1929 New York City mayoral election
The 1929 New York City mayoral election was held on November 5 in concert with other municipal elections. Democratic incumbent Jimmy Walker defeated Republican challenger Fiorello H. La Guardia in what was considered "a Crushing Defeat to [the] City G.O.P. [delivered]" by Tammany Hall.[1] Socialist candidate Norman Thomas also ran, as did Socialist Labor candidate Olive M. Johnson and former Police Commissioner Richard Edward Enright for the Square Deal Party.
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Results by Assembly district Walker: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% 80-90% |
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Walker won with a plurality of 497,165 votes, which had been the largest ever recorded for a mayoral candidate up to that time,[1] and won the absolute majority of votes in all five boroughs. The results were part of a larger Democratic landslide in which Democrats won the position of President of the Board of Aldermen, Comptroller, all positions in Brooklyn, and all Borough Presidencies except Queens, and gained 2 seats in the Assembly and 3 in the Board of Aldermen from Republicans.[1] Thomas's results were the highest recorded by the Socialist party to that date.[1]
Despite his success, Walker would be embroiled in scandal in 1932 and forced to resign.[2]
References
- "497,165 plurality hailed by Walker as a vindication". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 89 (308). November 6, 1929. p. 1. Retrieved January 24, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- Emery, Frank (September 2, 1932). "Rose to Power On Chessboard of Tiger Chiefs". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 91 (244). p. 6. Retrieved January 24, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.