In 1855, Chicago Mayor Levi Boone threw Chicago politics into the national spotlight with some dry proposals that would lead to the Lager Beer Riot by the wets.
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For example, the citizens of Chicago have not elected a Republican mayor since 1927, when William Thompson was voted into office.
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