The 1865 New York City mayoral election took place on December 5, 1865, to elect the Mayor of New York City.
John T. Hoffman, the Recorder of New York City, beat Republican nominee and businessman Marshall Owen Roberts, as well as two other Democratic candidates, John Hecker and incumbent mayor C. Godfrey Gunther.
Background After his unsuccessful bid for mayor in 1863, Francis I. A. Boole was once again nominated by Tammany Hall for mayor in 1865. However, after multiple corruption scandals were revealed about him later that year, public pressure became so great that Tammany Hall was forced to withdraw his nomination in favor of John T. Hoffman, the Recorder of New York City.
The Union Party, confident it would win with the extremely splintered Democratic ticket, nominated businessman Marshall Owen Roberts, who easily out-voted Frederick A. Conkling's nomination 81-28 at the convention, with all other candidates receiving a combined 9 votes.
General election Candidates John T. Hoffman, Recorder of New York City (Tammany Hall Democratic) Marshall Owen Roberts. businessman (Union) John Hecker (Mozart Hall Democratic) C. Godfrey Gunther, incumbent Mayor (McKeon Democratic)
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