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    John Francis Hylan (April 20, 1868 – January 12, 1936) was the 96th Mayor of New York City (the seventh since the consolidation of the five boroughs),...
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    to ultimately win the mayoral election he had to defeat the mayor, John Francis Hylan. Walker's reputation as a flamboyant man-about-town made him a hero...
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    York City mayor John F. Hylan, before which it was known as Southfield Boulevard and the northern segment as Pennsylvania Avenue. Hylan Boulevard is one...
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    antiwar Socialist Morris Hillquit; and the Tammany Hall Democrat John F. Hylan. Hylan ridiculed and denounced Mitchel's upper-class reform as an affront...
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    and Irving Avenues at the turn of the 20th century. New York mayor John Francis Hylan kept a townhouse on Bushwick Avenue during this period. Bushwick homes...
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    influence of tenant organizers rather than landlords. As both the Mayor, John F. Hylan, and committee chairmen, Nathan Hirsch viewed its central role as defusing...
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  • presidency mid-term, rather than winning it by popular election at large). John Hylan and Police Commissioner Richard Enright resigned December 30, 1925 to...
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    England, Holland and Canada met in New York. The mayor of New York, John Francis Hylan, in his speech, said that the principles of the Pilgrim's Mayflower...
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    York City for one day on December 31, 1925, after the retirement of John Francis Hylan. He was a member of the Democratic Party and served as the president...
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    Democratic Party candidate John Francis Hylan. The major candidates included New York City mayor and Democratic Party candidate John Hylan who stood for re-election...
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