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New York City Council - Manhattan At-Large

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Office

City Council

Honorific

City Councillor - Abbr: City Councillor

Type

General Election

Filing Deadline

00, 1939 - 12:00pm Central

Polls Open

November 07, 1939 - 07:00am Central

Polls Close

November 07, 1939 - 07:00pm Central

Term Start

January 01, 1940 - 12:00pm

Term End

January 01, 1942 - 12:00pm

# Winners

Contributor

nystate63

Last Modified

nystate63 March 27, 2005 04:49pm

Data Sources

NYC Board of Elections - 1939 Annual Report

Description

Several candidates with lower vote totals were eliminated, allowing Straus to be elected.

Manginelli, Post, and Straus were also endorsed by the Citizen's Non-Partisan League.

LAST GENERAL ELECTION
	Party	American Labor	Won	11/02/1937
	Name	Baruch Charney Vladeck	Votes	35,549 (9.28%)
	Term	01/01/1938 - 01/01/1940	Margin	14,803 (+3.86%)
	Party	Democratic	Won	11/02/1937
	Name	William A. Carroll	Votes	32,771 (8.55%)
	Term	01/01/1938 - 01/01/1940	Margin	12,025 (+3.14%)
	Party	Democratic	Won	11/02/1937
	Name	John P. Nugent	Votes	30,718 (8.02%)
	Term	01/01/1938 - 01/01/1940	Margin	9,972 (+2.60%)
	Party	Republican	Won	11/02/1937
	Name	Joseph Clark Baldwin	Votes	27,726 (7.23%)
	Term	01/01/1938 - 01/01/1940	Margin	6,980 (+1.82%)
	Party	Democratic	Won	11/02/1937
	Name	Howard H. Spellman	Votes	23,581 (6.15%)
	Term	01/01/1938 - 01/01/1940	Margin	2,835 (+0.74%)
	Party	City Fusion	Won	11/02/1937
	Name	Robert K. Straus	Votes	19,748 (5.15%)
	Term	01/01/1938 - 01/01/1940	Margin	-998 (-0.26%)

NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
	Party	Democratic	Won	11/04/1941
	Name	John P. Nugent	Votes	56,233 (12.75%)
	Term	01/01/1942 - 01/01/1944	Margin	31,710 (+7.19%)
	Party	Democratic	Won	11/04/1941
	Name	William A. Carroll	Votes	51,980 (11.79%)
	Term	01/01/1942 - 01/01/1944	Margin	27,457 (+6.23%)
	Party	American Labor	Won	11/04/1941
	Name	Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.	Votes	45,568 (10.33%)
	Term	01/01/1942 - 01/01/1944	Margin	21,045 (+4.77%)
	Party	Democratic	Won	11/04/1941
	Name	S. Samuel DiFalco	Votes	39,510 (8.96%)
	Term	01/01/1942 - 01/01/1944	Margin	14,987 (+3.40%)
	Party	City Fusion	Won	11/04/1941
	Name	Stanley M. Isaacs	Votes	39,493 (8.96%)
	Term	01/01/1942 - 01/01/1944	Margin	14,970 (+3.39%)
	Party	Republican	Won	11/04/1941
	Name	Meyer Goldberg	Votes	25,123 (5.70%)
	Term	01/01/1942 - 01/01/1944	Margin	600 (+0.14%)