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1949 New York City mayoral election

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November 8, 1949

1950 (special) →


Candidate	William O'Dwyer	Newbold Morris	Vito Marcantonio
Party	Democratic	Republican	American Labor
Alliance		Liberal
Popular vote	1,264,600	956,170	356,423
Percentage	48.7%	37.1%	13.8%

Borough results
O'Dwyer: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%

Mayor before election

William O'Dwyer
Democratic

Elected mayor

William O'Dwyer
Democratic

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TheNew York City mayoral election of 1949 took place on November 8, 1949, in New York City. The candidates were incumbent MayorWilliam O'Dwyer, a Democrat, and former City Council President and 1945 mayoral candidateNewbold Morris, a Republican, as well as other, third-party candidates. Morris was also the nominee of theLiberal Party, and additionally ran on the City Fusion ballot line.

O'Dwyer won the contest with 48.87% of the vote.^[1]

Republican primary

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GovernorThomas Dewey distrustedNewbold Morris, but the Republican Party nominated him. Morris supportedFranklin D. Roosevelt in the 1944 election and was a member of theAmericans for Democratic Action. TheLiberal Party of New York also nominated Morris.^[2] U.S. RepresentativeJacob Javits managed Morris' campaign.^[3]

General election

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Candidates

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Vito Marcantonio, U.S. Representative fromEast Harlem (American Labor)
Newbold Morris, former President of the New York City Council (Republican and Liberal)
William O'Dwyer, incumbent mayor since 1946 (Democratic)

Endorsements

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O'Dwyer endorsements

Federal officials

Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr., member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromNew York's 20th congressional district (1949–1955)^[4]
Harry S. Truman, 33rdPresident of the United States (1945–1953)^[4]

Notable individuals

Luigi Antonini, vice president of theInternational Ladies Garment Workers Union^[5]
Joseph P. Lash, activist^[4]
Eleanor Roosevelt,First Lady of the United States (1933–1945)^[4]
Max Zaritsky, labor leader^[4]

Morris endorsements

Organizations

Notable individuals

Mary McLeod Bethune, civil rights activist^[6]
Guy Brewer, civil rights activist^[6]
Rose Schneiderman, labor activist^[6]
Channing Heggie Tobias, civil rights activist^[6]

Marcantonio endorsements

Notable individuals

Henry A. Wallace, 33rdVice President of the United States^[7]
Paul Robeson, performer and activist^[8]

Results

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Morris received 200,000 fewer votes thanJohn Foster Dulles, the Republican nominee in the concurrentsenatorial election. It is believed that those voters supported O'Dwyer due to how liberal Morris was.^[9] This was the first time that the Liberals received more votes than the ALP in a city-wide election.^[9]

1949 New York City mayoral election^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	William O'Dwyer (incumbent)	1,254,600	48.68%	8.09 (4.92)
	Republican	Newbold Morris	571,071	22.16%	6.97
	Liberal	Newbold Morris	372,281	14.45%	8.38
	City Fusion	Newbold Morris	12,818	0.50%	0.09
	Total	Newbold Morris	956,170	37.10%	16.50
	American Labor	Vito Marcantonio	356,423	13.83%	0.72
Total votes			2,577,193	100.00%

By Borough

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1949	Party	Manhattan	The Bronx	Brooklyn	Queens	Richmond[Staten Is.]	Total	%
William O'Dwyer	Democratic	278,343	254,014	425,225	270,062	38,868	1,266,512	48.9%
William O'Dwyer	Democratic	44.8%	48.7%	48.8%	53.4%	64.5%	1,266,512	48.9%
Newbold Morris	Republican –Liberal –Fusion	219,430	185,248	332,433	200,552	18,406	956,069	36.9%
Newbold Morris	Republican –Liberal –Fusion	35.3%	35.5%	38.2%	39.7%	30.6%	956,069	36.9%
Vito Marcantonio	American Labor	123,128	82,386	113,478	34,677	2,957	356,626	13.8%
Vito Marcantonio	American Labor	19.8%	15.8%	13.0%	6.9%	4.9%	356,626	13.8%
Subtotal		620,901	521,648	871,136	505,291	60,231	2,579,207	99.6%
Others							12,477	0.4%
Total							2,591,684

References

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^"Our Campaigns – New York City Mayor Race – Nov 08, 1949". OurCampaigns.org. RetrievedApril 7, 2021.
^Soyer 2012, p. 164-165.
^Soyer 2012, p. 170-171.
^^a ^b ^c ^d ^eSoyer 2012, p. 166.
^Soyer 2012, p. 167.
^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^gSoyer 2012, p. 165.
^"Paul Robeson Standing and Talking with Politicians at Labor Party Rally". March 11, 2016. RetrievedMarch 26, 2024.
^"Paul Robeson Standing and Talking with Politicians at Labor Party Rally". March 11, 2016. RetrievedMarch 26, 2024.
^^a ^bSoyer 2012, p. 171.
^"Results of Contests for Senator, Mayor, Controller, City Council and Local Judicial Offices".The New York Times. November 10, 1949.

Works cited

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Soyer, Daniel (2012)."'Support the Fair Deal in the Nation; Abolish the Raw Deal in the City': The Liberal Party in 1949".New York History.93 (2).Cornell University Press:147–81.JSTOR 23645398.

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