1895_Boston_mayoral_election

1895 Boston mayoral election

Election

The Boston mayoral election of 1895 occurred on Tuesday, December 10, 1895. Democratic candidate Josiah Quincy defeated Republican candidate and incumbent Mayor of Boston Edwin Upton Curtis, and one other contender, to win election to his first term.^[1]

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Due to a change of the city charter in June 1895,^[2] this was the first Boston mayoral election for a two-year term; prior mayoral elections had been held annually.

Quincy was inaugurated on Monday, January 6, 1896.^[3] His grandfather Josiah Quincy IV (known as Josiah Quincy Jr.) and great-grandfather Josiah Quincy III also had served as Mayors of Boston.^[4]

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Candidates		General Election^[8]
Candidates		Votes	%
D	Josiah Quincy	40,270	52.5%
R	Edwin Upton Curtis (incumbent)	35,864	46.7%
MR	Frank Parsons	585	0.8%
all others		2	0.0%

Ward^[8]	Quincy		Curtis		Parsons
Ward^[8]	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
1	1,636	42.49	2,202	57.19	12	0.31
2	1,996	71.41	793	28.37	6	0.21
3	1,720	66.95	836	32.54	13	0.51
4	1,172	51.49	1,081	47.50	23	1.01
5	1,504	63.25	861	36.21	13	0.55
6	1,410	77.56	402	22.11	6	0.33
7	920	72.78	335	26.50	9	0.71
8	1,464	76.69	421	22.05	24	1.26
9	670	37.41	1,106	61.75	15	0.84
10	359	30.48	807	68.51	12	1.02
11	1,102	28.82	2,683	70.16	39	1.02
12	1,083	71.20	425	27.94	13	0.85
13	2,285	83.46	440	16.07	13	0.47
14	2,736	59.92	1,797	39.36	33	0.72
15	2,011	66.55	988	32.69	23	0.76
16	1,353	64.34	726	34.52	24	1.14
17	1,199	47.83	1,280	51.06	28	1.12
18	937	36.59	1,600	62.48	24	0.94
19	1,835	58.25	1,277	40.54	38	1.21
20	2,806	56.32	2,147	43.10	29	0.58
21	1,812	36.65	3,110	62.90	22	0.44
22	2,218	61.20	1,388	38.29	19	0.52
23	2,243	42.44	2,980	56.39	62	1.17
24	2,615	36.24	4,528	62.75	73	1.01
25	1,184	41.59	1,651	57.99	12	0.42

1895_Boston_mayoral_election

1895 Boston mayoral election

Candidates

Results

Results by ward

See also

References

Further reading

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