1839 Boston mayoral election

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1839 Boston mayoral election
  1838 December 9, 1839 1840  
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Candidate Jonathan Chapman Bradford Sumner
Party Whig Democratic
Popular vote4,3523,047
Percentage58.27%40.80%

Mayor before election

Samuel Atkins Eliot
Whig

Elected Mayor

Jonathan Chapman
Whig

The 1839 Boston mayoral election saw the election of Whig Party nominee Jonathan Chapman. It was held on December 9, 1839. Whig Party incumbent Samuel Atkins Eliot was not a nominee for reelection. [1]

Contents

Campaign

Chapman was the Whig Party nominee. Bradford Sumner was the Democratic Party nominee. In the coinciding municipal elections, all Whig nominees for Boston Board of Aldermen won sizable victories. [2]

Results

1839 Boston mayoral election [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig Jonathan Chapman 4,352 58.27
Democratic Bradford Sumner3,04740.80
ScatteringOther700.94
Total votes7,469 100

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References

  1. 1 2 A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown, 1847-1873 and of the Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822: Also of Various Other Town and Municipal Officers. City of Boston Printing Department. 1909. p. 50. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  2. "City Election" . The Liberator. December 13, 1839. Retrieved 18 April 2023 via Newspapers.com.