Fiorello Henry La Guardia was an American attorney and politician who represented New York in the House of Representatives and served as the 99th Mayor of New York City from 1934 to 1945. Known for his irascible,energetic,and charismatic personality and diminutive,rotund stature,La Guardia is acclaimed as one of the greatest mayors in American history. La Guardia was frequently cross-endorsed by parties other than his own,including the Democratic Party,under New York's electoral fusion laws.
William O'Dwyer was an Irish-American politician and diplomat who served as the 100th Mayor of New York City,holding that office from 1946 to 1950.
James John Walker,known colloquially as Beau James,was mayor of New York City from 1926 to 1932. A flamboyant politician,he was a liberal Democrat and part of the powerful Tammany Hall machine. He was forced to resign during a corruption scandal.
Grover Aloysius Whalen (1886–1962) was a prominent politician,businessman,and public relations guru in New York City during the 1930s and 1940s.
The New York City Police Commissioner is the head of the New York City Police Department and presiding member of the Board of Commissioners. The commissioner is appointed by the mayor and serves at the mayor's pleasure. The commissioner is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the department as well as the appointment of deputies including the Chief of Department and subordinate officers. Commissioners are civilian administrators,and they and their subordinate deputies are civilians under an oath of office,not sworn members of the force. This is a separate position from the Chief of Department,who is the senior sworn uniformed member of the force. The First Deputy Commissioner is the Commissioner and department’s second-in-command. The office of the Police Commissioner is located at the NYPD Headquarters,One Police Plaza. Both the commissioner and first deputy commissioner outrank all uniformed officers,up to and including the chief of department.
William Lafayette Strong was the 90th Mayor of New York City from 1895 to 1897. He was the last mayor of New York City before the consolidation of the City of Greater New York on January 1,1898.
Fiorello! is a musical about New York City mayor Fiorello La Guardia,a reform Republican,which debuted on Broadway in 1959,and tells the story of how LaGuardia took on the Tammany Hall political machine. The book is by Jerome Weidman and George Abbott,drawn substantially from the 1955 volume Life with Fiorello by Ernest Cuneo,with lyrics by Sheldon Harnick,and music by Jerry Bock. It won the three major theatre awards - Tony Award,the New York Drama Critics Circle award,and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It is one of only ten musicals to win the latter award.
Patrick J. Walsh was appointed Acting Fire Commissioner of the City of New York by Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia on May 8,1941,and was subsequently appointed the 14th Fire Commissioner of the City of New York by Mayor LaGuardia two days later. He served in that position until the end of the LaGuardia Administration on December 31,1945. He died on September 22,1946 at the West Hill Sanitarium.
Tony Lo Bianco is an Italian-American film,stage,and television actor,known for his portrayals of gruff law enforcement figures in crime films. His accolades include one Tony Award nomination,an Obie Award,and a Daytime Emmy Award.
Michael Fiaschetti was a prominent New York detective and succeeded Lt. Joseph Petrosino as head of the NYPD's "Italian Squad".
Kenneth McMillan was an American actor. McMillan was usually cast as gruff,hostile and unfriendly characters due to his rough image. However,he was sometimes cast in some lighter comic roles that highlighted his gentler side. He was perhaps best known as Jack Doyle in Rhoda (1977–1978),and as Baron Harkonnen in David Lynch's Dune.
John Francis O'Ryan was a Manhattan,New York City attorney,politician,government official and military officer. He served as commander of the 27th Division during World War I. He later served as a member of the New York State Transit Commission and as New York City Police Commissioner. During World War II he was New York State Civil Defense Director.
Lewis Joseph Valentine was the New York City Police Commissioner from 1934 to 1945,under Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia during the Murder,Inc. era. He was the author of an autobiography Night stick:The autobiography of Lewis J. Valentine. He was Police Commissioner of New York for eleven years,longer than any other previous person in that position. Time magazine credited him with cleaning up the department so that New York City had one of the most honest police departments in the nation.
The La Guardia and Wagner Archives was established in 1982 at LaGuardia Community College in Long Island City,Queens,New York,to collect,preserve,and make available primary materials documenting the social and political history of New York City,with an emphasis on the mayoralty and the borough of Queens. The purpose of its founding went beyond serving as a repository,but to establish the college as a location for scholarly research. The archives serves a broad array of researchers,journalists,students,scholars,exhibit planners,and policy makers. Its web site provides guidelines to the collections,as well as over 55,000 digitized photographs and close to 2,000,000 digitized documents.
Johnny Broderick was a New York City Police Department detective who became known in the 1920s and 1930s as one of the city's toughest officers,patrolling the Broadway Theater District and policing strikes as head of the NYPD's Industrial Squad,sometimes personally beating gangsters and suspects.
The 1929 New York City mayoral election was held on November 5 in concert with other municipal elections. Democratic incumbent Jimmy Walker defeated Republican challenger Fiorello H. La Guardia in what was considered "a Crushing Defeat to [the] City G.O.P. [delivered]" by Tammany Hall. Socialist candidate Norman Thomas also ran,as did Socialist Labor candidate Olive M. Johnson and former Police Commissioner Richard Edward Enright for the Square Deal Party.
The mayoralty of Fiorello La Guardia lasted from January 1,1934,to December 31,1945,while he served as the 99th Mayor of New York City. His mayoralty presided over New York City during the Great Depression and World War II. He is considered the builder of modern New York City due to his numerous infrastructure projects. He replaced John P. O'Brien and was succeeded by William O'Dwyer.
The New York City mayoral election of 1941 took place on November 4,1941,in New York City. The candidates were incumbent Mayor Fiorello La Guardia,a Republican,and King County District Attorney William O'Dwyer,a Democrat,as well as other,third-party candidates. La Guardia was also the nominee of the American Labor Party,and additionally ran on the City Fusion and City ballot lines.
The New York City mayoral election of 1933 took place on November 7,1933 in New York City. Incumbent Democratic Mayor John P. O'Brien,who was elected in a special election after the resignation of Mayor Jimmy Walker,faced Republican Congressman and 1929 mayoral candidate Fiorello La Guardia,and former acting mayor and President of the New York City Board of Aldermen Joseph V. McKee,who became acting mayor after Walker's resignation until the special election,and ran on the Recovery Party line.
