1887 Chicago mayoral election

1887 Chicago mayoral election
April 5, 1887
 
Nominee John A. Roche Robert S. Nelson
Party Republican United Labor
Popular vote 51,249 23,490
Percentage 68.23% 31.27%
Mayor before election

Carter Harrison III
Democratic

 Elected mayor

John A. Roche
Republican

The Chicago mayoral election of 1887 saw Republican John A. Roche win by a landslide, receiving more than a two-thirds majority of the vote, defeating United Labor Party nominee Robert S. Nelson by more than 36 points (a margin of victory which was itself greater than Nelson's vote share), in a race where the Democratic Party had failed to field a candidate.

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