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See winner of every Syracuse mayor’s race over last 100 years

Lee Alexander Reading Paper

Lee Alexander reads a Syracuse Herald-Journal account of his last day in office on Dec. 31, 1985. He served 16 years as mayor of Syracuse. (Carl J. Single | The Post-Standard)

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Curious who won the Syracuse mayor’s races over the last 100 years? We’ve got the full list below.

Democrat Lee Alexander won by the biggest margin over the last 100 years, grabbing 64% of the vote in 1973 on his way to the second of four terms in office. Republican Anthony Henninger won with the smallest percentage of the vote, 42%, in 1957.

Republican Rolland Marvin received the most votes of any winner in the last 100 years, getting 57,006 votes when he won election in 1937 to his third term in office. Democrat Stephanie Miner won the least number of votes of any victorious mayoral candidate -- 11,000 -- when she won her second term in office in 2013.

Since 1919, five Democrats, 10 Republicans and one independent (current Mayor Ben Walsh) have captured the mayor’s office.

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