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New York City Council - Manhattan At-Large

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Office

City Council

Type

General Election

Filing Deadline

00, 1939 - 12:00pm

Polls Open

November 07, 1939 - 07:00am

Polls Close

November 07, 1939 - 07:00pm

Term Start

January 01, 1940 - 12:00pm

Term End

January 01, 1942 - 12:00pm

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%)