Incumbent mayor Abram Hewitt, who had fallen out of favor with the Tammany Hall machine, ran on the reformist "New York County Democracy" ticket, but was defeated by Tammany favorite Hugh J. Grant. Hewitt finished third, narrowly behind Republican candidate Joel Erhardt. Grant, who was only thirty at the time, remains the youngest elected mayor in the history of the city as of 2024, and was only the second Roman Catholic mayor.
During the campaign, Cynthia Leonard became the first woman to run for mayor, though she received only four write-in votes for a symbolic campaign. She was permitted to register as a voter but not to cast a ballot.[1][2]
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