1903 New York City mayoral election

none January 2025 October 2019 1903 New York City mayoral election Presidential no 1901 New York City mayoral election 1901 1905 New York City mayoral election 1905 November 1903 Picture of George B. McClellan, Jr..jpg George B. McClellan Jr. Democratic Party (United States) 314,782 53.4% Seth Low 1901 (3x4 cropped).jpg Seth Low Republican Party (United States) Fusion 252,086 42.7% NYC Mayoral Election 1903 Results by Borough.svg 250px Borough resultsMcClellan: #b4c7ec 40–50% #8da9e2 50–60%Low: #f1b4b2 40–50% Mayor Seth Low Republican Party (United States) George B. McClellan Jr. Democratic Party (United States) An election for Mayor of New York City was held in November 1903. Incumbent mayor Seth Low ran for re-election to a second term in office on a fusion ticket but was defeated by Democratic U.S. representative George B. McClellan Jr. Democratic nomination Candidates William Jay Gaynor, New York Supreme Court judge from Park Slope, Brooklyn George B. McClellan Jr., U.S. representative and son of George B. McClellan Withdrew Bill Devery, former superintendent and chief of the New York City Police Department Campaign thumb|left|Charles F. Murphy, the new boss of Tammany Hall, engineered McClellan's nomination over objections from the outer boroughs, particularly Brooklyn. In Manhattan, Charles Francis Murphy had recently replaced Richard Croker as head of the Tammany machine. Murphy, who had become independently wealthy from a trucking company which leased docks from the city and rented them to shipping companies, fixed his goal as Tammany chief to extend Tammany influence to all the boroughs and then beyond.Carmer 1948 69-70 He decided to dislodge Fusionist mayor Seth Low by running George B. McClellan Jr., son of the Civil War general who had run against Lincoln in 1864 and was later elected Governor of New Jersey.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4820910/mclaughlins_public_challenge_to_murphy/ No Graft, No McClellan; McLaughlin's Ultimatum Brooklyn Daily Eagle September 23, 1903 1 April 5, 2016 newspapers.com. The choice was unpopular in Brooklyn, whose leaders believed that McClellan would hurt down-ticket Brooklyn candidate in races for district attorney, sheriff, and borough and judicial offices. Some observers believed that Murphy intended to alienate the Brooklyn machine, despite the risk of lost votes in Brooklyn, in order to cut off their independent base of patronage.https://books.google.com/books?id=qloxAQAAMAAJ&q=willoughby%20street%20democratic%20party&pg=PA331 The New York Campaign: The Grout-Fornes Muddle The Outlook 75 6 331–332, 331 October 10, 1903 April 5, 2016 Murphy's highhandedness rankled others as well. At the Democratic City Committee meeting on September 18, party leaders from Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island joined Brooklyn in expressing concern.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4847883/bronx_queens_and_richmond_democrats/ Opposition to McClellan is Voiced by Brooklyn Brooklyn Daily Eagle September 19, 1903 2 April 5, 2016 newspapers.com Independent Manhattan Democrats also objected to Murphy's action, including the Greater New York Democracy, which endorsed the Fusion ticket,https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4821035/the_new_york_times/ Tell of Tammany Dicker New York Times September 23, 1903 2 April 5, 2016 newspapers.com and former Tammany police chief Bill Devery, who decided to run for mayor himself.Carmer 1948 70 Even several Tammany chiefs questioned the wisdom of the McClellan choice.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4840528/some_tammany_leaders_prefer_nixon_to/ Seven Wigwam Leaders Plead for Nixon Brooklyn Daily Eagle September 23, 1903 3 April 5, 2016 newspapers.com Brooklyn party leader Hugh McLaughlin decided to test Murphy's hold over the outer boroughs and gave an interview promising to oppose Murphy's nominee at the city convention. At the Democratic City Committee meeting on September 24, Murphy defied Brooklyn leaders to take the fight over McClellan to the convention the next week, knowing that Tammany controlled a majority of the delegates.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4856020/murphy_defies_brooklyn_to_take_fight_to/ Murphy Invites Fight to Convention New York Times September 25, 1903 1 April 6, 2016 newspapers.com With a view to sowing confusion among the Fusionists, Murphy (without consultation outside of Tammany) proposed adding two Fusion candidates to the ticket: Edward M. Grout for comptroller and Charles V. Fornes for President of the board of aldermen.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4856911/how_tammany_ended_up_with_grout_on_the/ D.B. Hill as Messenger from Tammany to Grout Brooklyn Daily Eagle October 1, 1903 3 April 6, 2016 newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4859709/fusion_denoiunces_grout_and_fornes_on/ Jerme Denounces Grout and Fornes New York Times September 29, 1903 2 April 6, 2016 newspapers.com The proposed nomination of two Fusion candidates by Tammany so disturbed the non-Tammany Democrats that, after much behind-the-scenes scheming, McLaughlin announced a complex plan the day before the convention to either dislodge McClellan from the ticket (and Murphy from Tammany in the process) or provide an anti-Tammany Democratic ticket that would run against him in the general election.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4862539/mclaughlins_plan_to_oppose_tammany_at/ McLaughlin has Carroll; Tammany May Be Split Up Brooklyn Daily Eagle October 1, 1903 3 April 6, 2016 newspapers.com Convention The convention was held on October 1, 1903, at Carnegie Hall. At first, it looked as if the Kings County delegation, which nominated William Jay Gaynor for mayor, could engineer a stampede against the Tammany ticket. Brooklyn Assistant District Attorney Martin W. Littleton led the charge, looking directly at Murphy and delivering a blistering speech scoring Tammany "treachery" for selecting Democratic "traitor" Grout. Robert H. Elder followed him, nominating Julian D. Fairchild in Grout's place and reminding the convention that Grout had been a Republican who left the Brooklyn Democrats because of their association with Tammany.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5290402/brooklyn_delegates_attempt_to_stampede/ Grout in the Pillory, Scourged by Democrats Brooklyn Daily Eagle October 2, 1903 7 newspapers.com May 17, 2016 Littleton rose again to remind the delegates that Grout once called Tammany a "stench in his nostrils." The "excitement reached a climax" when one Tammany leader broke with Murphy against Grout, causing "wild applause." Murphy and the Tammany leaders sat through the abuse, smiling, and despite the demonstration, the Brooklyn delegates were routed by a near unanimous vote for the Tammany ticket. While the Kings County delegation under the leadership of state senator Patrick H. McCarren made show of unity by moving the unanimous nomination of McClellan, a similar motion for Grout and Fornes was "howled down."https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5294274/tammanys_slate_prevails_at_1903/ Murphy's Slate Forced Through New York Times October 2, 1903 1 May 17, 2016 newspapers.com Aftermath The next day at the Brooklyn Democratic headquarters in the auction room on Willoughby Street, all talk of McLaughlin's plan for an opposition ticket to Tammany's had ceased. If McClellan won the mayoralty, all Brooklyn patronage would go through him and Tammany. While Brooklyn maintained its objection to Grout and Fornes, that did little good for the Brooklyn party unless McClellan lost, and McCarren and the rest at the Convention eventually endorsed McClellan. As one Democrat put it, "Tammany's coming to Brooklyn sure and [McLaughlin] will take his medicine."https://www.newspapers.com/clip/5299982/mclaughlins_antitammany_plan/ A Kings Sub Rosa Bolt All McClellan Fears Brooklyn Daily Eagle October 2, 1903 1 May 18, 2016 newspapers.com McCarren used the occasion to take over the Brooklyn organization, unseating McLaughlin as boss. General election Candidates Charles Forman (Social Democratic) James T. Hunter, silversmithJAMES T. HUNTER, SILVERSMITH, 81; Socialist Labor Candidate for Mayor in 1903 Dies -- Had Shop on Broadway https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0717FB345F177B93C5A9178AD85F468585F9 22 November 2024 The New York Times January 7, 1952 19 (Socialist Labor) Seth Low, incumbent mayor since 1902 (Republican-Fusion) George B. McClellan Jr., U.S. representative (Democratic) John McKee (Prohibition) Results New York City mayoral election, 1903Jackson Kenneth 1995 The Encyclopedia of New York City New Haven Yale University Press and The New York Historical Society 0-300-05536-6 Democratic Party (United States) George B. McClellan Jr. 314,782 53.4% Republican Party (United States) Seth Low (incumbent) 252,086 42.7% Social Democratic Party (United States) Charles Forman 16,956 2.9% Socialist Labor Party of America James T. Hunter 5,205 0.9% Prohibition Party John McKee 869 0.1% 589,898 100.00 Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) Results by borough 1903PartyThe Bronx and ManhattanBrooklynQueens Richmond [Staten Is.]Total% George B. McClellan Jr. Democratic188,681102,56917,0746,458314,78253.4%56.1%48.8%56.5%48.1% Seth Low Fusion132,178101,25111,9606,697252,086 42.7% 39.3%48.2%39.6%49.9%Charles FormanSocial Democratic11,3184,52997613316,9562.9% James T. Hunter Socialist Labor3,5401,411178765,2050.9% John McKeeProhibition37639647508690.1% TOTAL336,093210,15630,23513,414589,898 References Sources Carmer Carl Nevins Allan Krout John A. From Van Wyck to O'Dwyer The Greater City: New York, 1898-1948 New York Columbia University Press 1948 48008678 1903 New York City New York City mayoral mayoral election Category:William Randolph Hearst Category:Electoral fraud in the United States Category:November 1903 in the United States