William O'Dwyer Democratic William O'Dwyer Democratic Pre-consolidation: Post-consolidation: Pre-consolidation: Post-consolidation: The New York City mayoral election of 1949 took place on November 8, 1949, in New York City.

Morris was also the nominee of the Liberal Party, and additionally ran on the City Fusion ballot line.

[1] Governor Thomas Dewey distrusted Newbold Morris, but the Republican Party nominated him.

Morris supported Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1944 election and was a member of the Americans for Democratic Action.

[3] Morris received 200,000 fewer votes than John Foster Dulles, the Republican nominee in the concurrent senatorial election.