1895 Chicago mayoral election

In the Chicago mayoral election of 1895, was held on Tuesday April 2 Republican candidate George Bell Swift was elected, winning a majority of the vote and defeating Democratic nominee Frank Wenter by more than a fifteen-point margin.

Incumbent mayor Hopkins did not seek reelection. In addition to Wenter (who was the president of the Sanitary District of Chicago), Chicago Postmaster Washington Hesing also initially sought the nomination of the Democratic Party. However, by the time of the party's nominating convention, Wenter had secured enough support to drive Hesing out of the race.