1917 New York City mayoral election

1917 New York City mayoral election

← 1913 November 6, 1917 1921 →
 
Candidate John F. Hylan John P. Mitchel
Party Democratic Independent
Popular vote 314,010 155,497
Percentage 46.78% 23.16%

 
Candidate Morris Hillquit William M. Bennett
Party Socialist Republican
Popular vote 145,332 56,438
Percentage 21.65% 8.4%

Results by Borough
  Hylan—50–60%
  Hylan—<50%

Mayor before election

John P. Mitchel
Independent

Elected mayor

John F. Hylan
Democratic

The 1917 New York City mayoral election was held on November 6, 1917. Incumbent mayor John P. Mitchel, a reform Democrat running on the Fusion Party ticket, was defeated for re-election by Judge John Francis Hylan, supported by Tammany Hall and William Randolph Hearst.

The election was notable not only for the first partisan primary elections for City offices, but for the contentious debate over supporting U.S. entry into World War I, vigorously supported by Mitchel and opposed by the Socialist candidate, Morris Hillquit. Mitchel and Hillquit each won about a fifth of the total vote, while Hylan won office with less than half the vote.