sentences:  In the charter election of April 1882, as the Republican candidate for Mayor of Albany, he received what appeared to be a majority, but a recount gave his Democratic opponent, Michael N. Nolan, who was both the incumbent mayor and a member of Congress, a 118-vote win.The resulting litigation, which lasted for fourteen months of the two-year term, ultimately forced Nolan's resignation on June 24, 1883 and the swearing-in of John Swinburne as mayor.Mayor Swinburne held the office just over ten months, until the expiration of his term on May 6, 1884.