2-3 / 1992
Matjaž Klemenčič

Elections for Councilrnen in the City of Cleveland and Slovenes of Cleveland



Slovenes were one of the most successful ethnic groups in the elections for councilmen in the 1902's and 1903's. Four out of the thirty-three Councilmen that were elected were of Slovene descent. The author researches the causes of such success of American Slovenes in the Cleveland elections.