Augustus F. Pierce (c. 1877 – January 16, 1934) was an American politician who served as the Tammany Hall leader of the Bronx's 8th assembly district in New York City until his death in 1934.
[7] Bronx alderman Alford J. Williams died in December 1933, and the Board convened on January 16, 1934, to elect his successor.
[1] Pierce was in the audience of the meeting to support Thomas Dolen, the Tammany Hall leader of the borough.
[8] John S. McGinley, a member of the Recovery Party and ally of La Guardia's, was elected as Williams's successor by a vote of 42 to 19,[8] thus stripping Tammany Hall of control of the Board which it had had since consolidation in 1896.
[9] James Farley, the Democratic leader of New York state, announced his support of La Guardia to Democratic U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, giving La Guardia access to federal funding and consolidating his control over the city.