Robert L. Moran (politician)
Robert Lawrence Moran (October 3, 1884 – August 19, 1954), was a Bronx politician who served as President of the Board of Alderman of New York City from 1918 to 1920, filling a vacancy left by Alfred E. Smith after Smith’s election as governor of New York. Nominated by the Democratic Party to succeed himself as board president, Moran faced Republican Representative Fiorello H. La Guardia in the election of 1919, losing by a plurality of 1,363 votes. Mr. Moran has the distinction of being the only citizen of The Bronx to ever exercise the authority of mayor of New York City, even though this honor came to him only in his capacity as acting mayor during Mayor Hylan’s absences from the city.
Read more about Robert L. Moran (politician): Early Life, Entry Into Politics, President of The Board of Aldermen and Acting Mayor 1918-1920, County Clerk and Bronx County Sheriff, Bronx Commissioner of Public Works, Later Life and Death