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1921 New York City mayoral election

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1921 New York City mayoral election

← 1917 November 8, 1921 1925 →
 
Nominee John F. Hylan Henry H. Curran Jacob Panken
Party Democratic Republican Socialist
Popular vote 750,247 332,846 82,607
Percentage 64.2% 28.5% 7.1%

Mayor before election

John F. Hylan
Democratic

Elected mayor

John F. Hylan
Democratic

The 1921 New York City mayoral election took place on November 8, 1921, resulting in a victory for Democratic Party candidate John Francis Hylan.[1]

Overview

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The major candidates included New York City mayor and Democratic Party candidate John Hylan who stood for re-election, Manhattan borough president and Republican Party candidate Henry Curran, and the Socialist Party candidate Jacob Panken. Hylan was the son of an Irish-Catholic immigrant and affiliated with Tammany Hall machine politics. Curran had run as a coalition candidate for the Republican factions. Panken had run a progressive campaign and gained support from Milwaukee mayor Daniel Hoan, but failed to generate the same level of support as the Socialist candidate from the prior election, Morris Hillquit.[2]

In the primary election for mayor, Henry Curran heavily defeated Fiorello H. La Guardia, president of the board of aldermen.

Results

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1921 Party Manhattan The Bronx Brooklyn Queens Richmond [Staten Is.] Total %
John Francis Hylan Democratic 261,452 118,235 260,143 87,676 22,741 750,247 64.2%
62.9% 67.6% 62.1% 69.0% 70.8%
Henry H. Curran Republican - Coalition 124,253 34,919 128,259 36,415 9,000 332,846 28.5%
29.9% 20.0% 30.6% 28.6% 28.0%
Jacob Panken Socialist 28,756 21,255 29,580 2,741 275 82,607 7.1%
6.9% 12.2% 7.1% 2.2% 0.9%
Jerome T. De Hunt Farmer Labor 321 133 395 88 71 1,008 0.1%
John P. Quinn Socialist Labor 316 244 346 123 20 1,049 0.1%
George K. Hinds Prohibition 375 120 390 111 14 1,010 0.1%
TOTAL 415,473 174,906 419,113 127,154 32,121 1,168,767

References

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  1. ^ Graper, Elmer D. (1922). "The New York City Election". American Political Science Review. 16 (1): 79–83. doi:10.2307/1943889. ISSN 0003-0554. JSTOR 1943889. S2CID 147643824.
  2. ^ Richardson, D. (2008). Fighting Bob La Follette and the Progressive Movement: Third-party Politics in the 1920s. iUniverse.