Английская Википедия:1960 Philadelphia City Council special election

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The 4th and 6th councilmanic districts in 1960

The 1960 Philadelphia City Council special election was held to fill two vacant city council seats. The first was in the 4th district, when Democrat Samuel Rose died in January 1960. A second vacancy that same year occurred in the 6th district when Democrat Michael J. Towey died suddenly in September 29. Special elections were scheduled for November 8, 1960, to be held at the same time as the national election that year. Both seats were easily held by the Democratic Party.

Background

Samuel Rose had represented West Philadelphia's 4th district since its creation under the new City Charter of 1951. After suffering a heart attack in 1959, his health declined and he died on January 31, 1960, at the age of 48.Шаблон:Sfn The district was viewed as a solid seat for the Democrats; Rose had won re-election in 1959 with 73% of the vote.Шаблон:Sfn

Michael J. Towey died on September 29, 1960, also of a heart attack.Шаблон:Sfn Towey had represented the 6th district, which covered Kensington, Port Richmond, and Frankford, also since 1951. He had won convincingly in his most recent election, carrying 60% of the vote over his Republican opponent.Шаблон:Sfn

Candidate selection

Instead of a primary, the nominees were selected by the ward leaders of the wards that made up the councilmanic districts. In the 4th, Democratic ward leaders selected George X. Schwartz, an attorney who had represented part of the district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for three terms.Шаблон:Sfn Republicans nominated Leonard G. Carr, the pastor of Vine Memorial Baptist Church and a civil rights advocate.Шаблон:Sfn

After Towey's death, Council President James Tate ordered a special election to be held the same day, just over a month later.Шаблон:Sfn As in the 4th, candidates were chosen by the ward leaders.Шаблон:Sfn Democrats selected William A. Dwyer Jr., a lawyer and the leader of the 23rd Ward, over several challengers.Шаблон:Sfn Republicans selected Joseph T. Murphy, also an attorney.Шаблон:Sfn

Result

Schwartz and Dwyer easily won their elections, "swamping" their Republican opponents, according to a story the next day in The Philadelphia Inquirer.Шаблон:Sfn Democrats carried every ward in the two districts amid a citywide victory for the party in the presidential race.Шаблон:Sfn Schwartz took 75% of the vote, bettering Rose's totals from 1959.Шаблон:Sfn Dwyer likewise improved on Towey's 1959 margin in the district.Шаблон:Sfn

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Aftermath

Schwartz remained on city council for twenty years, rising to become the council president. He remained a force on the Council until he was forced to resign after being implicated in the Abscam investigation.Шаблон:Sfn He served a year in prison and died at the age of 95 in 2010.Шаблон:Sfn His opponent, Carr, did not run for office again but remained the pastor of his church until his death in 1976.Шаблон:Sfn

Dwyer served out the remainder of the term to which he had been elected, but lost a re-election bid to Republican Edward F. McNulty in 1963.Шаблон:Sfn He was elected to a judgeship on the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas in 1967 and served there until his death in 1982.Шаблон:Sfn Murphy joined him on the bench, being appointed to the Philadelphia Municipal Court in 1968 and the Common Pleas Court in 1972.Шаблон:Sfn He took senior status on the court in 1980 and heard cases until 1991; he died the following year.Шаблон:Sfn

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