1892 Gubernatorial Election
He was drafted by the Democrats to run for Governor of Illinois. He narrowly defeated incumbent Republican Governor Joseph W. Fifer. He was the first Democrat to been elected governor of Illinois since 1856, the first time a foreign-born citizen had been elected, and the first time a Chicago resident had been elected.
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“Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)