1867 New York City mayoral election

none March 2026 March 2026 1867 New York City mayoral election Presidential no 1865 New York City mayoral election 1865 1868 New York City mayoral special election 1868 (special) December 3, 1867 John T Hoffman (3x4 cropped).png John T. Hoffman Democratic Party (US) Tammany Hall 63,061 60.41% Fernando Wood (cropped).jpg Fernando Wood Independent Democratic Mozart Hall 22,837 21.88% Hon. William A. Darling, N.Y - NARA - 526543 (1).jpg William A. Darling Republican Party (US) 18,483 17.71% Mayor John T. Hoffman Democratic Party (US) John T. Hoffman Democratic Party (US) The 1867 New York City mayoral election took place on December 3, 1867, to elect the mayor of New York City. John T. Hoffman, the incumbent Mayor backed by Tammany Hall, easily won re-election against former Mayor Fernando Wood and Republican nominee William Augustus Darling. Background Following his election in 1865, mayor Hoffman's popularity grew. Although corruption still persisted in the city, none of it could be tied to his name. He was even nominated by the Democratic State Committee for governor in 1866, although he narrowly lost to Reuben Fenton. He was re-nominated by Tammany Hall for mayor in 1867.The Project Gutenberg eBook, The History of Tammany Hall, by Gustavus Myers https://www.gutenberg.org/files/53115/53115-h/53115-h.htm#CHAPTER_XXII Project Gutenberg After receiving a poor performance in the November elections, where they did not elect a single man to office,Mushkat 1990 167 Mozart Hall unanimously (by acclamation) nominated Fernando Wood for mayor at a meeting held November 12.The City https://www.newspapers.com/image/843832783 Newspapers.com subscription New York Daily Herald April 5, 2026 November 13, 1867 By the standards of the Reconstruction era, 1867 proved to be a particularly strong year in election results for the Democratic Party.Multiple sources: Impeachment Rejected, November to December 1867 US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives https://history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/Johnson-Impeachment/Impeachment-Rejected/ history.house.gov United States House of Representatives 2 March 2021 en Levine Robert S. 179–180 The failed promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the impeachment of Andrew Johnson 2021 New York, NY 9781324004752 First Stewart David O. Impeached: the Trial of President Andrew Johnson and the Fight for Lincoln's Legacy Simon and Schuster 2009 978-1-4165-4749-5 New York Stewart David O. Stewart 95–97 Castel Albert E. https://archive.org/details/presidencyofandr00albe The Presidency of Andrew Johnson The Regents Press of Kansas 1979 978-0-7006-0190-5 American Presidency Lawrence, Kan. Albert E. Castel 124 and 146 In 1867, Democratic nominees also won the BostonMassachusetts; The Democrats Still Voting in the Old Bay State---The Ball Keeps Rolling on---Boston and Newburyport Elect Democratic Mayors https://www.newspapers.com/image/552239851 Newspapers.com subscription York Gazette April 5, 2026 2 December 17, 1867 Baltimore,How the News of the Pittsburgh Election is Received Abroad https://www.newspapers.com/image/86521245 Newspapers.com The Pittsburgh Post 13 March 2024 en December 21, 1867 Pittsburgh,Pittsburgh; Democratic Mayor Elected by 2,500 Majority--Tremendous Democratic Gain https://www.newspapers.com/image/552239851 Newspapers.com subscription York Gazette April 5, 2026 2 December 17, 1867 and Manchester (NH)Another Democratic Victory https://www.newspapers.com/image/552239851 Newspapers.com subscription York Gazette April 5, 2026 2 December 17, 1867 mayoral elections. Candidates John T. Hoffman, incumbent mayor ––Democratic Party nominee, backed by Tammany Hall Fernando Wood, congressman and former mayor ––independent nominee, backed by Mozart Hall William Augustus Darling, former U.S. Representative from NY-09 ––Republican Party nominee Campaign At a nomination ratification meeting, held November 13 at the Cooper Institute, Wood declared himself to be running independent of any political party.Local https://www.newspapers.com/image/20555852 Newspapers.com subscription The New York Times April 5, 2026 4 November 14, 1867 Wood already faced an uphill battle against an extremely popular mayor. Mozart could not come close to matching Tammany Hall in terms of resources and its ability to marshal voters. Moreover, Tammany focused on illegally naturalizing many immigrants before the election so they could register to vote.Mushkat 1990 168 Soon Wood began to lose support among much of his own immigrant base. Horace Greeley stated in one of his editorials, "Hoffman may be relied upon as the tool of the Ring," Wood "may enact the role again of a first-class Reform Mayor." This quasi-endorsement was the kiss of death for Wood among the Irish, who were well aware of Greeley's Nativism.Mushkat 1990 167 In addition, Tammany encouraged the mistaken notion that Hoffman was of German descent and kept his dutch origins quiet. These efforts paid off, as the German Democratic Union General Committee endorsed Hoffman.Mushkat 1990 168 The New York Times endorsed Hoffman, urging even Republicans to vote for Hoffman in order to defeat Wood. The newspaper argued that Darling (as the Republican Party's nominee) did not stand a chance of winning the election, and that Wood was abhorrent enough to necessitate strategic voting.The City Election–Who Shall Be Mayor https://www.newspapers.com/image/20555852 Newspapers.com subscription April 5, 2026 4 November 14, 1867 Results Vote counts resulted in Hoffman handily winning re-election. Tammany Hall-backed candidates also won nearly all down-ballot races.New York Election; Another Democratic Victory!; Hon. John T. Hoffman Elected Mayor by 21,654 Majority.; Darling Defeated by 44,466 Votes, and Wood by 40,000 https://www.newspapers.com/image/552239851 Newspapers.com subscription York Gazette April 5, 2026 2 December 17, 1867 The total vote for mayor was 104,381, an increase of 22,756 (or 27.9%) from 81,625 in 1865. Historian Gustavus Myers wrote that, while repeat voting was one factor in this increase, the main reason was false registration from illegally naturalized citizens. He noted that in the Eighteenth ward alone in this election, 1,500 fraudulent registrations were discovered. Myers cited this as an example of how Tammany Hall often used fraudulent methods in order to achieve victories in elections, which was a foreshadowing of what would occur in the 1868 election. 1867 New York City mayoral electionManual of the corporation of the city of New York 1868 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015068435695&seq=675 HathiTrustThe Tribune almanac and political register 1866-69 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951002271730z&seq=252 HathiTrust Democratic Party (US) John T. Hoffman (incumbent) 63,061 60.41 Independent Democratic Fernando Wood 22,837 21.88 Republican Party (US) William A. Darling 18,483 17.71 104,381 100.00 References Bibliography Mushkat Jerome https://archive.org/details/fernandowoodpoli0000mush/page/n13/mode/2up Fernando Wood: A Political Biography Kent State University Press 1990 087338413X Kent, Ohio registration 1867 New York City New York City mayoral Category:Tammany Hall Category:December 1867 in the United States New York City mayoral election