1890 New York City mayoral election

An election for Mayor of New York City was held on November 4, 1892.

1890 New York City mayoral election
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Nominee Hugh J. Grant Francis M. Scott
Party Democratic Independent Democratic
Alliance Republican
Municipal League
Popular vote 116,581 93,382
Percentage 53.9% 43.2%

Mayor before election

Hugh J. Grant
Democratic

Elected mayor

Hugh J. Grant
Democratic

Incumbent mayor Hugh J. Grant was re-elected to a second term in office over Aqueduct Commissioner Francis M. Scott, running on the New York County Democracy and People's Municipal League lines with Republican support.

General election

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Candidates

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  • August Delabar (Socialist Labor)
  • W. Jennings Demorest, comestics and sewing businessman and publisher of Demorest's Magazine (Prohibition)
  • Hugh J. Grant, incumbent mayor since 1891 (Democratic)
  • James Redpath, editor of the North American Review (Commonwealth)
  • Francis M. Scott, Aqueduct Commissioner of New York City (County Democracy and People's Municipal League)[1]

Results

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1890 New York City mayoral election[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Hugh J. Grant (incumbent) 116,581 53.91%
Independent Democratic Francis M. Scott 93,382 43.18%
Socialist Labor August Delabar 4,604 2.13%
Prohibition W. Jennings Demorest 1,004 0.46%
Commonwealth Party James Redpath 684 0.32%
Democratic hold

References

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  1. ^ "Francis M. Scott". Historical Society of the New York Courts. Retrieved December 2, 2024.
  2. ^ "THE VOTE IN THE COUNTY; RESULTS OF THE ALDERMEN'S OFFICIAL COUNT. DEFECTIVE BALLOTS FEW, BUT MANY BLANK BALLOTS FOUND -- FIGURES FROM CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS". The New York Times. November 21, 1890.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)