The 1881 Philadelphia mayoral election saw Samuel G. King defeat three-term incumbent mayor William S. Stokley. This would be the last time until

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that a Democrat would win the mayoralty of Philadelphia. It would also be the last time until

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that a Republican would fail to win the mayoralty. The Philadelphia Republican establishment had not accepted Stokley as one of their own and prominent reformist Republicans such as

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opposed Stokley for corruption. After the influential Committee of One Hundred voted to endorse Stokley, Blankenburg and

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resigned their memberships. The Committee reversed itself and endorsed King in the election.

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