Dunne was the first Democratic Governor of Illinois elected since 1892 and only the second since 1852. As of 2024 this is the first and only time that a former mayor of
Chicago (Illinois’ largest city) was elected governor of Illinois.
^"John McCan Davis: Biographical Sketch Prepared at the Request of Historical Society by Clinton L. Conkling and H. W. Clendenin". Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society. 9 (2). University of Illinois Press on behalf of the Illinois State Historical Society: 232–233. July 1916.
JSTOR40194391.
^Some secondary sources (OurCampaigns, US Election Atlas) state that this candidate was Benjamin P. Alschuler, brother of Samuel. Primary sources from the 1910s are clear this was not the case.
Dunne was the first Democratic Governor of Illinois elected since 1892 and only the second since 1852. As of 2024 this is the first and only time that a former mayor of
Chicago (Illinois’ largest city) was elected governor of Illinois.
^"John McCan Davis: Biographical Sketch Prepared at the Request of Historical Society by Clinton L. Conkling and H. W. Clendenin". Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society. 9 (2). University of Illinois Press on behalf of the Illinois State Historical Society: 232–233. July 1916.
JSTOR40194391.
^Some secondary sources (OurCampaigns, US Election Atlas) state that this candidate was Benjamin P. Alschuler, brother of Samuel. Primary sources from the 1910s are clear this was not the case.