Entry Into Politics
Moran entered municipal politics in 1913, when Bronx Democrats selected him to run against the Fusionists in an aldermanic contest, which he won. When Frank L. Dowling succeeded George McAneny as president of the Board of Aldermen, Moran was chosen to fill Mr. Dowling’s place as majority leader. When Alfred E. Smith, later Governor of New York, was elected president of the Board of Alderman in 1916, Mr. Moran was made vice-chairman by the votes of his fellow-members and was re-elected to this position upon the reorganization of the board in 1917. Moran automatically became president of the Board on January 1, 1918, when Mr. Smith resigned this position to assume the office of governor.
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