william hale thompson was the last republican mayor in chicago.
who was the last republican mayor in chicago?
william hale thompson
1931 chicago mayoral election









































the 1931 chicago mayoral election was held to elect the mayor of chicago. former cook county board of commissioners president anton cermak defeated incumbent mayor william hale thompson (who remains to date the last republican mayor of chicago) by a 17 point margin of victory.









































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bullet::::- republican









































bullet::::- william hale thompson, incumbent mayor









































bullet::::- john homer lyle









































bullet::::- arthur f. albert, 43rd ward alderman









































bullet::::- democratic









































bullet::::- anton cermak, cook county board of commissioners president from 1923 to 1931









































bullet::::- write-in









































bullet::::- john m. collins









































bullet::::- otto h. wangerin









































bullet::::- herman n. bundeson
1931 chicago mayoral election
the cook county democratic party represents democratic voters in 50 wards in the city of chicago and 30 suburban townships of cook county. the organization has dominated county, city, and state politics since the 1930s. the last republican mayor of chicago was william hale "big bill" thompson, who left office in 1931 with a record of corruption. the high-water mark for republican candidacies for mayor since then was that of republican candidate bernard epton, who in 1983 came within 3.3 percentage points of defeating democrat harold washington.









































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section::::government and politics.:secession movements.
cook county, illinois