The Chicago mayoral election of 1881 was held on April 5, saw the incumbent mayor, Democrat Carter Harrison Sr., defeat Republican Candidate John M. Clark. Harrison won a majority of the vote with a nearly twelve point margin of victory.
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The election took place on April 5.[1][2] Unlike in the previous mayoral election, the Socialist Labor Party's nominee did not have much of an impact.
Harrison's Republican opponent, John M. Clark was a Chicago alderman that had been elected to the Chicago City Council two years earlier.[3]
Harrison's sizable victory came despite the fact that Republicans had carried the city in the 1880 elections by a similar vote margin.[4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Carter H. Harrison, Sr. (incumbent) | 35,668 | 55.22 | |
Republican | John M. Clark | 27,925 | 43.23 | |
Independent | Timothy O'Mara | 764 | 1.18 | |
Socialist Labor | George Schilling | 240 | 0.37 | |
Turnout | 64,597 |