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Jimmy Walker, born James John Walker, was an American attorney, lyricist, and Democratic politician who served as the 98th mayor of New York City. He led the city from 1926 until his resignation in 1932 amid a corruption scandal.
Jimmy Walker resigned on the 1st of September 1932. He stepped down after facing pressure from Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt following the Seabury Commission's investigation into corruption in his administration.
Jimmy Walker resigned after accepting large sums of money from businessmen seeking municipal contracts, which he described as 'beneficences' rather than bribes. Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt pushed for his removal as New York City became a symbol of municipal corruption.
Before entering politics, Jimmy Walker wrote song lyrics, including the 1906 hit 'Will You Love Me in December as You Do in May' with composer Ernest Ball. He graduated from New York Law School in 1904 and did not pass the bar exam until 1912.
Jimmy Walker is remembered through the 1957 film Beau James starring Bob Hope, based on a biography of the same name by Gene Fowler. His story also inspired the Broadway musical Jimmy, which starred Frank Gorshin as Walker and ran from October 1969 to January 1970.
Jimmy Walker is buried in Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York. He died on the 18th of November 1946 at age 65 of a brain hemorrhage.