In the Chicago mayoral election of 1919, Republican William H. Thompson won reelection, winning a four-way race against Democrat Robert Sweitzer, independent candidate Maclay Hoyne, and Cook County La
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1919 Chicago mayoral election
…Thompson won a large margin of the vote in the Republican Party primary over both Harry Olson, who had also been his opponent in the 1915 primary, and 1911 Republican mayoral nominee Charles E. Merriam. As in 1915, Roger Charles Sullivan backed Robert Sweitzer, the party's 1915 mayoral nominee, to again…
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