John Francis Hylan (20 April 1868-12 January 1936) was the Democratic Mayor of New York City from 1 January 1918 to 30 December 1925, succeeding John Purroy Mitchel and preceding Jimmy Walker.
Biography[]
John Francis Hylan was born in Hunter, New York in 1868, the son of Irish immigrants from County Cavan. He worked as a railroad company manager in Brooklyn, New York City, and he made his way up from being a railroad laborer to becoming a lawyer and Democratic political activist. Backed by Tammany Hall and William Randolph Hearst, he served as Mayor from 1918 to 1925, pledging to keep New York City Subway fares from rising. Afterwards, he served on the Children's Court and attacked the role of business in politics, and he died in 1936.