In the 1905 Chicago mayoral election, John Collins won with a whopping 49.74% of votes by beating Oliver W. Stewart, John Maynard Harlan, and Edward F. Dunne, the 24th Governor of Illinois from 1913 to 1917.
John Collins 7.02 Edward F. Dunne 49.74 John Maynard Harlan 42.23 Oliver W. Stewart 1.00 
