1925 New York City mayoral election

none January 2025 1925 New York City mayoral election New York City presidential no 1921 New York City mayoral election 1921 1929 New York City mayoral election 1929 November 5, 1925 James Walker NYWTS crop.jpg Jimmy Walker Democratic Party (US) 748,687 65.80% Frank waterman.png Frank D. Waterman Republican Party (US) 346,564 30.50% Mayor John F. Hylan Democratic Party (US) Jimmy Walker Democratic Party (US) File:NYC Mayoral Election 1925.svg 250px Results by BoroughWalker: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80%Waterman: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% The 1925 New York City mayoral election took place on November 3, 1925. Incumbent Democratic mayor John Francis Hylan ran for re-election to a third term in office but was defeated in the Democratic Party primary on September 15, 1925 by State Senator Jimmy Walker."WALKER SWEEPS TO VICTORY", Daily News, September 16, 1920, p.1 In the general election, Walker defeated Republican nominee Frank D. Waterman."American Elections". Ashburton Guardian, Vol. XLVI, Issue 10639, 5 November 1925, Page 2. Democratic primary Candidates John Francis Hylan, incumbent mayor since 1918 Jimmy Walker, State Senator and former Assemblyman from Greenwich Village Campaign 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.Robert A. Slayton, Empire Statesman: The Rise and Redemption of Al Smith, The Free Press, New York, 2001, 0-684-86302-2, pages 115-116 and 221-225. See also 1917 New York City mayoral election. Results 1925 Democratic mayoral primary Jimmy Walker Democratic Party (US) 248,338 61.69% John F. Hylan (incumbent) Democratic Party (US) 154,204 37.31% 402,542 100.00% Results by borough 1925 Democratic primaryManhattanThe BronxBrooklynQueens Richmond [Staten Is.]Total% Jimmy Walker102,83545,30865,67128,2036,321248,33862%79%68%52%47%34% John Francis Hylan27,80221,22860,81432,16312,197 154,20438%21%32%48%53%66%subtotal (for Walker and Hylan only)130,63766,536126,48560,36618,518402,542 [100%] General election thumb|right|Socialist Party campaign poster featuring Norman Thomas as a candidate for mayor Candidates Joseph Brandon (Socialist Labor) Warren Fisher (Progressive) Norman Thomas, Presbyterian minister and perennial candidate (Socialist) Jimmy Walker, State Senator and former Assemblyman from Greenwich Village (Democratic) Frank D. Waterman, president of Waterman Pen Company (Republican) Campaign The main contenders in the race were the Democratic Party candidate Jimmy Walker (1881-1946), a city assemblyman and State Senator,Former Mayor Walker Of New York Dies https://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=higjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=AGoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2787,2294040&dq=mayor+walker+dies&hl=en Pittsburgh Post-Gazette November 19, 1946 March 17, 2010 and the Republican candidate Frank D. Waterman (1869-1938) of the Waterman Pen Company.https://vintagepens.com/FDW_%20for_mayor.htm Frank D. Waterman's Run for Mayor: New York City, 1925 The PENnant 1995Wallace, D. (2012). Capital of the World: A Portrait of New York City in the Roaring Twenties. Rowman & Littlefield. Page 9. 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.David Wallace, Capital of the World: A Portrait of New Your City in the Roaring Twenties (2011) p. 11.Young, Greg. "Mayor Jimmy Walker: a finer class of corruption". The Bowery Boys: New York City History. Retrieved May 27, 2009. 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.Connolly, James. "Walker, James J.", American National Biography, Oxford University Press, February 1, 2000. 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. Results Walker defeated Waterman after receiving 748,687 votes to Waterman's 346,546 votes. Results by borough 1925 general electionPartyManhattanThe BronxBrooklynQueens Richmond [Staten Is.]Total%Jimmy WalkerDemocratic247,079131,226244,029103,62922,724748,68765.8% 69.4% 71.8% 60.9%63.0%67.3%Frank D. Waterman Republican98,61739,615139,06058,47810,794346,56430.5% 27.7%21.7%34.7%35.6%32.0% Norman ThomasSocialist9,48211,13316,8091,94320739,5743.5%Joseph BrandonSocialist Labor388488591155211,6430.1%Warren FisherProgressive387262528284371,4980.1%TOTAL355,953182,724401,017164,48933,7831,137,966 References Mayoral election New York City 1925 New York City mayoral election 1921 New York City mayoral election