Robert Ferdinand Wagner III (January 6, 1944 – November 15, 1993) was an American politician and public servant.
Robert III was nine years old when his father, the Manhattan Borough President, was elected to the first of three terms as the Mayor of The City of New York.
He lost the Democratic primary for Manhattan Borough President (his father's old job) to Andrew Stein in 1977, which seemingly ended the possibility[according to whom?]
At the time of his death, Wagner was serving as Senior Policy Adviser to Mayor-Elect Giuliani, who was expected to return Wagner to his post as a Deputy Mayor; was chairman of the civic group Citizens Union; was vice-president of the polling organization LH Research; and had expressed an interest in joining the Democratic Presidential administration of Bill Clinton in an urban policy capacity – his expertise.
[citation needed] On November 15, 1993, Wagner died in San Antonio, Texas, while researching a book he was writing on urban America.