1881 Philadelphia mayoral election

none January 2025 September 2023 1881 Philadelphia mayoral election Philadelphia presidential no 1877 1884 File:Samuel George King.jpg Samuel G. King Democratic Party (United States) 78,215 51.87% File:William Stokley.jpg William S. Stokley Republican Party (United States) 72,428 48.03% Mayor William S. Stokley Republican Party (United States) Samuel G. King Democratic Party (United States) The 1881 Philadelphia mayoral election saw Samuel G. King defeat three-term incumbent mayor William S. Stokley. This would be the last time until 1951 that a Democrat would win the mayoralty of Philadelphia. It would also be the last time until 1911 that a Republican would fail to win the mayoralty. The Philadelphia Republican establishment had not accepted Stokley as one of their own and prominent reformist Republicans such as Rudolph Blankenburg opposed Stokley for corruption.https://books.google.com/books?id=2aWWvvUC-G8C&pg=PA96 Philadelphia Politics from the Bottom Up: The Life of Irishman William McMullen, 1824-1901 Silcox Harry 98 1989 9780944190012 After the influential Committee of One Hundred voted to endorse Stokley, Blankenburg and John Paul Verree resigned their memberships.https://books.google.com/books?id=D7XC3hxymDEC&pg=PA68 When Bosses Ruled Philadelphia: The Emergence of the Republican Machine, 1867-1933 McCaffery Peter 68 2010-11-01 978-0271040578 The Committee reversed itself and endorsed King in the election.https://books.google.com/books?id=2aWWvvUC-G8C&pg=PA96 Philadelphia Politics from the Bottom Up: The Life of Irishman William McMullen, 1824-1901 Silcox Harry 98 1989 9780944190012 Results 1881 Philadelphia mayoral electionMayors of the City of Philadelphia 1691-2000 https://www.phila.gov/PHILS/Mayorlst.htm City of Philadelphia 28 April 2019 Democratic Party (United States) Samuel G. King 78,215 51.87% Republican Party (United States) William S. Stokley (incumbent) 72,428 48.03% Greenback Party A.C. Baird 151 0.10% 150,794 References 2 1881 Philadelphia Philadelphia mayoral Category:19th century in Philadelphia