Henry Hesterberg

Hesterberg was born on September 15, 1881, in New York City to Henry Hesterberg and Marcella Minton. He married Wilhelmina C. Schimph and the couple had three children.^[1]

Following the death of Brooklyn Borough President James J. Byrne on March 14, 1930,^[2] Hesterberg became acting Borough President and was ultimately elected interim borough president on April 2, 1930, by a unanimous vote of the Brooklyn aldermen.^[3] A special election was held to decide who would serve the remainder of Byrne's term on November 4, 1930, which Hesterberg won with 303,474 votes or 63.87%.^[4][5] Hesterberg ran for re-election in the 1933 election and won the Democratic primary on September 19, 1933, with 97,301 votes or 71.30%. However, in the general election on November 7, Hesterberg came in 2nd out of five candidates with 221,737 votes or 30.20% losing by a margin of 71,913 votes or 9.79% to Republican nominee Raymond Ingersoll. Hesterbeg resigned two weeks before the expected end of his term on December 11, 1933, in order to accept a position on the city Water Board.^[6][7]

Following his loss, Hesterberg continued to serve as a member of the New York Democratic State Committee until 1936 and again in 1948. He was also a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from New York in the 1932, 1936 and 1940 elections.^[8]

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