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An election forMayor of New York City was held in November 1909.
Incumbent mayorGeorge B. McClellan Jr. was not nominated for a third term in office. He was succeeded by Democratic candidateWilliam Jay Gaynor, who defeatedWilliam Randolph Hearst andOtto 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 byArdolph Loges Kline, the acting president of the board of aldermen.
This was the first mayoral election sinceconsolidation that a candidate carried all five boroughs.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | William Jay Gaynor | 250,378 | 42.1% | |
| Republican | Otto T. Bannard | 177,313 | 29.8% | |
| Civic Alliance | William Randolph Hearst | 154,187 | 25.9% | |
| Socialist | Joseph Cassidy | 11,768 | 2.0% | |
| Socialist Labor | John Kinneally | 1,256 | 0.2% | |
| Total votes | 604,673 | 100.00 | ||
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| 1909 | Party | The Bronx and Manhattan | Brooklyn | Queens | Richmond[Staten Is.] | Total | % |
| William Jay Gaynor | Democratic | 134,075 | 91,666 | 17,570 | 7,067 | 250,378 | 42.1% |
| 42.5% | 41.9% | 38.4% | 47.1% | ||||
| Otto T. Bannard | Republican -Fusion | 86,497 | 73,860 | 11,907 | 5,049 | 177,313 | 29.8% |
| 27.4% | 33.8% | 26.0% | 33.6% | ||||
| William Randolph Hearst | Civic Alliance | 87,155 | 49,040 | 15,186 | 2,806 | 154,187 | 25.9% |
| 27.6% | 22.4% | 33.2% | 18.7% | ||||
| Joseph Cassidy | Socialist | 6,811 | 3,874 | 1,004 | 79 | 11,768 | 2.0% |
| James T. Hunter | Socialist Labor | 813 | 369 | 56 | 18 | 1,256 | 0.2% |
| TOTAL | 315,351 | 218,809 | 45,723 | 15,019 | 594,902 |
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