color: Template:Prohibition Party (United States)/meta/color; width: 2px;" \|	[[Prohibition Party (United States)\|Template:Prohibition Party (United States)/meta/shortname]]	Ira J. Mason	410	0.39
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Labor Party (United States)/meta/color; width: 2px;" \|	[[Socialist Labor Party (United States)\|Template:Socialist Labor Party (United States)/meta/shortname]]	Charles Orchardson	303	0.29
Turnout			104,381

Analysis indicated that Creiger received approximately 76.86% of the Polish-American vote, while Roche received 23.07%.^[4]

City Clerk

1889 Chicago City Clerk general election^[5]
Party		Candidate
	[[\|N/A]]	'
	[[\|N/A]]
Total votes

City Clerk results by ward^[5]
Ward	Amberg		Bransfield		Total
Ward	#	%	#	%	#
1st	brandsfieldvote	bransfieldpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
2nd	brandsfieldvote	bransfieldpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
3rd	brandsfieldvote	bransfieldpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
4th	brandsfieldvote	bransfieldpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
5th	brandsfieldvote	bransfieldpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
6th	brandsfieldvote	bransfieldpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
7th	brandsfieldvote	bransfieldpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
8th	brandsfieldvote	bransfieldpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
9th	brandsfieldvote	bransfieldpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
10th	brandsfieldvote	bransfieldpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
11th	brandsfieldvote	bransfieldpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
12th	brandsfieldvote	bransfieldpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
13th	brandsfieldvote	bransfieldpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
14th	brandsfieldvote	bransfieldpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
15th	brandsfieldvote	bransfieldpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
16th	brandsfieldvote	bransfieldpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
17th	brandsfieldvote	bransfieldpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
18th	brandsfieldvote	bransfieldpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
19th	brandsfieldvote	bransfieldpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
20th	brandsfieldvote	bransfieldpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
21st	brandsfieldvote	bransfieldpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
22nd	brandsfieldvote	bransfieldpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
23rd	brandsfieldvote	bransfieldpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
24th	brandsfieldvote	bransfieldpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
Total

City Attorney

1889 Chicago City Attorney election

← 1887

February 26, 2019

1891 →


Candidate	_____	Theodore Brentano
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote		51,160
Percentage	%

Clerk before election

Democratic

Elected Clerk

Democratic

1889 Chicago City Attorney general election^[5]
Party		Candidate
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	[[\|N/A]]
Total votes

City Clerk results by ward^[5]
Ward	Brentano		Sugg		Total
Ward	#	%	#	%	#
1st	ambergvote	ambergpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
2nd	ambergvote	ambergpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
3rd	ambergvote	ambergpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
4th	ambergvote	ambergpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
5th	ambergvote	ambergpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
6th	ambergvote	ambergpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
7th	ambergvote	ambergpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
8th	ambergvote	ambergpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
9th	ambergvote	ambergpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
10th	ambergvote	ambergpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
11th	ambergvote	ambergpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
12th	ambergvote	ambergpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
13th	ambergvote	ambergpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
14th	ambergvote	ambergpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
15th	ambergvote	ambergpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
16th	ambergvote	ambergpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
17th	ambergvote	ambergpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
18th	ambergvote	ambergpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
19th	ambergvote	ambergpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
20th	ambergvote	ambergpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
21st	ambergvote	ambergpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
22nd	ambergvote	ambergpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
23rd	ambergvote	ambergpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
24th	ambergvote	ambergpercent	ambergvote	ambergpercent	total
Total

City Council

City Council results^[5]^[6]
Ward	Winning candidate				Runner-up				Other candidate(s)				Total
Ward	Name	Party	Vote total	Vote %	Name	Party	Vote total	Vote %	Name	Party	Vote total	Vote %	Total
1st	Arthur Dixon (incumbent)	Republican^[7]	2,378	52.32	James T. Appleton (redistricted incumbent)^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Democrat	2,167	47.68	N/A
2nd	John Summerfield		2,558		____ Vierling		1,887		____Magnus		1,543
2nd	John Summerfield		2,558		____ Vierling		1,887		____ Sanders		1,259
3rd	Laban B. Dixon		2,432		____ Russell		1,478		N/A
4th	Martin B. Madden	Republican	1,448		____ Montague		1,342		____ Root		1,143	.
5th	Timothy C. Hickey		2,196		____ O'Connor		1,326		____ Dugan		1,218
6th	William H. O'Brien		2,530		____ Hillcock		1,272		George Emmerich (incumbent)		706
7th	William J. Murphy	Republican	2,858		James H. Hildreth (incumbent)	Democratic^[7]	920		N/A
8th	George F. Bunker		2,485		Joseph M. Weber (incumbent)		1,280		N/A
8th (special election)	Frank J. Dvorak		2,064		Charles A. Monear (incumbent)	Independent Democrat	1,119		____ Laila		600
9th	Joseph E. Bidwill		2,637		_______ Carroll		1,437		N/A
10th	Thomas McEnerny		1,964		Augustus W. Nohe (incumbent)		1,650		N/A
11th	William D. Kent		2,789		___ Locke		2,248		N/A
12th	Daniel W. Mills	Republican	4,458		____ Bates		1,610		N/A
13th	John Lyke	Republican	2,672		George McGregor		1,615		___ Spencer		373
14th	Phillip Jackson		1,957		Andrew P. Johnson		1,957		N/A
15th	____ Ryan		1,709		John Doornbos (incumbent)		1,546		N/A
16th	John C. Horn (redistricted incumbent)^{[lower-alpha 2]}		2,430		Stanley H. Kunz	Democratic	2,332		N/A
17th	J.N. Mulvihill		1,914		____ Deal		1,141		N/A
18th	Madison R. Harris^{[lower-alpha 3]}		2,222		___ Gaynor		2,156		N/A
19th	James McCann		2,959		Redmond F. Sheridan (incumbent)	Democratic	2,789		N/A
20th	Daniel Long		933		___ Hartwick		932		____ Rix		696
21st	John McGillen		2,060		___ Hausen		1,843		N/A
22nd	Edward Muelhoefer		1,508		____ Andrew		1,814		N/A
23rd	John H. McCormick (incumbent)		2,712		___ Hausen		1,843		N/A
24th	James S. Dunham		2,412		___ Parker		2,303		N/A

Election conduct

Notes

↑ redistricted into 1st ward from 2nd ward
↑ redistricted into 16th ward from the 14th ward
↑ redistricted from 9th ward to the 18th ward

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 The Chicago Daily News Almanac and Year Book for 1912. Chicago Daily News, Incorporated. 1911. p. 464. Retrieved 12 May 2020. Search this book on
↑ Currey, Josiah Seymour (1912). Chicago: Its History and Its Builders, a Century of Marvelous Growth. S. J. Clarke publishing Company. p. 335. Search this book on
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Kersten, Andrew E. (2011). Clarence Darrow: American Iconoclast. Macmillan. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-8090-9486-8. Retrieved 2 June 2020. Search this book on
↑ Kantowicz, Edward (1972). "The Emergence of the Polish-Democratic Vote in Chicago". Polish American Studies. 29 (1/2): 67–80. JSTOR 20147849.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 "They All Breathe Easier". The Inter Ocean. April 2, 1887. p. 8. Retrieved August 28, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ "Centennial List of Mayors, City Clerks, City Attorneys, City Treasurers, and Aldermen, elected by the people of the city of Chicago, from the incorporation of the city on March 4, 1837 to March 4, 1937, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the years during which each official held office". Archived from the original on September 4, 2018. Retrieved December 24, 2018. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 "Roll of the New Council, Including Holding-Over Aldermen and Those Elected Yesterday". Chicago Tribune. 7 April 1886. Retrieved 20 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

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[8] redistricted into 1st ward from 2nd ward

[9] redistricted into 16th ward from the 14th ward

[10] redistricted from 9th ward to the 18th ward

[race-1] 1.0 ^1.1 The Chicago Daily News Almanac and Year Book for 1912. Chicago Daily News, Incorporated. 1911. p. 464. Retrieved 12 May 2020. Search this book on

[2] Currey, Josiah Seymour (1912). Chicago: Its History and Its Builders, a Century of Marvelous Growth. S. J. Clarke publishing Company. p. 335. Search this book on

[Kersten-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Kersten, Andrew E. (2011). Clarence Darrow: American Iconoclast. Macmillan. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-8090-9486-8. Retrieved 2 June 2020. Search this book on

[4] Kantowicz, Edward (1972). "The Emergence of the Polish-Democratic Vote in Chicago". Polish American Studies. 29 (1/2): 67–80. JSTOR 20147849.

[Breathe-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 ^5.4 "They All Breathe Easier". The Inter Ocean. April 2, 1887. p. 8. Retrieved August 28, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.

[centennial-6] "Centennial List of Mayors, City Clerks, City Attorneys, City Treasurers, and Aldermen, elected by the people of the city of Chicago, from the incorporation of the city on March 4, 1837 to March 4, 1937, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the years during which each official held office". Archived from the original on September 4, 2018. Retrieved December 24, 2018. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)

[tribunecouncil1886-7] 7.0 ^7.1 "Roll of the New Council, Including Holding-Over Aldermen and Those Elected Yesterday". Chicago Tribune. 7 April 1886. Retrieved 20 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

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