An election for Mayor of New York City was held in November 1909.

Incumbent mayor George B. McClellan Jr. was not nominated for a third term in office. He was succeeded by Democratic candidate William Jay Gaynor, who defeated William Randolph Hearst and Otto Bannard in the general election.

After the election, Gaynor survived being shot in the throat by a disappointed office-seeker in 1910 but died at sea from the indirect effects of his injury on September 10, 1913. He was succeeded for the rest of 1913 by Ardolph Loges Kline, the acting president of the board of aldermen.

This was the first mayoral election since consolidation that a candidate carried all five boroughs.

General election

Candidates

Results

1909 New York City mayoral election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic William Jay Gaynor 250,378 42.1%
Republican Otto T. Bannard 177,313 29.8%
Civic Alliance William Randolph Hearst 154,187 25.9%
Socialist Joseph Cassidy 11,768 2.0%
Socialist Labor John Kinneally 1,256 0.2%
Total votes 604,673 100.00
Democratic hold

Results by borough

1909 Party The Bronx and Manhattan Brooklyn Queens Richmond [Staten Is.] Total %
William Jay GaynorDemocratic134,07591,66617,5707,067250,37842.1%
42.5%41.9%38.4%47.1%
Otto T. BannardRepublican - Fusion86,49773,86011,9075,049177,31329.8%
27.4%33.8%26.0%33.6%
William Randolph HearstCivic Alliance87,15549,04015,1862,806154,18725.9%
27.6%22.4%33.2%18.7%
Joseph CassidySocialist6,8113,8741,0047911,7682.0%
James T. HunterSocialist Labor81336956181,2560.2%
TOTAL315,351218,80945,72315,019594,902

References

  1. ↑ "JAMES T. HUNTER, SILVERSMITH, 81; Socialist Labor Candidate for Mayor in 1903 Dies -- Had Shop on Broadway". The New York Times. January 7, 1952. p. 19. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
  2. ↑ Jackson, Kenneth (1995). The Encyclopedia of New York City. New Haven: Yale University Press and The New York Historical Society. ISBN 0-300-05536-6.


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1909_New_York_City_mayoral_election