November 6- Joseph Clark endorsed by several labor unions, Americans for Democratic Action, and the Philadelphia Inquirer defeats Republican Daniel A. Poling by a margin of 124,700 votes. Clark became the first Democrat Mayor of Philadelphia since 1884. John M. Mclarnon and G. Terry Madonna, "Dilworth, Clark, and Reform in Philadelphia, 1947-1962,"Pennsylvania Legacies . Vol. 11, No. 2 (November 2011), pp. 24-31