William Russell Grace nonpartisan candidate Abram Hewitt Democratic Pre-consolidation: Post-consolidation: Pre-consolidation: Post-consolidation: An election for Mayor of New York City was held on November 2, 1886.

Candidates included four-term former state assemblyman Theodore Roosevelt, author Henry George, and five-term U.S. Representative Abram Hewitt.

[1] Roosevelt, at age 28,[1] would have been the youngest mayor in New York City history had he been elected.

[2][3] The election saw many Republican voters swing their support to Hewitt.

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