williamjaygaynor

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Gaynor funeral (LOC)

  • Noël Zia Lee said:
    From Wikipedia: William Jay Gaynor (1849 – September 10, 1913) was an American politician from New York City, associated with the Tammany Hall political machine. He served as mayor of the City of New York from 1910 to 1913, as well as stints as a New York Supreme Court Justice from 1893 to 1909. Early in his term, Gaynor was shot in the throat by James J. Gallagher, a discharged city employee. Gaynor remains the only New York City mayor to suffer an assassination attempt. ... Although Gaynor quickly recovered, the bullet remained lodged in his throat for the next three years. During his term as mayor, Gaynor was widely considered a strong candidate for Governor or President. Tammany Hall refused to nominate him for reelection to a second term, but after accepting the nomination from an independent group of voters, he set sail for Europe. Six days later, on September 10, 1913, Gaynor died suddenly from the lingering effects of the shooting.
  • In Memoriam: budderflyman said:
    Lingering effects of the shooting? You mean the bullet in his neck?
  • Noël Zia Lee said:
    I think that's what Wikipedia is saying, yes.
  • In Memoriam: budderflyman said:
    oy

Ross Appleton notifies Gaynor (LOC)

  • Wystan said:
    William Jay Gaynor had served a term as reform mayor of New York. Because the incorruptible Gaynor would not cooperate with the Tammany machine, Tammany (the New York Democratic Party) refused to nominate him for a second term. So Gaynor was renominated by an independent group, and accepted their nomination. In this photo, the independents notify Gaynor of the nomination, just before he sailed to Europe on a vacation voyage. On September 10, exactly a week after this photo was taken, Gaynor died of a heart attack, in his deck chair aboard the steamship Baltic, 400 miles off the coast of Ireland.

Gaynor funeral (LOC)

  • In Memoriam: budderflyman said:
    This photo is what it is like to have a catarrhact
  • Philip H Levy said:
    Look at the date on the photo moron. We are lucky any historic documents survive.