1925 New York City mayoral election
November 5, 1925
 
Nominee Jimmy Walker Frank D. Waterman
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 748,687 346,564
Percentage 65.80% 30.50%
Mayor before election

John F. Hylan
Democratic

 Elected Mayor

Jimmy Walker
Democratic

The 1925 New York City mayoral election took place on November 3, 1925, resulting in a victory for Democratic Party candidate Jimmy Walker.[1]

Overview

The main contenders in the race were the Democratic Party candidate Jimmy Walker (1881-1946), a city assemblyman and State Senator,[2] and the Republican candidate Frank D. Waterman (1869-1938) of the Waterman Pen Company.[3][4] Walker's reputation as a flamboyant man-about-town made him a hero to many working-class voters; he was often seen at legitimate theaters and illegitimate speakeasies.[5][6] Walker backed many social and cultural issues that were considered politically important at the time, such as opposition to Prohibition, social welfare legislation, legalization of boxing, repeal of blue laws against Sunday baseball games, and condemning the Ku Klux Klan.[7] Waterman was a vocal critic of the Tammany machine's mismanagement of municipal affairs with the expansion of the subway system as a main issue. Waterman, however, was repeatedly accused of hostility to labor, discriminatory hiring practices, and anti-Semitism.[3]

Walker, the Democratic party leader in the New York State Senate received the support from John McCooey, the leader in Brooklyn, and Walker from Ed Flynn of the Bronx, went on to defeat New York Mayor John Hylan in the Democratic primary.[8]

Results

Walker defeated Waterman after receiving 748,687 votes to Waterman's 346,546 votes.[8]

1925 general election Party Manhattan The Bronx Brooklyn Queens Richmond [Staten Is.] Total %
Jimmy WalkerDemocratic247,079131,226244,029103,62922,724748,68765.8%
69.4%71.8%60.9%63.0%67.3%
Frank D. WatermanRepublican98,61739,615139,06058,47810,794346,56430.5%
27.7%21.7%34.7%35.6%32.0%
Norman ThomasSocialist9,48211,13316,8091,94320739,5743.5%
Joseph BrandonSocialist Labor388488591155211,6430.1%
Warren FisherProgressive387262528284371,4980.1%
TOTAL355,953182,724401,017164,48933,7831,137,966
1925 Democratic primary Manhattan The Bronx Brooklyn Queens Richmond [Staten Is.] Total %
Jimmy Walker102,83545,30865,67128,2036,321248,33862%
79%68%52%47%34%
John Francis Hylan27,80221,22860,81432,16312,197154,20438%
21%32%48%53%66%
subtotal (for Walker and Hylan only)130,63766,536126,48560,36618,518402,542[100%]

References

  1. ↑ "American Elections". Ashburton Guardian, Vol. XLVI, Issue 10639, 5 November 1925, Page 2.
  2. ↑ "Former Mayor Walker Of New York Dies". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. November 19, 1946. Retrieved March 17, 2010.
  3. 1 2 "Frank D. Waterman's Run for Mayor: New York City, 1925". The PENnant. 1995.
  4. ↑ Wallace, D. (2012). Capital of the World: A Portrait of New York City in the Roaring Twenties. Rowman & Littlefield. Page 9.
  5. ↑ David Wallace, Capital of the World: A Portrait of New Your City in the Roaring Twenties (2011) p. 11.
  6. ↑ Young, Greg. "Mayor Jimmy Walker: a finer class of corruption". The Bowery Boys: New York City History. Retrieved May 27, 2009.
  7. ↑ Connolly, James. "Walker, James J.", American National Biography, Oxford University Press, February 1, 2000.
  8. 1 2 Robert A. Slayton, Empire Statesman: The Rise and Redemption of Al Smith, The Free Press, New York, 2001, ISBN 0-684-86302-2, pages 115-116 and 221-225. See also 1917 New York City mayoral election.
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