text: A man who held this post left his wife for a chorus girl named Betty Compton and resigned from office after the Hofstadter Committee's investigations.
full_question: A man who held this post left his wife for a chorus girl named Betty Compton and resigned from office after the Hofstadter Committee's investigations. That man who held this post was known as "Beau James" or by his real name of Jimmy Walker. Several reform minded people to hold this post, such as Seth Low in 1903, were mocked by George Washington Plunkitt in the latter's political memoir. It was held in the 1930's by a man, who while a Congressman, had previously sponsored a labor bill with George Norris. For 10 points, name this position held for 12 years by Fiorello La Guardia, a vigorous opponent of the Tammany Hall political machine.
first_sentence: A man who held this post left his wife for a chorus girl named Betty Compton and resigned from office after the Hofstadter Committee's investigations.
raw_answer: Mayor of New York City