Fiorello Henry La Guardia was an American attorney and politician who represented New York in the House of Representatives and served as the 99th Mayor of New York City from 1934 to 1946. He was known for his irascible, energetic, and charismatic personality and diminutive, rotund stature. A socialist member of the Republican Party, La Guardia was frequently cross-endorsed by parties other than his own, especially parties on the left under New York's electoral fusion laws. A panel of 69 scholars in 1993 ranked him first among the ten best mayors in American history.
The grave of Fiorello La Guardia
14¢ Fiorello La Guardia U.S. postage stamp issued April 24, 1972
The footstone of Fiorello La Guardia
La Guardia and Franklin D. Roosevelt
The mayor of New York City, officially Mayor of the City of New York, is head of the executive branch of the government of New York City and the chief executive of New York City. The mayor's office administers all city services, public property, police and fire protection, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within New York City.
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"New York's new solar system": Tammany Hall revolves around Boss Croker in this 1899 cartoon in Puck.