1909 New York City mayoral election

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1909 New York City mayoral election
  1905 November 1909 1913  
  Portrait of William Jay Gaynor.jpg Otto Barnard (cropped).jpg William Randolph Hearst cph 3a49373.jpg
Nominee William Jay Gaynor Otto Bannard William Randolph Hearst
Party Democratic Republican Civic Alliance
Alliance Fusion
Popular vote250,378177,313154,187
Percentage42.1%29.8%25.9%

Mayor before election

George B. McClellan Jr.
Democratic

Elected mayor

William Jay Gaynor
Democratic

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

Contents

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.

General election

Candidates

Results

1909 New York City mayoral election [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic William Jay Gaynor 250,378 42.1%
Republican Otto T. Bannard 177,31329.8%
Civic Alliance William Randolph Hearst 154,18725.9%
Socialist Joseph Cassidy11,7682.0%
Socialist Labor John Kinneally1,2560.2%
Total votes604,673 100.00
Democratic hold

Results by borough

1909PartyThe Bronx and ManhattanBrooklynQueensRichmond [Staten Is.]Total%
William Jay Gaynor Democratic 134,07591,66617,5707,067250,37842.1%
42.5%41.9%38.4%47.1%
Otto T. Bannard Republican - Fusion 86,49773,86011,9075,049177,31329.8%
27.4%33.8%26.0%33.6%
William Randolph Hearst Civic Alliance87,15549,04015,1862,806154,18725.9%
27.6%22.4%33.2%18.7%
Joseph Cassidy Socialist 6,8113,8741,0047911,7682.0%
James T. Hunter Socialist Labor 81336956181,2560.2%
TOTAL315,351218,80945,72315,019594,902

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References

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