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.
This was the first mayoral election since consolidation that a candidate carried all five boroughs.
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 (Socialist Labor)
Results
Results by borough 1909PartyThe Bronx and ManhattanBrooklynQueens Richmond [Staten Is.]Total% William Jay Gaynor Democratic 134,07591,66617,5707,067250,37842.1%42.5% 41.9% 38.4% 47.1%Otto T. Bannard Republican - Fusion86,49773,86011,9075,049177,31329.8%27.4%33.8%26.0%33.6% William Randolph Hearst Civic Alliance87,15549,04015,1862,806154,18725.9% 27.6%22.4%33.2%18.7% Joseph Cassidy Socialist6,8113,8741,0047911,7682.0% James T. HunterSocialist Labor81336956181,2560.2% TOTAL315,351218,80945,72315,019594,902
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