biography
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Mitchel, John (Purroy)
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| lived:
| (1879–1918)
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| biography:
| Mayor, born in Fordham, New York, USA. The grandson of the ardent Irish nationalist, John Mitchel, he was a lawyer who came to prominence as a special investigator of New York City officials (1906). Running as a fusion candidate, he won the New York mayoralty in 1913, the youngest mayor in the city's history. He introduced a number of much-needed civic reforms, including a programme of tax relief, but he was brought down in the 1917 election by the perception that he was undemocratic, along with allegations of scandal. He died in an aeroplane accident while training for the Aviation Corps in World War 1. |
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