John Francis Hylan ✓

(1868–1936) politician United States

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John Francis Hylan (1868–1936) was a United States politician.

About John Francis Hylan

John Francis Hylan, also known as "Red Mike" Hylan, was the 97th Mayor of New York City, from 1918 to 1925. From rural beginnings in the Catskills, Hylan eventually obtained work in Brooklyn as a laborer on the elevated railroad. During his nine years with the company, he worked his way to engineer, and also studied to earn his high school diploma. He continued by earning a law degree. He practiced law for nine years, and also participated in local Democratic politics.

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Remarks of the mayor John F. Hylan at a Dinner-conference of Law enforcing departments of the city of New York, at the Waldorf-Astoria, October sixth, nineteen-twenty

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