Political party strength in New York City

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The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. City of New York, New York since the modern five-borough city was created in 1898:

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

YearCitywide offices Borough presidents City Council
Mayor President of the Board of Aldermen Comptroller SpeakerComposition
1898 Robert Anderson Van Wyck (D) Randolph Guggenheimer (D) Bird Sim Coler (D)4D, 1Rno such officeCouncil: 15T, 10D, 3R
Aldermen: 46D, 10R, 3CU
1899
190043D, 16R
1901
1902 Seth Low (Fus) Charles V. Fornes (D) Edward M. Grout (D)3D, 1R, 1Fus38R, 35D
1903
1904 George B. McClellan Jr. (D)4D, 1R48D, 25R
1905
1906 Herman A. Metz (D) Patrick McGowan (D)3D, 1R, 1MOL 43R, 24D, 6MOL
1907
190846D, 26R, 1Ind
1909
1910 William Jay Gaynor (D) John Purroy Mitchel (Fus) William A. Prendergast (R)4D, 1R41D, 32R
1911
1912 Ardolph L. Kline (R)39R, 34D
1913Ardolph Loges Kline (R)
1914John Purroy Mitchel (Fus) George McAneny (D)3R, 2D41R, 31D, 1Prog
1915
191654D, 19R
1917 Frank R. Dowling (D)
1918 John Francis Hylan (D) Al Smith (D) Charles L. Craig (D)5D44D, 16R, 7Soc
1919 Robert L. Moran (D)
1920 Fiorello La Guardia (R)4D, 1R37D, 26R, 4Soc
1921
1922 George Murray Hulbert (D)5D53D, 12R
192354D, 11R [1]
1924[ ? ]
1925
1926 Jimmy Walker (D) Joseph V. McKee (D) Charles W. Berry (D)[ ? ]
1927
192866D, 6R
19294D, 1R
193061D, 4R
1931
1932Joseph V. McKee (D)64D, 1R
1933 John P. O'Brien (D)Charles W. Berry (D)/
George McAneny (D)
1934Fiorello La Guardia (R) Bernard S. Deutsch (Fus) Joseph McGoldrick (R)3D, 2R48D, 17R
1935 Frank J. Taylor (D)
193662D, 3R
1937 William F. Brunner (D)
1938 President of the City Council Joseph McGoldrick (R)3R, 2D14D, 5AL, 3R, 3Fus, 1I
Newbold Morris (R)
1939
194014D, 2AL, 2Fus, 2R, 1I
1941
19423D, 2R17D, 3AL, 2Fus, 2R, 1Com, 1I
1943
194410D, 3R, 2Com, 2AL
1945
1946 William O'Dwyer (D) Vincent R. Impellitteri (D) Lazarus Joseph (D)5D14D, 3R, 1AL, 2C, 1Lib, 1I
194712D, 5R, 2AL, 2Com, 1I, 1L
1948
1949
195024D, 1R
1951Vincent R. Impellitteri (D) Rudolph Halley (Lib)
19524D, 1R
1953
1954 Robert F. Wagner Jr. (D) Abe Stark (D) Lawrence E. Gerosa(D)23D, 2R
1955
1956
1957
19585D24D, 1R
1959
1960
1961
1962 Paul R. Screvane (D) Abraham Beame (D)4D, 1R23D, 2R
1963
196428D, 7R
1965
1966 John Lindsay (R) Frank D. O'Connor (D) Mario Procaccino (D)30D, 7R
1967
1968
1969 Francis X. Smith (D)
1970 Sanford Garelik (R)Abraham Beame (D)30D, 4Lib, 3R
1971John Lindsay (D)
1972
1973
1974Abraham Beame (D) Paul O'Dwyer (D) Harrison J. Goldin (D)37D, 5R, 1Lib
1975
1976
1977
1978 Ed Koch (D) Carol Bellamy (D)5D37D, 4R, 1Lib, 1Cons
1979
1980
1981
198240D, 3R, 1Cons, 1Lib
198335D
1984
1985
1986 Andrew Stein (D)34D, 1R
1987
1988
1989
1990 David Dinkins (D) Elizabeth Holtzman (D)4D, 1R
1991
199246D, 5R
1993
1994 Rudy Giuliani (R) Public Advocate Alan Hevesi (D)44D, 7R
Mark Green (D)
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002 Michael Bloomberg (R) Betsy Gotbaum (D) William C. Thompson (D)4D, 1C Gifford Miller (D)47D, 4R
2003
200447D, 3R, 1WF
2005
2006 Christine Quinn (D)
2007Michael Bloomberg (I)
2008
200948D, 2R, 1WF
47D, 3R, 1WF
2010 Bill de Blasio (D) John Liu (D)45D, 5R, 1WF
2011
201246D, 4R, 1WF
2013
2014 Bill de Blasio (D) Letitia James (D) Scott Stringer (D)4D, 1R Melissa Mark-Viverito (D)48D, 3R
2015
2016
2017
2018 Corey Johnson (D)
2019 Jumaane Williams (D)
2020
2021
2022 Eric Adams (D) Brad Lander (D) Adrienne Adams (D)46D, 5R
202345D, 6R
2024
Year Mayor Public Advocate Comptroller Borough presidents SpeakerComposition
Citywide offices City Council
Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials
Alaskan Independence (AKIP)
Know Nothing (KN)
American Labor (AL)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J)
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (AA)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Covenant (Cov)
Democratic (D)
Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL)
Democratic–NPL (D-NPL)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' Rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Pro-Administration (PA)
Free Soil (FS)
Fusion (Fus)
Greenback (GB)
Independence (IPM)
Independent Democrat (ID)
Independent Republican (IR)
Jacksonian (J)
Liberal (Lib)
Libertarian (L)
National Union (NU)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O)
Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Silver (Sv)
Silver Republican (SvR)
Socialist (Soc)
Union (U)
Unconditional Union (UU)
Vermont Progressive (VP)
Whig (W)
Independent (I)
Nonpartisan (NP)

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