The sun., 1900-12-16
NEW YORK's CHOICE OF MAYORS.
Variety In the Occupations Of the Men who
Have Held the once.

II was pointed out recently in an English
periodical that among the Lord May or.
%! London there had been fcty-threo gold.
smiths. seventy two MERGERS. seyenty-foul
drarer5 or tQilurs thirty-cl.ht fshmongers
twenty ironnorsers and nineteen ship.
chambers, besides shoerrakers butchers
winners. printers. bakers. watermcn. pew
terers salters. cutters, one barber and two
pawnbrokers. A Ike variety Of occupations
IS found among New ior''s Mayors
Tho first Mayor OF New York. Thomas
Wie'. described himself "a merchant
SO did lis successor. Thomas De laval
The third Mayor Of New York, Thomas Steen-
wyck. was merchant The fourth Mayor
of New York was LAWYER. the nth q mer-
chant, the sixth tavern keeper, the seventh.
successor a brewer
Francis Rombouts, Mayor in 1870. was a
merchant Nicholas Bsyard. Mayor In 1885.
after whom Ba,ar street il called, was a
brewer Peter e'}noy. his successor. was a
merchant. as was Abrahain p"lerstcr May
ors Merritt and lroF"ost we're merchants,
Mayor peartrec was another merchant end
Lis two iuIuedi1tc Successors. Nan Cort-
lanGt and Heatncote were also merchants
Mayor johnson was .iiversmith Mayor
Hlc,s was . lEwyor Mayor Duane. after
whom Hnnue street was named, was lawyer,
as was hi immediate successor, Mayor larlck
aftc- whom Narick street was named Mayor
Ilvingston was . lawy er. a. wa, Mav.Dr Gin
ton ,Mavor Willett, elected H. 1907, was
merchant MAYOR RaGrlifle was a lawyer
Mayor Golden was {! iswycr Mayor Allen
was sailmaker May or Pauling was
LAWYER. Mayor Hone was merchant, as
Mavor Lee was a leather merchant Mayor
Morris N1S 2 RT,.r Mar Narper wes
sugar reamer MAJOR Mtcklo' Was vas a tobac. SS "
conist Mayor Woodruff wps "A LAWYER
hlavor KInsslani was a. merch?nt. Mlvor
was in the snme business aS one Of his snc-
ocssors. Mavur Grace lnel chant and shipper
On consignment
fa"tnrc, Macor OpdyEe wa a dry goods
wcrchant. Na,or Guntheg wa, furrier,
Mavor, Hoffman and Han, LAWYERS: Mavor
Mayor Wickham, a Wholesale jewcllcr: Mayor
Elr,, the Oldest Of H." surviving MAYORS. Il
leather merchant, Mayor Cooper, an iron
m"rchnrt; Mayor Edison, mmIssion mer;
chant; Mayor Hewitt, an iron merchant. and
Mqy%r r. s,ro9iS' li: 2 dry r6cdI MeTo "a h2It o
custom almost Gu.tormly TO elect merchant
princes. gs tho we're called. to the ofce OF
Mavor Thereafter. about the hcrinnng Of
ence was shown for llvvora, ard since then
The voters have varied their collections, some
chants, and nrain, mo'r I"'eGtlv, mes directly
connected with politics and having no other
oGrr,'paii..n AZ ne lr f elegt."n
MAYORS ia not 0lt"cether a>crihahle TO part"
preference, however When Mavors under
re Dutch regime weIc anpointivc officers.
Prd wcaltht merchant who would entertain
liDcrally and Give az his oUr eXpensc hsnouets
to distinguished clle,ts was uCh In demand
Afterward the post %: Mayor of New York
was made to r'luc cNtert judicial The
Mayor presided over p minor court He was
IN fact police judge in respect of one Of the
duties dcvolvinI upoT HIM Later the Mavor
became as lac is now, an officer whose chief
dn'eN r"l1te to the rnagcment of municipal
"a O sC INTn In uNusaTE
have bc.u variod, tho choice of Mayors has
been varied 10 CORES "~Noud, sometimes by
appointment, but oftener nv popular election.
Tho tom Of A'avor Of New ork has neyc or
been longer than IL Is n present, four years