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An election forMayor of New York City was held on November 6, 1888.
Incumbent mayorAbram Hewitt, who had fallen out of favor with theTammany Hall machine, ran on the reformist "New York County Democracy" ticket, but was defeated by Tammany favoriteHugh J. Grant. Hewitt finished third, narrowly behind Republican candidateJoel Erhardt. Grant, who was only thirty at the time, remains the youngest elected mayor in the history of the city as of 2025, and was only the second Roman Catholic mayor.
During the campaign,Cynthia Leonard became the first woman to run for mayor, though she received only four write-in votes for a symbolic campaign. She was permitted to register as a voter but not to cast a ballot.[1][2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Hugh J. Grant | 114,111 | 41.89% | |
| Republican | Joel Erhardt | 73,037 | 26.81% | |
| Independent Democratic | Abram Hewitt (incumbent) | 71,979 | 26.42% | |
| United Labor | James J. Coogan | 9,809 | 3.60% | |
| Socialist | Alesxander Jonas | 2,645 | 0.97% | |
| Prohibition | William T. Wardwell | 832 | 0.31% | |
| Equal Rights | Cynthia Leonard (write-in) | 4 | 0.00% | |
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