During the  1919 Chicago mayoral general election William E. Dever won more votes than William A. Cunnea and Arthur C. Lueder who was born in 1876.
In the Chicago mayoral election of 1919, Republican William H. Thompson won reelection, winning a four way race against Democrat Robert Sweitzer (who had also been his opponent in the previous election), independent candidate Maclay Hoyne, and Cook County Labor Party candidate John Fitzpatrick. 
