William Hale Thompson 1927 mayoral campaign information
Political campaign in Chicago
William Hale Thompson 1927 mayoral campaign
Campaigned for
1927 Chicago mayoral election
Candidate
William Hale Thompson
Affiliation
Republican
Headquarters
Sherman House Hotel
Slogan
America First[1][2]
Thompson campaign poster
The William Hale Thompson 1927 mayoral campaign was the successful campaign of Republican William Hale Thompson for a third nonconsecutive term as mayor of Chicago in the 1927 Chicago mayoral election. The campaign saw him defeat incumbent Democrat William Emmett Dever, as well as a third-party effort by John Dill Robertson.
In his campaign, Thompson promised to end the enforcement of Prohibition and accused Dever of being complicit in a supposed scheme by the United Kingdom to try to retake control of the United States that involved William McAndrew (the superintendent of Chicago Public Schools). Other key focuses of his campaign included violent crime in the city and a promise to cease the city's enforcement of Prohibition. Thompson received support from a number of mobsters, including Al Capone.
^"Police and Machine Guns Guard Polls". Newspapers.com. The Decatur Daily Review. The Associated Press. April 5, 1927. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
^"'Big Bill' Is Victor Over Dever In Red Hot Contest". Newspapers.com. Stockton Independent. The Associated Press. April 6, 1927. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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