1909 New York City mayoral election

An election for Mayor of New York City was held in November 1909.

Incumbent mayor George B. McClellan Jr. was not nominated for a third term in office. He was succeeded by Democratic candidate William Jay Gaynor, who defeated William Randolph Hearst and Otto Bannard in the general election.

After the election, Gaynor survived being shot in the throat by a disappointed office-seeker in 1910 but died at sea from the indirect effects of his injury on September 10, 1913. He was succeeded for the rest of 1913 by Ardolph Loges Kline, the acting president of the board of aldermen.

General election

Candidates

Otto Bannard, president of the New York Trust Company (Republican-Fusion)
Joseph Cassidy (Socialist)
William Jay Gaynor, New York State Supreme Court appellate judge (Democratic)
William Randolph Hearst, publisher of the New York Tribune and former U.S. representative (Civic Alliance)
James T. Hunter, silversmith and candidate for mayor in 1903^[1] (Socialist Labor)

Results

1909 New York City mayoral election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Jay Gaynor	250,378	42.1%
	Republican	Otto T. Bannard	177,313	29.8%
	Civic Alliance	William Randolph Hearst	154,187	25.9%
	Socialist	Joseph Cassidy	11,768	2.0%
	Socialist Labor	John Kinneally	1,256	0.2%
Total votes			604,673	100.00
	Democratic hold

Results by borough

1909	Party	The Bronx and Manhattan	Brooklyn	Queens	Richmond [Staten Is.]	Total	%
William Jay Gaynor	Democratic	134,075	91,666	17,570	7,067	250,378	42.1%
William Jay Gaynor	Democratic	42.5%	41.9%	38.4%	47.1%	250,378	42.1%
Otto T. Bannard	Republican - Fusion	86,497	73,860	11,907	5,049	177,313	29.8%
Otto T. Bannard	Republican - Fusion	27.4%	33.8%	26.0%	33.6%	177,313	29.8%
William Randolph Hearst	Civic Alliance	87,155	49,040	15,186	2,806	154,187	25.9%
William Randolph Hearst	Civic Alliance	27.6%	22.4%	33.2%	18.7%	154,187	25.9%
Joseph Cassidy	Socialist	6,811	3,874	1,004	79	11,768	2.0%
James T. Hunter	Socialist Labor	813	369	56	18	1,256	0.2%
TOTAL		315,351	218,809	45,723	15,019	594,902

References

^ "JAMES T. HUNTER, SILVERSMITH, 81; Socialist Labor Candidate for Mayor in 1903 Dies -- Had Shop on Broadway". The New York Times. January 7, 1952. p. 19. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
^ Jackson, Kenneth (1995). The Encyclopedia of New York City. New Haven: Yale University Press and The New York Historical Society. ISBN 0-300-05536-6.

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[1] "JAMES T. HUNTER, SILVERSMITH, 81; Socialist Labor Candidate for Mayor in 1903 Dies -- Had Shop on Broadway". The New York Times. January 7, 1952. p. 19. Retrieved November 22, 2024.

[2] Jackson, Kenneth (1995). The Encyclopedia of New York City. New Haven: Yale University Press and The New York Historical Society. ISBN 0-300-05536-6.

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