1915 Chicago mayoral election
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1915 Chicago mayoral election
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In the Chicago mayoral election of 1915, Republican William Hale Thompson defeated Democrat Robert Sweitzer. Five-term incumbent Democrat Carter Harrison Jr. was defeated in the Democratic primary by Cook County Clerk Sweitzer. In the Republican primary, Thompson defeated Harry Olson by a 1.33% margin. Thompson was a former Cook County commissioner and former Chicago alderman, while Olson was the incumbent chief justice of the Municipal Court of Chicago. This was the first mayoral election to ta
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