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James John Walker

(Walker, James John, 1881-1946)

James John Walker (June 19, 1881 – November 18, 1946), known colloquially as Jimmy Walker and Beau James, was an American attorney, lyricist, and Democratic Party politician who served as the 97th 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. (From Wikipedia)

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What's the Matter with New York: A National Problem (New York: Macmillan, 1932), by Norman Thomas and Paul Blanshard
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Jimmie Walker, the story of a personality (L. MacVeagh, Dial press, 1932), by Louis J. Gribetz and Joseph Kaye (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Abroad with Mayor Walker (New York : Shields Publishing Co., [1928], 1928), by Hector Fuller (page images at HathiTrust)

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Walker, James John, 1881-1946: General plans for sewage disposal for the City of New York (F. Hubner & Co.], 1931), also by Leonard C. L. Smith, Richard H. Gould, William Schroeder, and New York (N.Y.). Department of Sanitation (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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