The 1921 New York City mayoral election took place on November 8, 1921, resulting in a victory for Democratic Party candidate
John Francis Hylan.[1]
Overview
The major candidates included New York City mayor and Democratic Party candidate John Hylan who stood for re-election, Manhattan
borough president and Republican Party candidate Henry Curran, and the Socialist Party candidate
Jacob Panken. Hylan was the son of an Irish-Catholic immigrant and affiliated with
Tammany Hall machine politics. Curran had run as a coalition candidate for the Republican factions. Panken had run a progressive campaign and gained support from
Milwaukee mayor
Daniel Hoan, but failed to generate the same level of support as the Socialist candidate from the prior election,
Morris Hillquit.[2]