¹ He became mayor on January 1, 1926, under the new form of government dealt with in this article.

² The “quota” for election is the first whole number above one-tenth of the entire number of valid ballots cast.

³ This appearance may be discounted, however, because many persons voted for the Democrats endorsed by the Charter Committee who would not have voted for a Democrat on a party ticket.

⁴ For instance, the outstanding independent of the Charter group, though during his first term subjected to repeated and virulent attacks by some newspapers and influential citizens, increased his first-choice vote from 20,543 in 1925 to 24,121 in 1927, the largest vote received by any candidate in any of the last three elections.

⁵ One was the so-called unaffiliated independent elected in 1927, but who after election went over to the Republican group.

⁶ The Republican and Democratic emblems on the old partisan ballots in Cincinnati were the eagle and the rooster.

⁷ The Republican candidates declared that they favored the manager plan of government and the retention of the existing city manager.