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1921 New York City mayoral election New York City presidential no 1917 New York City mayoral election 1917 1925 New York City mayoral election 1925 November 8, 1921 John_Francis_Hylan_in_1917_(cropped).jpg John F. Hylan Democratic Party (US) 750,247 64.2% Henry Curran Edit.jpg Henry H. Curran Republican Party (US) Coalition 332,846 28.5% Jacob Panken sitting in 1920 3x4.jpg Jacob Panken Socialist Party of America 82,607 7.1% Mayor John F. Hylan Democratic Party (US) John F. Hylan Democratic Party (US) NYC Mayoral Election 1921.svg 250px Results by BoroughHylan: #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80%
The 1921 New York City mayoral election took place on November 8, 1921, resulting in a victory for Democratic Party candidate John Francis Hylan.Graper Elmer D. 1922 The New York City Election https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0003055400019134/type/journal_article American Political Science Review en 16 1 79–83 10.2307/1943889 1943889 147643824 0003-0554 subscription Hylan faced Manhattan borough president and Republican Party candidate Henry Curran, and the Socialist Party candidate Jacob Panken. Hylan was the son of an Irish-Catholic immigrant and affiliated with Tammany Hall machine politics. Curran had run as a coalition candidate for the Republican factions. Panken had run a progressive campaign and gained support from Milwaukee mayor Daniel Hoan, but failed to generate the same level of support as the Socialist candidate from the prior election, Morris Hillquit.Richardson, D. (2008). Fighting Bob La Follette and the Progressive Movement: Third-party Politics in the 1920s. iUniverse.
In the primary election for mayor, Henry Curran heavily defeated Fiorello H. La Guardia, president of the board of aldermen.
Republican primary
Candidates
Henry H. Curran, Manhattan Borough President
Fiorello La Guardia, president of the Board of Aldermen
General election
Candidates
Henry H. Curran, Manhattan Borough President (Republican-Coalition)
Jerome T. de Hunt (Farmer-Labor)
George K. Hinds (Prohibition)
John F. Hylan, incumbent mayor since 1918 (Democratic)
Jacob Panken, New York City Municipal Court judge (Socialist)
John P. Quinn (Socialist Labor)
Results
1921 New York City mayoral election
John F. Hylan (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 750,247 64.2%
Henry H. Curran Republican Party (United States) 332,846 28.5%
Jacob Panken Socialist Party (United States) 82,607 7.1%
John P. Quinn Socialist Labor Party (United States) 1,049 0.1%
George K. Hinds Prohibition Party 1,010 0.1%
Jerome T. De Hunt Farmer-Labor Party (United States) 1,008 0.1%
1,168,767 100.00%
Results by borough
1921PartyManhattanThe BronxBrooklynQueens Richmond [Staten Is.]Total%John Francis HylanDemocratic261,452118,235260,14387,67622,741750,24764.2%62.9%67.6%62.1%69.0%70.8%Henry H. CurranRepublican - Coalition124,25334,919128,25936,4159,000332,84628.5%29.9%20.0%30.6%28.6%28.0% Jacob PankenSocialist28,75621,25529,5802,74127582,6077.1%6.9%12.2%7.1%2.2%0.9% Jerome T. De HuntFarmer Labor32113339588711,0080.1% John P. QuinnSocialist Labor316244346123201,0490.1% George K. HindsProhibition375120390111141,0100.1% TOTAL415,473174,906419,113127,15432,1211,168,767
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