Jimmy Walker
(1881-1946) Mayor of New York City · United States · Politicians · Died at 65
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Something wrong?James John Walker, known colloquially as Jimmy Walker and Beau James, was an American attorney, lyricist, and Democratic Party politician who served as the 98th mayor of New York City from 1926 until his resignation in 1932.
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Walker and future President Franklin D. Roosevelt supported Al Smith at the 1924 Democratic National Convention, but later split politically.
Walker on the cover of Time magazine, January 11, 1926
Walker throwing a ceremonial first pitch at a baseball game, c. 1929
Walker and his second wife, Betty Compton, at the White House in 1937
The grave of Jimmy Walker in Gate of Heaven CemeteryAwards
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James John Walker, known colloquially as Jimmy Walker and Beau James, was an American attorney, lyricist, and Democratic Party politician who served as the 98th mayor of New York City from 1926 until his resignation in 1932. A flamboyant politician, he was a liberal Democrat and part of the powerful Tammany Hall machine. He was forced to resign during a corruption scandal in which he accepted large sums of money in exchange for municipal contracts.
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