1901 Cleveland mayoral election

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| election_name = Cleveland mayoral election, 1901

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| country = Cleveland

| type = Mayoral

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| previous_election = 1899 Cleveland mayoral election

| previous_year = 1899

| next_election = 1903 Cleveland mayoral election

| next_year = 1903

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| title = Mayor

| before_election = John H. Farley

| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)

| after_election = Tom L. Johnson

| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)

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The 1901 Cleveland mayoral election saw the election of Tom L. Johnson by a very large margin. Johnson ran on a pro-municipal ownership and tax reform platform.Lough, A. W. (2016), Tom L. Johnson and Cleveland Traction Wars, 1901–1909. Am J Econ Sociol, 75: 149-192. doi:10.1111/ajes.12137{{cite web |last1=Dickson |first1=Keith Dean |title=The "city on a hill" : Tom Johnson and Cleveland 1901-1909 |url=https://scholarship.richmond.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=2177&context=masters-theses |publisher=University of Richmond UR Scholarship Repository |date=1978}}{{cite web |title=JOHNSON, TOM L. |url=https://case.edu/ech/articles/j/johnson-tom-l |publisher=Encyclopedia of Cleveland History (Case-Western Reserve University) |access-date=16 May 2019}}