1842 Boston mayoral election

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1842 Boston mayoral election
  1841 December 12, 1842 1843  
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Candidate Martin Brimmer Bradford Sumner
Party Whig Democratic
Popular vote5,0842,340
Percentage61.86%28.47%

Mayor before election

Jonathan Chapman
Whig

Elected mayor

Martin Brimmer
Whig

The 1842 Boston mayoral election saw the election of Whig Party nominee Martin Brimmer. It was held on December 12, 1842. Whig Party incumbent Jonathan Chapman was not a nominee for reelection. [1]

Contents

Campaign

Brimmer was the Whig Party nominee while Sumner was the Democratic Party nominee. [2] The Whigs did well in the coinciding municipal elections. [3]

Sumner had run for mayor in 1839 and for the United States House of Representatives in both 1838 and 1839.

Results

1842 Boston mayoral election [1] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Whig Martin Brimmer 5,084 61.86
Democratic Bradford Sumner2,34028.47
ScatteringOther7959.67
Total votes8,219 100

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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 April 7, 2023.
  2. "Boston Election" . The Evening Post. December 14, 1842. Retrieved April 18, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Boston" . The Baltimore Sun. December 16, 1842. Retrieved April 18, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Votes for Mayor of Boston, from 1841 to 1849" . Boston Evening Transcript. November 23, 1849. Retrieved April 17, 2023 via Newspapers.com.