1897 Boston mayoral election

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1897 Boston mayoral election
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Candidate Josiah Quincy Edwin Upton Curtis
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote39,98435,947
Percentage50.1%45.1%
Mayor before election

Josiah Quincy
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Josiah Quincy
Democratic

The Boston mayoral election of 1897 occurred on Tuesday, December 21, 1897. In a rematch of the previous election, Democratic candidate and incumbent Mayor of Boston Josiah Quincy defeated Republican candidate and former mayor Edwin Upton Curtis, and two other contenders, to win re-election to a second term. [1]

Contents

Inaugural exercises were held on Monday, January 3, 1898. [2]

Candidates

Results

CandidatesGeneral Election [5] [6]
Votes%
D Josiah Quincy (incumbent)39,984
R Edwin Upton Curtis 35,947
BDThomas Riley3,000
SLP David Goldstein 825
all others7

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References

  1. ↑ "THANKS ALL" . The Boston Globe . December 22, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.
  2. ↑ "MAYOR QUINCY'S SECOND INAUGURAL" . The Boston Globe . January 4, 1898. p. 6. Retrieved March 22, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.
  3. ↑ "IN THE FRAY" . The Boston Globe . November 12, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved March 22, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "RILEY NAMED" . The Boston Globe . November 13, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. ↑ "Boston Mayor Race - Dec 21, 1897". ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Annual Report of the Board of Election Commissioners". City of Boston. 1897. p. 47. Retrieved March 22, 2018– via archive.org. mayoral election results not found

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