New York City mayoral election, 1953

November 3, 1953



Candidate	Robert F. Wagner, Jr.	Harold Riegelman	Rudolph Halley
Party	Democratic	Republican	Liberal
Alliance	-	-	Independent
Popular vote	1,022,626	661,591	467,104
Percentage	46.33%	29.97%	21.16%

Results by Borough

Wagner—50-60%

Wagner—40-50%

Riegelman—40-50%

Mayor before election

Vincent R. Impellitteri
Independent

Elected Mayor

Robert F. Wagner, Jr.
Democratic

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The New York City mayoral election of 1953 occurred on Tuesday, November 3, 1953, with the Democratic candidate, Manhattan Borough President Robert F. Wagner, Jr. winning a decisive plurality in a 3-way race.

Wagner defeated the Republican nominee, lawyer and Postmaster of New York City, Harold Riegelman, as well as the Liberal Party nominee, New York City Council President Rudolph Halley.

Halley additionally ran on the Independent Citizens ballot line.

Wagner enjoyed the support of the powerful Tammany Hall political machine, easily securing him a victory.

Wagner received 46.33% of the vote to Riegelman's 29.97%, a Democratic victory margin of 16.36%. Halley finished in third with 21.16%.^[1]

Wagner won comfortable pluralities in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx, and won a majority in Staten Island. Riegelman won a razor-thin plurality in Queens.

Wagner would be sworn into the first of his 3 terms in January 1954, replacing outgoing independent Mayor Vincent R. Impellitteri.

Results

1953	party	Manhattan	The Bronx	Brooklyn	Queens	Richmond [Staten Is.]	Total	%
Robert F. Wagner, Jr.	Democratic	236,960	206,771	339,970	207,918	31,007	1,022,626	46.3%
Robert F. Wagner, Jr.	Democratic	47.9%	46.2%	46.6%	40.6%	51.8%	1,022,626	46.3%
Harold Riegelman	Republican	147,876	97,224	183,968	208,829	23,694	661,591	30.0%
Harold Riegelman	Republican	29.9%	21.7%	25.2%	40.8%	39.6%	661,591	30.0%
Rudolph Halley	Liberal	76,884	112,825	162,275	73,192	3,514	428,690	19.4%
	Independent	7,648	9,853	13,264	7,356	295	38,416	1.7%
	Total	84,532	122,678	175,539	80,548	3,809	467,106	21.1%
	Total	17.1%	27.4%	24.1%	15.7%	6.4%	467,106	21.1%
Clifford T. McAvoy	American Labor Party	14,904	13,290	17,337	7,182	332	53,045	2.4%

Total vote was 2,207,516 Other vote was David L. Weiss-Socialist Workers-2,054 (0.1%);Nathan Karp-Industrial Government-916; Scattered-180. "Industrial Government" is a ballot title sometimes used, to avoid confusion or to meet election laws, by the Socialist Labor Party. The Liberal Party of New York won over five times as many votes as the American Labor Party in Manhattan, and eight-to-ten times as many in the other boroughs. The ALP lost its ballot status after the 1954 Governor's race, and voted to dissolve itself in 1956.

References

↑ "New York City Mayoral Election 1953". Our Campaigns. Retrieved 15 May 2014.

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