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The Boston mayoral election of 1887 saw the reelection of Hugh O'Brien (a Democrat to a fourth consecutive term, defeating Republican nominee Thomas N. Hart.
Incumbent mayor Hugh O'Brien was renominated by the Democratic Party. Thomas N. Hart was nominated by the Republican Party, and was also included on an independent ticket. [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Hugh O'Brien (incumbent) | 26,636 | 51.41 | |
Republican | Thomas N. Hart | 25,179 | 48.59 | |
Turnout | 51,815 | |||
Hugh O'Brien served as the mayor of Boston from 1884 to 1888. O'Brien is notable as Boston's first Irish and Catholic mayor, having emigrated from Ireland to America in the early 1830s. O'Brien was the editor of the Shipping and Commercial List and served as a Boston alderman from 1875 to 1883. He was chairman of the Boston Board of Aldermen from 1879 through 1881 and again in 1883.
Amasa Walker was an American economist and United States Representative. He was the father of Francis Amasa Walker.
Thomas Norton Hart was an American manufacturer, businessman, and politician from Massachusetts who served as mayor of Boston from 1889 to 1890 and from 1900 to 1902.
The 1936 United States Senate election in Massachusetts was held on November 3. Incumbent Democratic Senator Marcus A. Coolidge declined to stand for re-election. Republican Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. won the race to succeed him over Democratic Boston mayor James Michael Curley and former Suffolk County prosecutor Thomas C. O'Brien.
Thomas Charles O'Brien was an American attorney and politician who served as District Attorney of Suffolk County, Massachusetts and was the United States vice-presidential nominee for the Union Party in the 1936 United States presidential election.
The Boston mayoral election of 1901 occurred on Tuesday, December 10, 1901. Democratic candidate Patrick Collins defeated Republican candidate and incumbent Mayor of Boston Thomas N. Hart, and two other contenders.
The Boston mayoral election of 1899 occurred on Tuesday, December 12, 1899. Republican candidate and former mayor of Boston Thomas N. Hart defeated Democratic candidate Patrick Collins, and two other contenders, to become mayor for the second time. Incumbent mayor Josiah Quincy had announced in July 1899 that he would not seek re-election.
The Boston mayoral election of 1856 saw the reelection of Alexander H. Rice. It was held on December 8, 1856.
The Boston mayoral election of 1858 saw the reelection of Frederic W. Lincoln Jr. It was held on December 13, 1858.
The Boston mayoral election of 1859 saw the reelection of Frederic W. Lincoln Jr. to a third consecutive term. It was held on December 12, 1859.
The Boston mayoral election of 1860 saw the election of Democratic Party nominee Joseph Wightman. This was the first Boston mayoral election won by a Democratic Party nominee. It was held on December 10, 1860.
The Boston mayoral election of 1861 took place on Monday, December 9, 1861, and saw the reelection of Joseph Wightman.
The 1868 Boston mayoral election was held on December 8, 1868 and saw Frederic W. Lincoln Jr. be returned to the mayoralty for a fourth non-consecutive term, unseating incumbent mayor Joseph Wightman.
The 1863 Boston mayoral election was held on December 14, 1863 and saw Frederic W. Lincoln Jr. reelected to a fifth overall term.
The 1864 Boston mayoral election was held on December 12, 1864 and saw Frederic W. Lincoln Jr. reelected to a sixth overall term.
The Boston mayoral election of 1869 saw the reelection of Nathaniel B. Shurtleff to a third consecutive term.
The Boston mayoral election of 1880 saw incumbent mayor Frederick O. Prince reelected to his fourth overall term, defeating Republican nominee Solomon B. Stebbins.
The Boston mayoral election of 1888 saw the election of Thomas N. Hart, who defeated incumbent mayor Hugh O'Brien.
George Newton Swallow was an American politician who served in the Massachusetts General Court and on the Massachusetts Governor's Council. He was the Republican nominee for Mayor of Boston in the 1903 Boston mayoral election
The 1844–45 Boston mayoral election saw the election of Native American Party nominee Thomas Aspinwall Davis as mayor of Boston. The election took eight votes, as no candidate secured the needed majority in the first seven attempts. Incumbent Whig Party mayor Martin Brimmer was not a nominee reelection.