Political party strength in New York City
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. City of New York, New York since the modern five-borough city was created in 1898:
- Mayor
- President of the New York City Council/New York City Public Advocate (after 1993)
- Comptroller
The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- 5 Borough Presidencies
- New York City Council
The parties are as follows: American (A) (More commonly known as the Know Nothing Party), Anti-Administration (AA), American Labor (AL) Conservative (C), Constitutional Union (CU), Democratic (D), Democratic-Republican (DR), Federalist (F), Independence (I), Jacksonian Democratic (JD), no party (N), National Republican (NR), National Union (NU), People's Party (P), Pro-Administration (PA), Republican (R), Whig (W), Working Families (WF), and a tie or coalition within a group of elected officials.
Year | Citywide offices | District/Borough-wide offices | |||
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Mayor | Council Pres./Public Advocate | Comptroller | Borough Presidencies | City Council | |
1898 | Robert A. Van Wyck (D) | Randolph Guggenheimer (D) | Bird Sim Coler (D) | 4D, 1R | |
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1901 | |||||
1902 | Seth Low (R) | Charles V. Fornes (D) | Edward M. Grout (D) | 3D, 1R, 1 Fusion | |
1903 | |||||
1904 | George Brinton McClellan Jr. (D) | 4D, 1R | |||
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1906 | Herman A. Metz (D) | Patrick McGowan (D) | 3D, 1R, 1MOL | ||
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1910 | William Jay Gaynor (D) | John Purroy Mitchel (Fusion) | W. A. Pendergast (R) | 4D, 1R | |
1911 | |||||
1912 | Ardolph Loges Kline (R) | ||||
1913 | Ardolph Loges Kline (R) | ||||
1914 | John Purroy Mitchel (Fusion) | George McAneny (D) | 3R, 2D | ||
1915 | |||||
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1917 | Frank R. Dowling (D) | ||||
1918 | John F. Hylan (D) | Al Smith (D) | Charles L. Craig (D) | 5D | |
1919 | Robert L. Moran (D) | ||||
1920 | Fiorello La Guardia (R) | 4D, 1R | |||
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1922 | Murray Hulbert (D) | 5D | |||
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1926 | James J. Walker (D) | Joseph V. McKee (D) | Charles W. Berry (D) | ||
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1929 | 4D, 1R | ||||
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1932 | Joseph V. McKee (D) | ||||
1933 | John P. O'Brien (D) | Charles W. Berry (D)/ George McAneny (D) | |||
1934 | Fiorello La Guardia (R) | Bernard S. Deutsch (Fusion) | Joseph D. McGoldrick (R) | 3D, 2R | |
1935 | Frank J. Taylor (D) | ||||
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1937 | William F. Brunner (D) | ||||
1938 | Newbold Morris (R) | Joseph D. McGoldrick (R) | 3R, 2D | ||
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1942 | 3D, 2R | ||||
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1946 | William O'Dwyer (D) | Vincent R. Impellitteri (D) | Lazarus Joseph (D) | 5D | |
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1951 | Vincent R. Impellitteri (D) | Rudolph Halley (Liberal/Independent) | |||
1952 | 4D, 1R | ||||
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1954 | Robert F. Wagner Jr. (D) | Abe Stark (D) | Lawrence E. Gerosa(D) | ||
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1958 | 5D | ||||
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1962 | Paul R. Screvane (D) | Abe Beame (D) | 4D, 1R | ||
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1966 | John Lindsay (R) | Frank D. O'Connor (D) | Mario Procaccino (D) | ||
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1969 | Francis X. Smith (D) | ||||
1970 | Sanford Garelik (R) | Abe Beame (D) | |||
1971 | John Lindsay (D) | ||||
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1974 | Abe Beame (D) | Paul O'Dwyer (D) | Harrison J. Goldin (D) | ||
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1978 | Ed Koch (D) | Carol Bellamy (D) | 5D | ||
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1986 | Andrew Stein (D) | ||||
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1990 | David Dinkins (D) | Elizabeth Holtzman (D) | 4D, 1R | ||
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1994 | Rudy Giuliani (R) | Mark J. Green (D) | Alan Hevesi (D) | ||
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2002 | Michael Bloomberg (R) | Betsy Gotbaum (D) | William C. Thompson (D) | 4D, 1C | |
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2006 | |||||
2007 | Michael Bloomberg (I) | ||||
2008 | |||||
2009 | |||||
2010 | Bill de Blasio (D) | John Liu (D) | 46D, 5R | ||
2011 | |||||
2012 | 47D, 4R | ||||
2013 | |||||
2014 | Bill de Blasio (D) | Letitia James (D) | Scott Stringer (D) | 4D, 1R | 48D, 3R |
Year | Mayor | Council Pres./Public Advocate | Comptroller | Borough Presidencies | City Council |
Citywide offices | District/Borough-wide offices | ||||