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The1932 New York City special mayoral election was held on November 8. It was triggered by the resignation of incumbent Democratic MayorJimmy Walker on September 1, after his administration had become embroiled in scandal. Democratic nomineeJohn P. O'Brien easily defeated RepublicanLewis H. Pounds and SocialistMorris Hillquit. Acting MayorJoseph V. McKee also featured as a write-in candidate. Minor candidates included CommunistWilliam L. Patterson and Socialist Labor candidateOlive Johnson.
MayorJimmy Walker, who was supported byTammany Hall, resigned on September 1, 1932, following investigations into corruption by theHofstadter Committee under the leadership ofSamuel Seabury.[1]
Acting mayorJoseph V. McKee did not seek the office,[2] but a movement led byRoy W. Howard and theNew York World-Telegram called for voters to write him in.[3]
O'Brien won with a majority of the vote, but underperformedFranklin D. Roosevelt's result in thepresidential election by 399,061 votes andHerbert H. Lehman's results in thegubernatorial election by 475,050 votes. O'Brien also received a smaller percentage of the vote than Walker had in the 1929 election whileMorris Hillquit had received a record high result for theSocialist Party of America in New York City's mayoral elections.[1]
McKee received 249,372 write-in votes, despite not seeking the office.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | John P. O'Brien | 1,056,115 | 52.29% |  8.41 | |
| Republican | Lewis H. Pounds | 443,901 | 21.98% | 3.75 | |
| Socialist | Morris Hillquit | 249,887 | 12.37% | 0.06 | |
| Independent | Joseph V. McKee (inc.) (write-in) | 234,372 | 11.60% | N/A | |
| Communist | William L. Patterson | 24,014 | 1.19% |  0.78 | |
| Socialist Labor | Olive M. Johnson | 11,379 | 0.56% | 0.09 | |
| Total votes | 2,019,668 | 100.00% | |||
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