1901 New York City mayoral election

none January 2025 January 2025 1901 New York City mayoral election Presidential no 1897 New York City mayoral election 1897 1903 New York City mayoral election 1903 November 1901 Seth Low 1901 (3x4 cropped).jpg Seth Low Republican Party (United States) 296,813 51.2% File:Edward M. Shepard.jpg Edward M. Shepard Democratic Party (United States) 265,177 45.8% NYC Mayoral Election 1901 Results by Borough.svg 250px Borough resultsLow: #f1b4b2 40–50% #ed8783 50–60%Shepard: #b4c7ec 40–50% Mayor Robert A. Van Wyck Democratic Party (United States) Seth Low Republican Party (United States) Fusion An election for Mayor of New York City was held in November 1901. Incumbent mayor Robert A. Van Wyck was not a candidate for re-election to a second term in office. Republicans would not win a mayoral election in New York City again until 1933. Background In the 1897 mayoral election, held in connection with the consolidation of the five boroughs of Greater New York, Robert Anderson Van Wyck was elected to a four-year term in office with the support of Tammany Hall. Van Wyck was initially quite popular as the result of his reversal of various reversals of reforms instituted by his reformist predecessor, William Lafayette Strong. The Van Wyck administration was brought down in 1900 following a proposed doubling in the price of ice by the American Ice Company from 30 cents per hundred pounds to 60 cents. Before the invention of commercial refrigeration, ice was the only preservative available for food, milk, and necessary medicines; therefore, the proposed increase had potentially fatal implications. In response to public outcry, a public investigation revealed that American Ice had secured a monopoly over the product through Tammany Hall maneuvering and that Van Wyck had been gifted over $680,000 ($US-GDP 680000 1900 0 c in US-GDP) in company stock. The scandal destroyed Van Wyck's reputation and dramatically worsened the public standing of Tammany Hall, although a state investigation initiated by Governor Theodore Roosevelt later absolved Van Wyck of personal wrongdoing. General election Candidates Ben Hanford, printer (Social Democratic) Benjamin F. Keinard (Socialist Labor) Seth Low, president of Columbia University, former mayor of Brooklyn, and Citizens' Union nominee for mayor in 1897 (Republican-Fusion) Edward M. Shepard, attorney and political reformer (Democratic) Alfred L. Manierre (Prohibition) Results by borough 1901 New York City mayoral electionJackson Kenneth 1995 The Encyclopedia of New York City New Haven Yale University Press and The New York Historical Society 0-300-05536-6 Republican Party (United States) Seth Low 296,813 51.2% Democratic Party (United States) Edward M. Shepard 265,177 45.8% Social Democratic Party (United States) Ben Hanford 9,834 1.7% Socialist Labor Party of America Benjamin F. Keinard 6,213 1.1% Prohibition Party Alfred L. Manierre 1,264 0.2% 579,301 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) Results by borough 1901PartyThe Bronx and ManhattanBrooklynQueensRichmond [Staten Is.]Total%Seth LowFusion162,298114,62513,1186,772296,81351.2%49.1%55.0%47.4%51.9%Edward M. ShepardDemocratic 156,631 88,85813,6796,009265,17745.8%47.4%42.7%49.4%46.1%Benjamin HanfordSocial Democratic6,4092,6926131209,8341.7%Benjamin F. KeinardSocialist Labor4,3231,638181716,2131.1%Alfred L. ManierreProhibition61750174721,2640.2%TOTAL330,278208,31427,66513,044579,301 References Sources Carmer Carl The Greater City: New York, 1898-1948 Columbia University Press 1948 Nevins Allan New York From Van Wyck to O'Dwyer 48008678 Krout John A. 1901 New York City New York City mayoral mayoral election Category:November 1901 in the United States