1925 New York City mayoral election

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1925 New York City mayoral election
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  1921 November 5, 1925 1929  
  James Walker NYWTS crop.jpg Frank waterman.png
Nominee Jimmy Walker Frank D. Waterman
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote748,687346,564
Percentage65.80%30.50%

Mayor before election

John F. Hylan
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Jimmy Walker
Democratic

The 1925 New York City mayoral election took place on November 3, 1925, resulting in a victory for Democratic Party candidate Jimmy Walker. [1]

Contents

Overview

The main contenders in the race were the Democratic Party candidate Jimmy Walker (1881-1946), a city assemblyman and State Senator, [2] and the Republican candidate Frank D. Waterman (1869-1938) of the Waterman Pen Company. [3] [4] Walker's reputation as a flamboyant man-about-town made him a hero to many working-class voters; he was often seen at legitimate theaters and illegitimate speakeasies. [5] [6] Walker backed many social and cultural issues that were considered politically important at the time, such as opposition to Prohibition, social welfare legislation, legalization of boxing, repeal of blue laws against Sunday baseball games, and condemning the Ku Klux Klan. [7] Waterman was a vocal critic of the Tammany machine's mismanagement of municipal affairs with the expansion of the subway system as a main issue. Waterman, however, was repeatedly accused of hostility to labor, discriminatory hiring practices, and anti-Semitism. [3]

Walker, the Democratic party leader in the New York State Senate received the support from John McCooey, the leader in Brooklyn, and Walker from Ed Flynn of the Bronx, went on to defeat New York Mayor John Hylan in the Democratic primary. [8]

Results

Walker defeated Waterman after receiving 748,687 votes to Waterman's 346,546 votes. [8]

1925 general electionPartyManhattanThe BronxBrooklynQueensRichmond [Staten Is.]Total%
Jimmy Walker Democratic 247,079131,226244,029103,62922,724748,68765.8%
69.4%71.8%60.9%63.0%67.3%
Frank D. Waterman Republican 98,61739,615139,06058,47810,794346,56430.5%
27.7%21.7%34.7%35.6%32.0%
Norman Thomas Socialist 9,48211,13316,8091,94320739,5743.5%
Joseph Brandon Socialist Labor 388488591155211,6430.1%
Warren Fisher Progressive 387262528284371,4980.1%
TOTAL355,953182,724401,017164,48933,7831,137,966
1925 Democratic primaryManhattanThe BronxBrooklynQueensRichmond [Staten Is.]Total%
Jimmy Walker 102,83545,30865,67128,2036,321248,33862%
79%68%52%47%34%
John Francis Hylan 27,80221,22860,81432,16312,197154,20438%
21%32%48%53%66%
subtotal (for Walker and Hylan only)130,63766,536126,48560,36618,518402,542[100%]

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  8. 1 2 Robert A. Slayton, Empire Statesman: The Rise and Redemption of Al Smith, The Free Press, New York, 2001, ISBN   0-684-86302-2, pages 115-116 and 221-225. See also 1917 New York City mayoral election.