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New York City, New York
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Mayors of New York City, 1665-2024 (may be incomplete!)
Thomas Willett 1665-66 Thomas Delavall 1666-67 Thomas Willett 1667-68 Cornelius Van Steenwyk 1668-71 Thomas Delavall 1671-72 Matthias Nicoll 1672-73 John Lawrence 1673-75 William Dervall 1675-76 Nicholas De Mayer 1676-77 Stephanus Van Cortlandt 1677-78 Thomas Delavall 1678-79 Francis Rombouts 1679-80 William Dyre 1680-82 Cornelius Van Steenwyk 1682-84 Gabriel Minvielle 1684-85 Nicholas Bayard 1685-86 Stephanus Van Cortlandt 1686-88 Peter Delanoy 1689-91 John Lawrence 1691 Abraham de Peyster 1691-94 Charles Lodwik 1694-95 William Merritt 1695-98 Johannes de Peyster 1698-99 David Provost 1699-1700 Isaac De Riemer 1700-01 Thomas Noell 1701-02 Phillip French 1702-03 William Peartree 1703-07 Ebenezer Wilson 1707-10 Jacobus Van Cortlandt 1710-11 Caleb Heathcote 1711-13 John Johnstone 1714-19 Jacobus Van Cortlandt 1719-20 Robert Walters 1720-25 Johannes Jansen 1725-26 Robert Lurting 1726-35 Paul Richard 1735-39 John Cruger 1739-44 Stephen Bayard 1744-47 Edward Holland 1747-56 John Cruger, Jr. 1756-66 Whitehead Hicks 1766-76 David Mathews 1776-83 James Duane 1784-89 Richard Varick 1789-1801 Edward Livingston 1801-03 De Witt Clinton 1803-07 Marinus Willet 1807-08 De Witt Clinton 1808-10 Jacob Radcliff 1810-11 De Witt Clinton 1811-15 John Ferguson 1815 Jacob Radcliff 1815-18 Cadwallader D. Colden 1818-21 Stephen Allen 1821-24 William Paulding, Jr. 1825-26 Philip Hone 1826-27 William Paulding, Jr. 1827-29 Walter Bowne 1829-33 Gideon Lee 1833-34 Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence 1834-37 Aaron Clark 1837-39 Isaac L. Varian 1839-41 Robert H. Morris 1841-44 James Harper 1844-45 William F. Havemeyer 1845-46 Andrew H. Mickle 1846-47 William V. Brady 1847-48 William F. Havemeyer 1848-49 Caleb S. Woodhull 1849-50 Ambrose Kingsland 1851-52 Jacob Westervelt 1853-54 Fernando Wood 1855-57 Daniel F. Tiemann 1858-59 Fernando Wood 1860-61 George Opdyke 1862-63 C. Godfrey Gunther 1864-65 John T. Hoffman 1866-68 Thomas Coman 1868 A. Oakey Hall 1869-72 William F. Havemeyer 1873-74 Samuel B. H. Vance 1874 William H. Wickham 1875-76 Smith Ely, Jr. 1877-78 Edward Cooper 1879-80 William R. Grace 1881-82 Franklin Edson 1883-84 William R. Grace 1885-86 Abram S. Hewitt 1887-88 Hugh J. Grant 1889-92 Thomas F. Gilroy 1893-94 William L. Strong 1895-97 Robert A. Van Wyck 1898-1901 Seth Low 1902-03 George B. McClellan 1904-09 William J. Gaynor 1910-13 Ardolph L. Kline 1913 John Purroy Mitchel 1914-17 John F. Hylan 1918-25 James J. Walker 1926-32 Joseph V. McKee 1932 John P. O'Brien 1933 Fiorello H. LaGuardia 1934-45 William O'Dwyer 1946-50 Vincent R. Impellitteri 1950-53 Robert F. Wagner, Jr. 1954-65 John V. Lindsay 1966-73 Abraham D. Beame 1974-77 Edward I. Koch 1978-89 David N. Dinkins 1990-93 Rudolph W. Giuliani 1994-2001 Michael Bloomberg 2002-13 Bill de Blasio 2014-21 Eric L. Adams 2022-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1735: Robert Lurting, died in office.
  • 1744 Aug 13: John Cruger, died in office.
  • 1756 Nov 10: Edward Holland, died in office.
  • 1834 Apr 8: Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence (Dem), elected; Gulian C. Verplanck (Whig), defeated.
  • 1835 Apr 14: Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1836 Apr 8: Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence (Dem), elected; Seth Geer (Whig), defeated; Alexander Ming, Jr. (Equal Rights), defeated; Samuel F. B. Morse (Native American), defeated.
  • 1837 Apr 11: Aaron Clark (Whig), elected; John J. Morgan (Dem), defeated; Moses Jaques (Equal Rights), defeated.
  • 1838 Apr 9: Aaron Clark (Whig), elected; Isaac L. Varian (Dem), defeated; Richard Riker (Conservative), defeated.
  • 1839 Apr 9: Isaac L. Varian (Dem), elected; Aaron Clark (Whig), defeated.
  • 1840 Apr 14: Isaac L. Varian (Dem), elected; J. Phillips Phoenix (Whig), defeated.
  • 1841 Apr 13: Robert H. Morris (Dem), elected; J. Phillips Phoenix (Whig), defeated; Samuel F. B. Morse (Native American), defeated.
  • 1842 Apr 12: Robert H. Morris (Dem), elected; J. Phillips Phoenix (Whig), defeated; Thomas F. Field (Abolition), defeated; James Monroe (Patriot), defeated.
  • 1843 Apr 11: Robert H. Morris (Dem), elected; Robert Smith (Whig), defeated.
  • 1844 Apr 9: James Harper (Native American), elected; Jonathan I. Coddington (Dem), defeated; Morris Franklin (Whig), defeated.
  • 1845 Apr 8: William F. Havemeyer (Dem), elected; James Harper (Native American), defeated; Dudley Selden (Whig), defeated; Ransom Smith (National Reform), defeated; Arthur Tappan (Abolition), defeated.
  • 1846 Apr 14: Andrew H. Mickle (Dem), elected; Robert Taylor (Whig), defeated; William B. Cozzens (Native American), defeated; Ransom Smith (National Reform), defeated.
  • 1847 Apr 13: William V. Brady (Whig), elected; J. Sherman Brownell (Dem), defeated; Elias G. Drake (Native American), defeated; Edward W. Lyon (National Reform), defeated.
  • 1848 Apr 11: William F. Havemeyer (Dem), elected; William V. Brady (Whig), defeated; John Commerford (National Reform), defeated.
  • 1849 Apr 10: Caleb S. Woodhull (Whig), elected; Myndert Van Schaick (Dem), defeated.
  • 1850 Nov 5: Ambrose Kingsland (Whig), elected; Fernando Wood (Dem), defeated; Alfred Carson, defeated.
  • 1852 Nov 2: Jacob Westervelt (Dem), elected; Morgan Morgans (Whig), defeated; Henry M. Western (Temperance), defeated; Dennis Harris (Free Soil), defeated.
  • 1854 Nov 7: Fernando Wood (Dem), elected; James W. Barker (American), defeated; Wilson G. Hunt (Reform Democratic), defeated; John J. Herrick (Whig), defeated.
  • 1856 Nov 4: Fernando Wood (Dem), elected; Isaac O. Barker (American), defeated; Anthony J. Bleecker (Rep), defeated; James S. Libby (Independent Democratic), defeated; James R. Whiting (Reform Democratic), defeated.
  • 1857 Dec 1: Daniel F. Tiemann (Rep), elected; Fernando Wood (Dem), defeated.
  • 1859 Dec 6: Fernando Wood (Mozart Hall), elected; William F. Havemeyer (Dem), defeated; George Opdyke (Rep), defeated.
  • 1861 Dec 3: George Opdyke (Rep), elected; C. Godfrey Gunther (Dem), defeated; Fernando Wood (Mozart Hall), defeated.
  • 1863 Dec 1: C. Godfrey Gunther (Reform Democratic), elected; Francis I. A. Boole (Dem), defeated; Orison Blunt (Union), defeated.
  • 1865 Dec 5: John T. Hoffman (Dem), elected; Marshall O. Roberts (Union), defeated; John Hecker (Union Democratic), defeated; C. Godfrey Gunther (Reform Democratic), defeated.
  • 1867 Dec 3: John T. Hoffman (Dem), elected; Fernando Wood (Mozart Hall), defeated; William A. Darling (Rep), defeated.
  • 1868 Dec 1: A. Oakey Hall (Dem), elected; Frederick A. Conkling (Rep), defeated.
  • 1869 Dec 7: A. Oakey Hall (Dem), elected unopposed.
  • 1870 Nov 8: A. Oakey Hall (Dem), elected; Thomas A. Ledwith (Rep), defeated.
  • 1872 Nov 5: William F. Havemeyer (Rep), elected; Abraham R. Lawrence (Dem), defeated; James O'Brien (Reform Democratic), defeated.
  • 1874 Nov 3: William H. Wickham (Dem), elected; Salem H. Wales (Rep), defeated; Oswald Ottendorfer (Liberal Democratic), defeated; John Swinton (Industrial), defeated.
  • 1874 Nov 30: William F. Havemeyer, died in office.
  • 1876 Nov 7: Smith Ely, Jr. (Dem), elected; John A. Dix (Rep), defeated.
  • 1878 Nov 5: Edward Cooper (County Democratic), elected; Augustus Schell (Dem), defeated; Alexander Jonas (Socialist Labor), defeated; William L. Headley (Greenback), defeated.
  • 1880 Nov 2: William R. Grace (Dem), elected; William Dowd (Rep), defeated; John B. Johnson (Greenback), defeated; George Blair (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1882 Nov 7: Franklin Edson (Dem), elected; Allan Campbell (Citizens & Rep), defeated; John W. Franklin (Greenback), defeated.
  • 1884 Nov 4: William R. Grace (Citizens), elected; Hugh J. Grant (Dem), defeated; Frederick S. Gibbs (Rep), defeated; Charles N. Crittenton (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1886 Nov 2: Abram S. Hewitt (Dem), elected; Henry George (United Labor), defeated; Theodore Roosevelt (Rep), defeated; William T. Wardwell (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1888 Nov 6: Hugh J. Grant (Dem), elected; Joel B. Erhardt (Rep), defeated; Abram S. Hewitt (County Democratic), defeated; James J. Coogan (United Labor), defeated; Alexander Jonas (Socialist Labor), defeated; William T. Wardwell (Prohibition), defeated; Cynthia Leonard (Equal Rights), defeated.
  • 1890 Nov 4: Hugh J. Grant (Dem), elected; Francis M. Scott (Rep), defeated; August Delabar (Socialist Labor), defeated; W. Jennings Demorest (Prohibition), defeated; James Redpath (Commonwealth), defeated.
  • 1892 Nov 8: Thomas F. Gilroy (Dem), elected; Edwin Einstein (Rep), defeated; Alexander Jonas (Socialist), defeated; Joseph A. Bogardus (Prohibition), defeated; Henry A. Hicks (People's), defeated.
  • 1894 Nov 6: William L. Strong (Rep), elected; Hugh J. Grant (Dem), defeated; Lucien Sanial (Socialist Labor), defeated; James McCallum (People's), defeated; George Gethin (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1897: Henry George, candidate, but died before the election.
  • 1897 Nov 2: Robert A. Van Wyck (Dem), elected; Seth Low (Citizens Union & National Democratic), defeated; Benjamin F. Tracy (Rep), defeated; Henry George, Jr. (Jeffersonian Democratic), defeated; Lucien Sanial (Socialist Labor), defeated; William T. Wardwell (Prohibition), defeated; Patrick J. Gleason (Neither Tea Nor Tiger), defeated; Alfred B. Cruikshank (United Democracy), defeated.
  • 1901 Nov 5: Seth Low (Rep), elected; Edward M. Shepard (Dem), defeated; Benjamin Hanford (Social Democratic), defeated; Benjamin F. Keinard (Socialist Labor), defeated; Alfred L. Manierre (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1903 Nov 3: George B. McClellan (Dem), elected; Seth Low (Rep), defeated; Charles L. Furman (Social Democratic), defeated; James T. Hunter (Socialist Labor), defeated; William S. Devery (Independent People's), defeated; John McKee (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1905 Nov 7: George B. McClellan (Dem), elected; William Randolph Hearst (Municipal Ownership), defeated; William M. Ivins (Rep), defeated; Algernon Lee (Socialist), defeated; John J. Kinneally (Socialist Labor), defeated; James C. Crawford (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1909 Nov 2: William J. Gaynor (Dem), elected; Otto T. Bannard (Rep), defeated; William Randolph Hearst (Civic Alliance), defeated; Edward F. Cassidy (Socialist), defeated; James T. Hunter (Socialist Labor), defeated; Alfred L. Manierre (Prohibition), defeated; Cornelius Donovan (Eight Hour League), defeated.
  • 1913 Sep 10: William J. Gaynor, died in office.
  • 1913 Nov 4: John Purroy Mitchel (Rep), elected; Edward E. McCall (Dem), defeated; Charles E. Russell (Socialist), defeated; William A. Walters (Socialist Labor), defeated; Newman H. Raymond (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1917 Sep 19: William M. Bennett (Rep), nominated; John Purroy Mitchel (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1917 Nov 6: John F. Hylan (Dem), elected; John Purroy Mitchel (Fusion), defeated; Morris Hillquit (Socialist), defeated; William M. Bennett (Rep), defeated; D. Leigh Colvin (Prohibition), defeated; Edmund Seidel (Socialist Labor), defeated; George Wallace (Single Tax), defeated.
  • 1921 Sep 13: John F. Hylan (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1921 Sep 13: Henry H. Curran (Rep), nominated; Fiorello H. LaGuardia (Rep), defeated in primary; Reuben L. Haskell (Rep), defeated in primary; William M. Bennett (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1921 Nov 8: John F. Hylan (Dem), elected; Henry H. Curran (Rep), defeated; Jacob Panken (Socialist), defeated; John P. Quinn (Socialist Labor), defeated; George K. Hinds (Prohibition), defeated; Jerome T. De Hunt (Farmer-Labor), defeated; Joseph Dana Miller (Single Tax), defeated; Benjamin Gitlow (Communist), defeated.
  • 1925 Sep 15: James J. Walker (Dem), nominated; John F. Hylan (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1925 Sep 15: Frank D. Waterman (Rep), nominated; John J. Lyons (Rep), defeated in primary; William M. Bennett (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1925 Sep 15: Norman Thomas (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
  • 1925 Nov 3: James J. Walker (Dem), elected; Frank D. Waterman (Rep), defeated; Norman Thomas (Socialist), defeated; Joseph Brandon (Socialist Labor), defeated; Warren S. Fisher (Progressive), defeated; Laurence W. Tracy (Commonwealth Land), defeated; Benjamin Gitlow (Workers), defeated.
  • 1929 Sep 17: James J. Walker (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1929 Sep 17: Fiorello H. LaGuardia (Rep), nominated; William M. Bennett (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1929 Sep 17: Norman Thomas (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
  • 1929 Nov 5: James J. Walker (Dem), elected; Fiorello H. LaGuardia (Rep), defeated; Norman Thomas (Socialist), defeated; Olive M. Johnson (Socialist Labor), defeated; William W. Weinstone (Communist), defeated; Richard E. Enright (Square Deal), defeated; Laurence W. Tracy (Commonwealth Land), defeated.
  • 1932 Sep 1: James J. Walker, resigned.
  • 1932 Nov 8: John P. O'Brien (Dem), elected; Lewis H. Pounds (Rep), defeated; Morris Hillquit (Socialist), defeated; Joseph V. McKee, defeated; William L. Patterson (Communist), defeated; Olive M. Johnson (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1933 Sep 19: John P. O'Brien (Dem), nominated; Loring M. Black, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary; Jerome G. Ambro (Dem), defeated in primary; Axel T. Fredlund (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1933 Sep 19: Fiorello H. LaGuardia (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1933 Sep 19: Charles Solomon (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
  • 1933 Nov 7: Fiorello H. LaGuardia (Rep & City Fusion), elected; Joseph V. McKee (Recovery), defeated; John P. O'Brien (Dem & Jeffersonian), defeated; Charles Solomon (Socialist), defeated; Robert Minor (Communist), defeated; Henry H. Klein (Five-Cent Fare & Taxpayers), defeated; Aaron M. Orange (Socialist Labor), defeated; Adolph Silver (Independent Democratic), defeated.
  • 1937 Sep 16: Jeremiah T. Mahoney (Dem), nominated; Royal S. Copeland (Dem), defeated in primary; Fiorello H. LaGuardia (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1937 Sep 16: Fiorello H. LaGuardia (Rep), nominated; Royal S. Copeland (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1937 Nov 2: Fiorello H. LaGuardia (Rep & American Labor & City Fusion & Progressive), elected; Jeremiah T. Mahoney (Dem), defeated; Emil F. Teichert (Industrial Government), defeated.
  • 1941 Sep 16: William O'Dwyer (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1941 Sep 16: Fiorello H. LaGuardia (Rep), nominated; John R. Davies (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1941 Nov 4: Fiorello H. LaGuardia (Rep & American Labor & City Fusion & United City), elected; William O'Dwyer (Dem), defeated; George W. Hartmann (Socialist), defeated; Max Schachtman (Workers), defeated; James P. Cannon (Trotskyist Anti-War), defeated.
  • 1945 Jul 31: William O'Dwyer (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1945 Jul 31: Jonah J. Goldstein (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1945 Jul 31: William O'Dwyer (American Labor), nominated unopposed.
  • 1945 Nov 6: William O'Dwyer (Dem), elected; Jonah J. Goldstein (Rep), defeated; Newbold Morris (No Deal), defeated; Joseph G. Glass (Socialist), defeated; Farrell Dobbs (Trotskyist Anti-War), defeated; Eric Hass (Socialist Labor), defeated; Max Schachtman (Workers), defeated.
  • 1949 Sep 6: William O'Dwyer (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1949 Sep 6: Newbold Morris (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1949 Sep 6: Vito Marcantonio (American Labor), nominated unopposed.
  • 1949 Sep 6: Newbold Morris (Liberal), nominated unopposed.
  • 1949 Nov 8: William O'Dwyer (Dem), elected; Newbold Morris (Rep & Liberal & City Fusion), defeated; Vito Marcantonio (American Labor), defeated; Eric Hass (Industrial Government), defeated; Joseph G. Glass (Socialist), defeated; Michael Bartell (Socialist Workers), defeated.
  • 1950 Sep 2: William O'Dwyer, resigned.
  • 1950 Nov 7: Vincent R. Impellitteri (Experience), elected; Ferdinand Pecora (Dem & Liberal), defeated; Edward F. Corsi (Rep), defeated; Paul L. Ross (American Labor), defeated.
  • 1953 Sep 15: Robert F. Wagner, Jr. (Dem), nominated; Vincent R. Impellitteri (Dem), defeated in primary; Robert B. Blaikie (Dem), defeated in primary; John Clinton Sullivan (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1953 Sep 15: Harold Riegelman (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1953 Sep 15: Clifford T. McAvoy (American Labor), nominated unopposed.
  • 1953 Sep 15: Rudolph Halley (Liberal), nominated unopposed.
  • 1953 Nov 3: Robert F. Wagner, Jr. (Dem), elected; Harold Riegelman (Rep), defeated; Rudolph Halley (Liberal & Ind), defeated; Clifford T. McAvoy (American Labor), defeated; David L. Weiss (Socialist Workers), defeated; Nathan L. Karp (Industrial Government), defeated.
  • 1957 Sep 10: Robert F. Wagner, Jr. (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1957 Sep 10: Robert K. Christenberry (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1957 Sep 10: Robert F. Wagner, Jr. (Liberal), nominated unopposed.
  • 1957 Nov 5: Robert F. Wagner, Jr. (Dem & Liberal & City Fusion), elected; Robert K. Christenberry (Rep), defeated; Vito P. Battista (United Taxpayers), defeated; Joyce Cowley (Socialist Workers), defeated; Eric Hass (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1961 Sep 7: Robert F. Wagner, Jr. (Dem), nominated; Arthur Levitt (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1961 Sep 7: Louis J. Lefkowitz (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1961 Nov 7: Robert F. Wagner, Jr. (Dem & Liberal & Brotherhood), elected; Louis J. Lefkowitz (Rep & Civic Action & Non Partisan), defeated; Lawrence E. Gerosa (Citizens), defeated; Vito P. Battista (United Taxpayers), defeated; Richard Garza (Socialist Workers), defeated; Eric Hass (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1965 Sep 14: Abraham D. Beame (Dem), nominated; Paul R. Screvane (Dem), defeated in primary; William Fitts Ryan (Dem), defeated in primary; Paul O'Dwyer (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1965 Nov 2: John V. Lindsay (Rep & Liberal), elected; Abraham D. Beame (Dem), defeated; William F. Buckley, Jr. (Conservative), defeated; Vito P. Battista (United Taxpayers), defeated; Clifton DeBerry (Socialist Workers), defeated; Eric Hass (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1969 Jun 17: Mario A. Procaccino (Dem), nominated; Robert F. Wagner, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary; Herman Badillo (Dem), defeated in primary; Norman Mailer (Dem), defeated in primary; James H. Scheuer (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1969 Jun 17: John J. Marchi (Rep), nominated; John V. Lindsay (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1969 Nov 4: John V. Lindsay (Liberal & Ind), elected; Mario A. Procaccino (Dem & Non Partisan & Civil Service Independent), defeated; John J. Marchi (Rep & Conservative), defeated; Rasheed Storey (Communist), defeated; Paul Boutelle (Socialist Workers), defeated; Eugenio Matta (New Progressive), defeated.
  • 1973 Jun 4: Abraham D. Beame (Dem), advanced to runoff; Herman Badillo (Dem), advanced to runoff; Mario Biaggi (Dem), defeated in primary; Albert H. Blumenthal (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1973 Jun 4: Albert H. Blumenthal (Liberal), nominated; J. Stanley Shaw (Liberal), defeated in primary.
  • 1973 Jun 26: Abraham D. Beame (Dem), nominated; Herman Badillo (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1973 Nov 6: Abraham D. Beame (Dem & City Fusion), elected; John J. Marchi (Rep & Integrity), defeated; Albert H. Blumenthal (Liberal & Good Government), defeated; Mario Biaggi (Conservative & Safe City), defeated; Francine Youngstein (Free Libertarian), defeated; Rasheed Storey (Communist), defeated; Norman Oliver (Socialist Workers), defeated; Anton H. Chaitkin (Labor), defeated; John Emanuel (Socialist Labor), defeated.
  • 1977 Sep 8: Edward I. Koch (Dem), advanced to runoff; Mario M. Cuomo (Dem), advanced to runoff; Abraham D. Beame (Dem), defeated in primary; Bella S. Abzug (Dem), defeated in primary; Percy Sutton (Dem), defeated in primary; Herman Badillo (Dem), defeated in primary; Joel Harnett (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1977 Sep 8: Roy M. Goodman (Rep), nominated; Barry Farber (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1977 Sep 19: Edward I. Koch (Dem), nominated; Mario M. Cuomo (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1977 Nov 8: Edward I. Koch (Dem), elected; Mario M. Cuomo (Liberal), defeated; Roy M. Goodman (Rep), defeated; Barry Farber (Conservative), defeated; Kenneth E. Newcomb (Communist), defeated; Catarino Garza (Socialist Workers), defeated; Vito P. Battista (United Taxpayers), defeated; Louis P. Wein (Ind), defeated; William F. Lawry (Free Libertarian), defeated; Elijah C. Boyd (U.S. Labor), defeated.
  • 1981 Sep 22: Edward I. Koch (Dem), nominated; Frank J. Barbaro (Dem), defeated in primary; Melvin Klenetsky (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1981 Sep 22: Edward I. Koch (Rep), nominated; John Esposito (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1981 Nov 3: Edward I. Koch (Dem & Rep), elected; Frank J. Barbaro (Unity), defeated; John Esposito (Conservative), defeated; Mary T. Codd (Liberal), defeated; Jeronimo Dominguez (Right To Life), defeated; Judith Jones (Free Libertarian), defeated; Wells Todd (Socialist Workers), defeated.
  • 1985 Sep 10: Edward I. Koch (Dem), nominated; Carol Bellamy (Dem), defeated in primary; Denny Farrell (Dem), defeated in primary; Gilbert DiLucia (Dem), defeated in primary; Frederick D. Newman (Dem), defeated in primary; J. Philip Rubinstein (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1985 Nov 5: Edward I. Koch (Dem), elected; Carol Bellamy (Liberal), defeated; Diane McGrath (Rep & Conservative), defeated; Yehuda Levin (Right To Life), defeated; Lenora Fulani (New Alliance), defeated; Jarvis Tyner (Communist), defeated; Andrea Gonzalez (Socialist Workers), defeated; Gilbert DiLucia (Coalition), defeated; Marjorie Stamberg (Spartacist), defeated.
  • 1989 Sep 12: David N. Dinkins (Dem), nominated; Edward I. Koch (Dem), defeated in primary; Richard Ravitch (Dem), defeated in primary; Harrison J. Goldin (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1989 Sep 12: Rudolph W. Giuliani (Rep), nominated; Ronald S. Lauder (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1989 Nov 7: David N. Dinkins (Dem), elected; Rudolph W. Giuliani (Rep), defeated; Henry F. Hewes (Right To Life), defeated; Ronald S. Lauder (Conservative), defeated; Lenora Fulani (New Alliance), defeated; James Harris (Socialist Workers), defeated; Warren L. Baum (Libertarian), defeated; Fred Mazelis (Workers League), defeated.
  • 1993 Sep 14: David N. Dinkins (Dem), nominated; Roy Innis (Dem), defeated in primary; Eric Ruano-Melendez (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1993 Nov 2: Rudolph W. Giuliani (Rep), elected; David N. Dinkins (Dem), defeated; George J. Martin (Conservative), defeated; Joseph Brennan (Libertarian), defeated; Mary Nell Bockman (Socialist Workers), defeated.
  • 1997 Sep 9: Ruth W. Messinger (Dem), nominated; Al Sharpton (Dem), defeated in primary; Sal F. Albanese (Dem), defeated in primary; Eric Ruano-Melendez (Dem), defeated in primary; Roland Rogers (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1997 Sep 9: Rudolph W. Giuliani (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1997 Nov 4: Rudolph W. Giuliani (Rep), elected; Ruth W. Messinger (Dem), defeated; Sal F. Albanese (Independence), defeated; Peter J. Gaffney (Right To Life), defeated; Olga L. Rodriguez (Socialist Workers), defeated; Dominick A. Fusco (City Fusion), defeated.
  • 2001 Sep 25: Fernando Ferrer (Dem), advanced to runoff; Mark Green (Dem), advanced to runoff; Peter Vallone (Dem), defeated in primary; Alan G. Hevesi (Dem), defeated in primary; George N. Spitz (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 2001 Sep 25: Michael Bloomberg (Rep), nominated; Herman Badillo (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2001 Sep 25: Julia Willebrand (Green), nominated; Christopher X. Brodeur (Green), defeated in primary.
  • 2001 Oct 11: Mark Green (Dem), nominated; Fernando Ferrer (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 2001 Nov 6: Michael Bloomberg (Rep & Independence), elected; Mark Green (Dem & Working Families), defeated; Alan G. Hevesi (Liberal & Better Schools), defeated; Julia Willebrand (Green), defeated; Terrance M. Gray (Conservative), defeated; Thomas K. Leighton (Marijuana Reform), defeated; Kenny Kramer (Libertarian), defeated; Bernhard H. Goetz (Fusion), defeated; Kenneth B. Golding (American Dream), defeated.
  • 2005 Sep 13: Fernando Ferrer (Dem), nominated; Anthony D. Weiner (Dem), defeated in primary; C. Virginia Fields (Dem), defeated in primary; A. Gifford Miller (Dem), defeated in primary; Christopher X. Brodeur (Dem), defeated in primary; Arthur Piccolo (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 2005 Sep 13: Michael Bloomberg (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 2005 Nov 8: Michael Bloomberg (Rep & Liberal & Independence), elected; Fernando Ferrer (Dem), defeated; Thomas V. Ognibene (Conservative), defeated; Anthony B. Gronowicz (Green), defeated; Jimmy McMillan (Rent Is Too Damn High), defeated; Audrey Silk (Libertarian), defeated; Martin Koppel (Socialist Workers), defeated; Seth A. Blum (Education), defeated.
  • 2009 Sep 15: William C. Thompson, Jr. (Dem), nominated; Tony Avella (Dem), defeated in primary; Roland Rogers (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 2009 Sep 15: Michael Bloomberg (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 2009 Nov 3: Michael Bloomberg (Rep & Independence), elected; William C. Thompson, Jr. (Dem & Working Families), defeated; Stephen A. Christopher (Conservative), defeated; Billy Talen (Green), defeated; Jimmy McMillan (Rent Is Too Damn High), defeated; Frances Villar (Socialism and Liberation), defeated; Joseph Dobrian (Libertarian), defeated; Daniel B. Fein (Socialist Workers), defeated.
  • 2013 Sep 10: Bill de Blasio (Dem), nominated; William C. Thompson, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary; Christine C. Quinn (Dem), defeated in primary; John C. Liu (Dem), defeated in primary; Anthony D. Weiner (Dem), defeated in primary; Erick Salgado (Dem), defeated in primary; Randy Credico (Dem), defeated in primary; Sal F. Albanese (Dem), defeated in primary; Aniello V. Grimaldi (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 2013 Sep 10: Joe Lhota (Rep), nominated; John Catsimatidis (Rep), defeated in primary; George T. McDonald (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2013 Sep 10: Adolfo Carrión, Jr. (Independence), nominated unopposed.
  • 2013 Nov 5: Bill de Blasio (Dem), elected; Joe Lhota (Rep), defeated; Adolfo Carrión, Jr. (Independence), defeated; Anthony B. Gronowicz (Green), defeated; Jack Hidary (Jobs and Education), defeated; Jimmy McMillan (Rent Is Too Damn High), defeated; Erick Salgado (School Choice), defeated; Michael A. Sanchez (Libertarian), defeated; Daniel B. Fein (Socialist Workers), defeated; Randy Credico (Ind), defeated; Michael K. Greys (Freedom), defeated; Carl E. Person (Reform), defeated; Joe Melaragno (Ind), defeated; Sam Sloan (War Veterans), defeated; Michael J. Dilger (Flourish Every Person), defeated.
  • 2017 Sep 12: Bill de Blasio (Dem), nominated; Sal F. Albanese (Dem), defeated in primary; Michael Tolkin (Dem), defeated in primary; Robert Gangi (Dem), defeated in primary; Richard S. Bashner (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 2017 Sep 12: Nicole Malliotakis (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 2017 Sep 12: Sal F. Albanese (Reform), nominated; Bill de Blasio (Reform), defeated in primary; Nicole Malliotakis (Reform), defeated in primary; Richard Dietl (Reform), defeated in primary.
  • 2017 Nov 7: Bill de Blasio (Dem), elected; Nicole Malliotakis (Rep & Conservative), defeated; Sal F. Albanese (Reform), defeated; Akeem Browder (Green), defeated; Michael Tolkin (Smart Cities), defeated; Richard Dietl (Ind), defeated; Aaron Commey (Libertarian), defeated.
  • 2021 Jun 22: Eric L. Adams (Dem), nominated; Kathryn A. Garcia (Dem), defeated in primary; Maya D. Wiley (Dem), defeated in primary; Andrew Yang (Dem), defeated in primary; Scott M. Stringer (Dem), defeated in primary; Dianne Morales (Dem), defeated in primary; Raymond J. McGuire (Dem), defeated in primary; Shaun Donovan (Dem), defeated in primary; Aaron S. Foldenauer (Dem), defeated in primary; Art Chang (Dem), defeated in primary; Paperboy Love Prince (Dem), defeated in primary; Joycelyn Taylor (Dem), defeated in primary; Isaac Wright, Jr. (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 2021 Jun 22: Curtis A. Sliwa (Rep), nominated; Fernando Mateo (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2021 Nov 2: Eric L. Adams (Dem), elected; Curtis A. Sliwa (Rep), defeated; Catherine Rojas (Socialism and Liberation), defeated; William A. Pepitone (Conservative), defeated; Quanda S. Francis (Empowerment), defeated; Stacey H. Prussman (Libertarian), defeated; Raja Michael Flores (United), defeated; Fernando Mateo (Save Our City), defeated.


    Postmasters at New York City, 1775-1971 (may be incomplete!)
    Ebenezer Hazard 1775-76 Theodorus Bailey 1804-28 Samuel L. Gouverneur 1828-36 Jonathan I. Coddington 1836-42 John L. Graham 1842-45 Robert H. Morris 1845-49 William V. Brady 1849-53 Isaac V. Fowler 1853-60 John A. Dix 1860-61 William B. Taylor 1861-62 Abram Wakeman 1862-64 James Kelly 1864-69 Patrick H. Jones 1869-73 Thomas L. James 1873-81 Henry G. Pearson 1881-89 Cornelius Van Cott 1889-93 Charles W. Dayton 1893-97 Cornelius Van Cott 1897-1904 William R. Willcox 1904-07 Edward M. Morgan 1907-17 Thomas G. Patten 1917-21 Edward M. Morgan 1921-25 John J. Kiely 1925 John J. Kiely 1925-34 Albert Goldman 1934-35 Albert Goldman 1935-52 George M. Bragalini 1952-53 James B. Tunny 1953 Harold Riegelman 1953 John H. Sheehan 1953-54 Robert H. Schaffer 1954-55 Robert H. Schaffer 1955-57 Howard Coonen 1957-58 Robert K. Christenberry 1958-59 Robert K. Christenberry 1959-66 Eugene Pinson 1966 John R. Strachan 1966-67 John R. Strachan 1967-71

    Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1828 Sep 6: Theodorus Bailey, died in office.
  • 1925 Jan 9: Edward M. Morgan, died in office.


    Manhattan
    (borough of NYC from 1898)

    Borough Presidents of Manhattan, 1897-2017 (may be incomplete!)
    Augustus W. Peters 1898 James J. Coogan 1899-1901 Jacob A. Cantor 1902-03 John F. Ahearn 1904-09 John Cloughen 1909 George McAneny 1910-13 Marcus M. Marks 1914-17 Frank L. Dowling 1918-19 Edward F. Boyle 1919 Henry H. Curran 1919-21 Michael F. Loughman 1919 Julius Miller 1922-30 Samuel Levy 1931-37 Stanley M. Isaacs 1938-41 Edgar J. Nathan, Jr. 1942-45 Hugo E. Rogers 1946-49 Robert F. Wagner, Jr. 1950-53 Hulan E. Jack 1954-61 Edward R. Dudley 1961-64 Constance Baker Motley 1965-66 Percy Sutton 1966-77 Andrew J. Stein 1978-85 David N. Dinkins 1986-89 Ruth W. Messinger 1990-97 C. Virginia Fields 1998-2005 Scott M. Stringer 2006-13 Gale Brewer 2014-

    Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1897 Nov 2: Augustus W. Peters (Dem & National Democratic), elected; Robert J. Hoguet (Citizens Union & Jeffersonian Democratic), defeated; Louis Stern (Rep), defeated; Charles E. Thompson (Socialist Labor), defeated; Francis T. Higgins (United Democracy), defeated; John McKee (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1898 Dec 29: Augustus W. Peters, died in office.
  • 1899 Jan 5: James J. Coogan, appointed.
  • 1901 Nov 5: Jacob A. Cantor (Rep & Citizens Union), elected; Isaac Fromme (Dem), defeated.
  • 1903 Nov 3: John F. Ahearn (Dem), elected; Cyrus L. Sulzberger (Rep & Citizens Union), defeated.
  • 1909 Nov 2: George McAneny (Fusion), elected.
  • 1917 Nov 6: Frank L. Dowling (Dem), elected.
  • 1919 Sep 27: Frank L. Dowling, died in office.
  • 1919 Nov 4: Henry H. Curran (Rep), elected; Edward F. Boyle (Dem), defeated; Samuel E. Beardsley (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1919 Nov 17: Edward F. Boyle, resigned.
  • 1921 Sep 13: Julius Miller (Dem), nominated; James J. Hines (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1921 Sep 13: Ernest F. Eilert (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1921 Nov 8: Julius Miller (Dem), elected; Ernest F. Eilert (Rep), defeated; Joseph D. Cannon (Socialist), defeated; Rose Pastor Stokes (Communist), defeated.
  • 1925 Sep 15: Julius Miller (Dem), nominated; Milton C. Weisman (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1925 Sep 15: John R. Davies (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1925 Sep 15: Edward F. Cassidy (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
  • 1925 Nov 3: Julius Miller (Dem), elected; John R. Davies (Rep), defeated; Edward F. Cassidy (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1929 Nov 5: Edward F. Cassidy (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1931: Edward C. Carrington, Jr. (Rep), defeated.
  • 1931 Nov 3: Norman Thomas (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1933 Sep 19: Samuel Levy (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1933 Sep 19: Langdon W. Post (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1933 Sep 19: William Karlin (Socialist), nominated unopposed.
  • 1933 Nov 7: Samuel Levy (Dem & Jeffersonian), elected; Langdon W. Post (Rep & City Fusion), defeated; James J. Hoey (Recovery), defeated; William Karlin (Socialist), defeated; Israel Amter (Communist), defeated.
  • 1937 Sep 16: Timothy J. Sullivan (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1937 Sep 16: Stanley M. Isaacs (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1937 Nov 2: Stanley M. Isaacs (Rep & American Labor & City Fusion & Progressive), elected; Timothy J. Sullivan (Dem), defeated; Jack Altman (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1941 Nov 4: Edgar J. Nathan, Jr. (Rep & American Labor & City Fusion & United City), elected; Nathan Ratnoff (Dem), defeated.
  • 1945 Nov 6: Hugo E. Rogers (Dem & American Labor), elected; Edgar J. Nathan, Jr. (Rep & Liberal & City Fusion), defeated; Byrnes MacDonald (No Deal), defeated.
  • 1949 Sep 6: Robert F. Wagner, Jr. (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1949 Sep 6: Oren Root (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1949 Sep 6: Ewart Guinier (American Labor), nominated; Eugene P. Connolly (American Labor), defeated in primary.
  • 1949 Sep 6: Robert F. Wagner, Jr. (Liberal), nominated unopposed.
  • 1949 Nov 8: Robert F. Wagner, Jr. (Dem & Liberal), elected; Oren Root (Rep & City Fusion), defeated; Ewart Guinier (American Labor), defeated; Harold Robins (Socialist Workers), defeated; Albert K. Herling (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1953 Sep 15: Hulan E. Jack (Dem), nominated; Chauncey M. Hooper (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1953 Sep 15: Elmer A. Carter (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1953 Sep 15: Andronicus Jacobs (American Labor), nominated unopposed.
  • 1953 Sep 15: James H. Robinson (Liberal), nominated unopposed.
  • 1953 Nov 3: Hulan E. Jack (Dem), elected; Elmer A. Carter (Rep), defeated; James H. Robinson (Liberal), defeated; Andronicus Jacobs (American Labor), defeated.
  • 1957 Sep 10: Hulan E. Jack (Dem), nominated unopposed.
  • 1957 Sep 10: Melvin L. Krulewitch (Rep), nominated unopposed.
  • 1957 Sep 10: Hulan E. Jack (Liberal), nominated unopposed.
  • 1957 Nov 5: Hulan E. Jack (Dem & Liberal), elected; Melvin L. Krulewitch (Rep), defeated.
  • 1961 Jan 31: Edward R. Dudley, appointed.
  • 1961 Nov 7: Edward R. Dudley (Dem & Liberal & Brotherhood), elected; Dorothy Bell Lawrence (Rep & Civic Action), defeated; Clarence Franklin (Socialist Workers), defeated.
  • 1965 Sep 14: Constance Baker Motley (Dem), nominated; Robert B. Blaikie (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1965 Nov 2: Constance Baker Motley (Dem & Rep), elected; Kenneth J. Mullane (Conservative), defeated; Paul Boutelle (Socialist Workers), defeated.
  • 1966 Nov 8: Percy Sutton (Dem), elected; Nicholas Tsoucalas (Rep), defeated; James J. Farley (Dem), defeated.
  • 1969 Nov 4: Percy Sutton (Dem & Liberal), elected; William F. Larkin (Rep), defeated; Ruben Monter (Conservative), defeated.
  • 1973 Nov 6: Percy Sutton (Dem & Rep), elected; Allen W. Finger (Conservative), defeated; Louis J. Sicilia (Free Libertarian), defeated; Bobby R. Washington (Socialist Workers), defeated.
  • 1977: Robert F. Wagner III (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1977 Sep 8: David N. Dinkins (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1981 Sep 22: David N. Dinkins (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1981 Nov 3: David N. Dinkins (Liberal), defeated.
  • 1985 Sep 10: David N. Dinkins (Dem), nominated.
  • 1985 Nov 5: David N. Dinkins (Dem), elected.
  • 1989 Sep 12: Ruth W. Messinger (Dem), nominated.
  • 1989 Nov 7: Ruth W. Messinger (Dem), elected.
  • 1993 Nov 2: Ruth W. Messinger (Dem), elected.
  • 1997: Adam Clayton Powell IV (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1997: Abraham J. Hirschfeld (Rep), defeated; Ruben Dario Vargas (Right To Life), defeated.
  • 1997 Sep 9: C. Virginia Fields (Dem), nominated; George N. Spitz (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1997 Nov 4: C. Virginia Fields (Dem), elected; Thomas K. Leighton (Marijuana Reform), defeated.
  • 2001 Nov 6: C. Virginia Fields (Dem), elected.
  • 2005 Sep 13: Scott M. Stringer (Dem), nominated; Eva S. Moskowitz (Dem), defeated in primary; Margarita Lopez (Dem), defeated in primary; Brian Ellner (Dem), defeated in primary; William Perkins (Dem), defeated in primary; Adriano Espaillat (Dem), defeated in primary; Keith L. T. Wright (Dem), defeated in primary; Stanley E. Michels (Dem), defeated in primary; Carlos Manzano (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 2005 Nov 8: Scott M. Stringer (Dem), elected; Barry Popik (Rep & Liberal), defeated; Jessie A. Fields (Independence), defeated; Joseph Dobrian (Libertarian), defeated; Arrin T. Hawkins (Socialist Workers), defeated.
  • 2009 Nov 3: Scott M. Stringer (Dem & Working Families), elected; David B. Casavis (Rep), defeated; Tom Baumann (Socialist Workers), defeated.
  • 2013 Nov 5: Gale Brewer (Dem), elected; David B. Casavis (Rep), defeated.


    New York

    Collectors of Customs at New York, 1784-1966 (may be incomplete!)
    John Lamb 1784-97 Joshua Sands 1797-1801 David Gelston 1801-20 Jonathan Thompson 1820-29 Samuel Swartwout 1829-38 Jesse Hoyt 1838-41 John J. Morgan 1841 Edward Curtis 1841-44 Cornelius P. Van Ness 1844-45 Cornelius Van Wyck Lawrence 1845-49 Hugh Maxwell 1849-53 Greene C. Bronson 1853 Heman J. Redfield 1853-57 Augustus Schell 1857-61 Hiram Barney 1861-64 Simeon Draper 1864-65 Preston King 1865 Charles P. Clinch 1865-66 Henry A. Smythe 1866-69 Moses H. Grinnell 1869-70 Thomas Murphy, Jr. 1870 Chester A. Arthur 1870-78 Edwin A. Merritt 1878-81 William H. Robertson 1881-85 Edward L. Hedden 1885-86 Daniel Magone, Jr. 1886-89 Joel B. Erhardt 1889-91 J. Sloat Fassett 1891 Francis Hendricks 1891-93 James T. Kilbreth 1893-97 Joseph James Couch 1897 George R. Bidwell 1897-1902 Nevada N. Stranahan 1902-07 Henry C. Stuart 1907 Edward S. Fowler 1907-09 William Loeb, Jr. 1909-13 John Purroy Mitchel 1913 Dudley Field Malone 1913-17 Byron R. Newton 1917-21 George W. Aldridge 1921-22 Henry C. Stuart 1922-23 Philip Elting 1923-33 Harry M. Durning 1933-53 Robert Wharton Dill 1953-61 Joseph P. Kelly 1961-66

    Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1865 Nov 12: Preston King, died in office.
  • 1897 Jun 23: James T. Kilbreth, died in office.
  • 1917 Sep 7: Dudley Field Malone, resigned.
  • 1922 Jun 13: George W. Aldridge, died in office.


    Surveyors of Customs at New York, 1833-1938 (may be incomplete!)
    Hector Craig 1833-39 George H. Sharpe 1873-77 Charles K. Graham as of 1879-81 George W. Lyon as of 1891 James S. Clarkson 1902-10 Thomas E. Rush as of 1917 Thomas W. Whittle 1921-32 Harry T. Foley 1933-38


    New York City

    U.S. Collectors of Internal Revenue at New York City, 1862-1951 (may be incomplete!)
    Henry C. Bowen 1862-66 William A. Darling 1869-71 Marshall B. Blake as of 1879 Max Weber as of 1879 Leonard A. Giegerich 1887-90 Ferdinand Eidman 1890-94 Michael Kerwin as of 1891 Edward Grosse 1894 Ferdinand Eidman 1897-98 Charles W. Anderson 1905-15 William H. Edwards as of 1917-19 Mark Eisner as of 1917 Charles W. Anderson 1922-34 Frank K. Bowers as of 1927 William Duggan as of 1932 Joseph T. Higgins as of 1941 James J. Hoey as of 1941 James W. Johnson as of 1946-51 William J. Pedrick as of 1946-47 Denis J. McMahon as of 1951


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