1913 New York City mayoral election

none January 2025 October 2019 1913 New York City mayoral election Presidential no 1909 New York City mayoral election 1909 1917 New York City mayoral election 1917 November 1913 John Purroy Mitchel LCCN2014681766 (cropped).png John P. Mitchel Fusion Party (US) Republican Party (United States) 358,181 57.1% Edward Everett McCall (cropped).jpg Edward E. McCall Democratic Party (United States) 233,919 37.3% Charles E Russell ca1907.jpg Charles Edward Russell Socialist Party (United States) 32,057 5.1% NYC Mayoral Election 1913 Results by Borough.svg 250px Borough resultsMitchel: #BDBDBD 50–60% #969696 60–70% Mayor Ardolph Loges Kline Republican Party (United States) John P. Mitchel Fusion Party (US) An election for Mayor of New York City was held in November 1913. Incumbent mayor William Jay Gaynor died on September 10. In the race to succeed him, Republican John Purroy Mitchel, running on an independent fusion ticket, defeated Democratic judge Edward E. McCall and Socialist newspaper editor Charles Edward Russell in a landslide. Fusion nomination As the 1913 mayoral election approached, the Citizens Municipal Committee of 107 set out to find a candidate that would give New York "a non-partisan, efficient and progressive government". They were assisted in this endeavor by the Fusion Executive Committee, led by Joseph M. Price of the City Club of New York.Joseph Price Dies; Led Mitchel Drive - Head of Successful Campaign for Mayoralty in 1913 Was City Club Executive http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1949/05/14/96456062.html?pageNumber=13 18 August 2016 New York Times May 14, 1949 13 After nine ballots, John Purroy Mitchel was nominated as a candidate for mayor. During his campaign, Mitchel focused on modernizing and fighting corruption in the city government.Cerillo, Augustus "American National Biography Online: Mitchel, John Purroy." Web. 1 Oct. 2013. General election Candidates Edward E. McCall, Supreme Court of New York judge (Democratic) John Purroy Mitchel, Collector of the Port of New York and former president of the board of aldermen (Fusion-Republican) Norman Raymond (Prohibition) Charles Edward Russell, newspaper writer and editor (Socialist) William Watters (Socialist Labor) Results 1913 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 Fusion Party (US) John Purroy Mitchel 358,181 57.1% Democratic Party (United States) Edward E. McCall 233,919 37.3% Socialist Party of America Charles Edward Russell 32,057 5.1% Socialist Labor Party of America William Watters 1,647 0.3% Prohibition Party Norman Raymond 1,213 0.2% 627,017 100.00% Fusion Party (US) Democratic Party (United States) Results by borough 1913PartyThe Bronx and ManhattanBrooklynQueens Richmond [Staten Is.]Total% John Purroy Mitchel Fusion178,224137,07434,2798,604 358,18157.1%54.7%60.2%59.6%54.4% Edward E. McCall Democratic129,11377,82620,0976,883233,919 37.3% 39.6%34.2%35.0%43.3% Charles Edward RussellSocialist17,38311,5602,86524932,0575.1% William WaltersSocialist Labor952538129281,6470.3% Norman RaymondProhibition412587118961,2130.2% TOTAL326,084227,58557,48815,860627,017 References 1913 New York City New York City mayoral mayoral election Category:William Randolph Hearst Category:Electoral fraud in the United States Category:November 1913 in the United States