1905 New York City mayoral election

1905 New York City mayoral election
	Borough results; McClellan: 40–50% ; Hearst: 30–40%
Mayor before election; George B. McClellan Jr.; Democratic	Elected mayor ; George B. McClellan Jr.; Democratic

An election for Mayor of New York City was held on November 7, 1905.

Candidates included incumbent mayor George B. McClellan Jr., newspaper publisher and two-term U.S. Representative William Randolph Hearst, and reform advocate William Mills Ivins Sr.

McClellan was reelected with 37% of the vote.

There was evidence of electoral fraud against Hearst linked to the Tammany Hall machine, as well as violence and intimidation against Hearst poll watchers.^[1]

Results

New York City mayoral election, 1905^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George B. McClellan Jr.	228,407	37.8
	Municipal Ownership League	William Randolph Hearst	224,989	37.2
	Republican	William Mills Ivins Sr.	137,184	22.7
	Socialist	Algernon Lee	11,817	2.0
	Socialist Labor	John Kinneally	2,276	0.4
Total votes			604,673	100.00
	Democratic hold

References

^ "Hearst's Flamboyant Run For City Hall in 1905". CUNY Matters. 2001. Retrieved September 6, 2024.
^ Jackson, Kenneth (1995). The Encyclopedia of New York City. New Haven: Yale University Press and The New York Historical Society. ISBN 0-300-05536-6.

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[l685-1] "Hearst's Flamboyant Run For City Hall in 1905". CUNY Matters. 2001. Retrieved September 6, 2024.

[2] Jackson, Kenneth (1995). The Encyclopedia of New York City. New Haven: Yale University Press and The New York Historical Society. ISBN 0-300-05536-6.

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