1909 New York City mayoral election

An election for Mayor of New York City was held in November 1909.

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1909 New York City mayoral election

← 1905 November 1909 1913 â†’

Nominee William Jay Gaynor Otto Bannard William Randolph Hearst Party Democratic Republican Civic Alliance Alliance Fusion Popular vote 250,378 177,313 154,187 Percentage 42.1% 29.8% 25.9%

Borough results Gaynor:      30–40%      40–50%

Mayor before election George B. McClellan Jr. Democratic Elected mayor William Jay Gaynor Democratic

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Incumbent mayor George B. McClellan Jr. was not nominated for a third term in office. He was succeeded by Democratic candidate William Jay Gaynor, who defeated William Randolph Hearst and Otto 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 by Ardolph Loges Kline, the acting president of the board of aldermen.

This was the first mayoral election since consolidation that a candidate carried all five boroughs.