1930 New Orleans mayoral election

none January 2025 September 2023 article April 2009 The New Orleans mayoral election of 1930, held in January of that year, resulted in the election of T. Semmes Walmsley to his first full term as Mayor of New Orleans. T. Semmes Walmsley had been acting mayor since the resignation of the previous mayor, Arthur J. O'Keefe, due to illness in July 1929. Leader of the Regular Democratic Organization, Walmsley was the chosen candidate of that powerful political machine. Public Service Commissioner Francis Williams, once an ally of Governor Huey Long but by 1930 his enemy, ran against Walmsley. Against the advice of advisors like Robert Maestri, Long remained neutral in the first primary, declaring that neither candidate was worth supporting. The first primary was a close race; Walmsley came first by only 9,000 votes. Williams was entitled to face Walmsley in the runoff, but he rejected Long's last-minute offer of support and withdrew from the race. Sources Garry Boulard Garry Boulard Huey Long Invades New Orleans: The Siege of a City, 1934-36 Pelican Publishing Company Gretna, Louisiana 1998 1-56554-303-3 39464729September 2010 Hair William Ivy The kingfish and his realm: the life and times of Huey P. Long Louisiana State University Press Baton Rouge, Louisiana 1996 0-8071-2124-X 36205850 registration https://archive.org/details/kingfishhisreal000hair September 2010 Williams Thomas Harry T. Harry Williams Huey Long Alfred A. Knopf New York City 1969 1985 0-394-42954-0 20058444September 2010 1930 Category:1930 Louisiana elections Category:1930 United States mayoral elections Category:1930s in New Orleans