Despite the longstanding registration disparity of Republicans in Manhattan
dating back to the days of the Democratic Party’s powerful Tammany Hall political machine,
there is a long and distinguished history of electing Republicans in Manhattan.
Legendary Republican elected officials such as Theodore Roosevelt, Fiorello
LaGuardia, Frederic Coudert, Jr., Ruth Pratt, Jacob K. Javits, MacNeil Mitchell, Louis J. Lefkowitz, Stanley
M. Isaacs, John Lindsay, Ted Kupferman, Whitney Seymour, Bill Green, Roy
Goodman, John Ravitz, Charles Millard, and Andrew Eristoff all began
their political careers by being elected to local legislative office as
Republicans hailing from Manhattan. In addition, Mayors Rudy
Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg were able to win citywide office and
Thomas E. Dewey won statewide directly as Republicans from Manhattan.
Beginning with the election of Theodore Roosevelt to the New York State Assembly
in 1881 (at 24, the youngest person elected to the NYS Assembly) to the election of
Ruth Sears Baker Pratt to the US House of Representatives in 1928 (the
first woman elected to the US Congress from New York State) and through the reelections of
Roy Goodman to the State Senate and John Ravitz to the State Assembly in 2000 and Mayor Michael
Bloomberg in 2005, Manhattan Republicans have often defied the odds and enjoyed
notable success and distinguished records of public service.
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