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Fiorello Henry La Guardia [a] (born Fiorello Raffaele Enrico La Guardia; [b] December 11, 1882 – September 20, 1947) was an American attorney and politician who represented New York in the U.S. House of Representatives and served as the 99th mayor of New York City from 1934 to 1946. He was known for his irascible, energetic, and charismatic ...
Fiorello La Guardia served as the 99th Mayor of New York City from January 1, 1934, to January 1, 1946. His mayoralty presided over New York City during the Great Depression and World War II. He is considered the builder of modern New York City due to his numerous infrastructure projects. [3]
The New York City mayoral election of 1941 took place on November 4, 1941, in New York City. The candidates were incumbent Mayor Fiorello La Guardia , a Republican, and King County District Attorney William O'Dwyer , a Democrat, as well as other, third-party candidates.
Then he served as New York City mayor from 1934 to 1946 when author Terry Golway explains how Republican LaGuardia got along famously with Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt and had easy ...
The 1937 New York City mayoral election took place on November 2, 1937 in New York City. Incumbent Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, the Republican candidate, was reelected with 60.09% of the vote, defeating the Democratic candidate Jeremiah T. Mahoney, a lawyer and former New York Supreme Court justice, as well as other, third party candidates. [1]
The New York City mayoral election of 1933 took place on November 7, 1933, in New York City. [1] Incumbent Democratic Mayor John P. O'Brien, who was elected in a special election after the resignation of Mayor Jimmy Walker, faced Republican Congressman and 1929 mayoral candidate Fiorello La Guardia, and former acting mayor and President of the ...
The 1929 New York City mayoral election was held on November 5 in concert with other municipal elections. [1] Democratic incumbent Jimmy Walker defeated Republican challenger Fiorello H. La Guardia in what was considered "a Crushing Defeat to [the] City G.O.P. [delivered]" by Tammany Hall. [2]
Espaillat, an immigrant New Yorker, rebuffed Mayor Eric Adams’ comments Wednesday, where he said the issue would “destroy New York City,” but didn’t specify if he meant migrants themselves…