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New York Governor Benjamin B. Odell has not refused to run for reelection. New York City Mayor Seth Low may run for reelection as an independent.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-24
Theodore Roosevelt thinks Josiah Turner Newcomb would be an excellent fit for the Magistrate’s office, and will recommend him, but warns him that Mayor John Purroy Mitchel has not heeded Roosevelt’s advice in the past.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-01-14
President Roosevelt has read Thomas Roberts Slicer’s article on Captain F. Norton Goddard and was pleased with it. New York should be proud of Goddard but Roosevelt doubts that he could be nominated for Mayor.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-12-11
President Roosevelt feels bad for New York City after Mayor Low’s defeat in the reelection campaign. However, Roosevelt congratulates Low on the “high standard of municipal government” set by his administration.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-11-03
There is an ongoing dispute on who should be the Republican nominee for mayor of New York City. Roosevelt believes that the “only wise and proper thing to do” is to renominate Seth Low.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-08-01
While in Germany, General Corbin was informed by Emperor William II that what most interested him about the United States was the success of Low as mayor of New York City. The Emperor was very knowledgeable about New York City and professed great admiration for Mayor Low.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-10-29
President Roosevelt congratulates Seth Low on the “overwhelming triumph” of his election as mayor of New York, New York.
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1901-11-05
Representative Parsons returns the letter from New York City Police Commissioner Theo. A. Bingham. Prentice and George Cromwell have been to see Bingham, and everything is proceeding favorably. Alderman James Cowden Meyers visited the Mayor, and Parsons thinks that rumors of fraud will not amount to much.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-14
Representative Parsons responds to an inquiry from William Loeb about allegations of politically-motivated “terrorism” during the political campaigns leading up to the 1906 New York State Assembly elections. Parsons says the woman who wrote Loeb was not exaggerating, that serious intimidation and threats are being made, and he intends to go public with the allegations and to urge the police and elected officials to do something to stop the intimidation and violence. Parsons asks for Loeb’s help in directing New York City Police Commissioner Theo. A. Bingham’s attention to the matter.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1906-09-05
Jacob A. Riis and Paul Underwood Kellogg previously spoke well of a man based on Kellogg’s mother’s recommendation. They both commend President Roosevelt for acting appropriately when more facts were known. If “that fool talk” of Riis’ possible candidacy for mayor of New York City arises again, Riis authorizes Roosevelt to tell some of his experiences with Riis, which he believes would set the rumor to rest.
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1905-08-21
Mayor William L. Strong is depicted as St. Patrick standing outside “N.Y. City Hall,” holding a long crosier labeled “Power to Remove,” driving away snakes and frogs labeled “Tammany Office-Holder, Tammany Heeler, Office-Holder with a ‘Pull,’ Tammany-ite, [and] Heeler.”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1895-03-20
New York City Mayor Franklin Edson has his arm around an office seeker holding a paper that states “Application for Office – New York Ward Worker.” He gestures toward another office seeker who drops a paper that states “Application for Office – My small income forces me to reside outside New York” into the wastebasket. A portrait of John Kelly hangs on the wall next to the Mayor’s desk. Caption: Mayor Edson “Very sorry I can not appoint you; you may be capable, but you can’t vote!”
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1884-03-05
New York City Mayor William R. Grace is a rooster crowing over a defeated and demoralized John Kelly, Tammany Hall boss. Grace, an anti-Tammany Hall politician, was just re-elected mayor of New York City after being out of office for the previous term.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1884-11-12
John Kelly bends to pick up a wallet labeled “New York City Mayoralty” that is lying in the street. Puck, hiding behind a tree, is holding on to a string attached to the wallet, ready to pull it out of Kelly’s reach.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1884-04-08
Theodore Roosevelt reluctantly accepted the Republican nomination for mayor of New York, New York, after being “implored” by prominent Republicans. There is no chance for success and his best hope is for a decent run. An absurd aspect of the campaign will occur when Roosevelt’s article, “Machine Politics in New York City,” is published. He had “great fun” in the West over the summer, including killing three “White Antelope-goats” and bringing three cattle thieves into Mandan for trial.
1886-10-21
Joseph Bucklin Bishop writes to President Roosevelt regarding the recent mayoral election in New York City, in which George McClellan defeated Seth Low. Bishop says the election was “bought up by Whitney, Ryan, Belmont, and Harriman.” Bishop also discusses a recent conversation with General Hubbard concerning Leslie M. Shaw and relays that he will not accompany Hubbard to Washington, D.C.
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1903-11-04
Seth Low writes President Roosevelt about the possibility of Low’s being renominated for mayor of New York. While no mayor has yet been re-elected, except for non-consecutive terms, Low believes that a strong fusion ticket might be nominated, and if that were so, the possibility of winning the election would be in reach.
John D. Crimmins believes that a ticket of George B. McClellan for mayor, Edward M. Grout for controller, and Charles Vincent Fornes for president of the board of aldermen will receive the support of all Democrats and win the election.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1903-09-29