The New York City mayoral election of 1949 took place on November 8, 1949 in New York City. The candidates were incumbent Mayor
William O'Dwyer, a Democrat, and former City Council President and 1945 mayoral candidate
Newbold Morris, a Republican, as well as other, third-party candidates. Morris was also the nominee of the
Liberal Party, and additionally ran on the City Fusion ballot line.
O'Dwyer won the contest with 48.87% of the vote.[1]
Morris received 200,000 fewer votes than
John Foster Dulles, the Republican nominee in the concurrent
senatorial election. It is believed that those voters supported O'Dwyer due to how liberal Morris was.[4]
This was the first time that the Liberals received more votes than the ALP in a city-wide election.[4]