1895 Boston mayoral election

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1895 Boston mayoral election
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  1894 December 10, 1895 1897  
  Josiah Quincy 5210004 015 032 (3x4d).jpg Edwin Upton Curtis (1861-1922) (2).png
Candidate Josiah Quincy Edwin Upton Curtis
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote40,27035,864
Percentage52.5%46.7%

Mayor before election

Edwin Upton Curtis
Republican

Elected Mayor

Josiah Quincy
Democratic

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

Contents

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]

Candidates

Results

CandidatesGeneral Election [8]
Votes%
D Josiah Quincy 40,270
R Edwin Upton Curtis (incumbent)35,864
MR Frank Parsons 585
all others2

Results by ward

Ward [8] QuincyCurtisParsons
Votes%Votes%Votes%
11,63642.492,20257.19120.31
21,99671.4179328.3760.21
31,72066.9583632.54130.51
41,17251.491,08147.50231.01
51,50463.2586136.21130.55
61,41077.5640222.1160.33
792072.7833526.5090.71
81,46476.6942122.05241.26
967037.411,10661.75150.84
1035930.4880768.51121.02
111,10228.822,68370.16391.02
121,08371.2042527.94130.85
132,28583.4644016.07130.47
142,73659.921,79739.36330.72
152,01166.5598832.69230.76
161,35364.3472634.52241.14
171,19947.831,28051.06281.12
1893736.591,60062.48240.94
191,83558.251,27740.54381.21
202,80656.322,14743.10290.58
211,81236.653,11062.90220.44
222,21861.201,38838.29190.52
232,24342.442,98056.39621.17
242,61536.244,52862.75731.01
251,18441.591,65157.99120.42

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References

  1. "QUINCY'S PLURALITY 4441" . The Boston Globe . December 11, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2018 via pqarchiver.com.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. "CHARTER AMENDED" . The Boston Globe . June 2, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved March 13, 2018 via pqarchiver.com.
  3. "MAYOR QUINCY'S INAUGURAL" . The Boston Globe . January 7, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved March 22, 2018 via pqarchiver.com.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. "THE THIRD MAYOR JOSIAH QUINCY" . The Boston Globe . December 11, 1895. p. 12. Retrieved March 22, 2018 via pqarchiver.com.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. "NAMED FOR MAYOR" . The Boston Globe . November 16, 1895. p. 6. Retrieved March 22, 2018 via pqarchiver.com.
  6. "PARSONS ACCEPTS" . The Boston Globe . November 30, 1895. p. 6. Retrieved March 22, 2018 via pqarchiver.com.
  7. "Josiah Quincy Elected". Hartford Courant . December 11, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2018 via newspapers.com.
  8. 1 2 "Annual Report of the Board of Election Commissioners". City of Boston. 1895. p. 57. Retrieved March 22, 2018 via archive.org.

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