1901 Boston mayoral election

1901 Boston mayoral election

←  1899 December 10, 1901 1903  →

Candidate Patrick Collins Thomas N. Hart Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 52,035 33,196 Percentage 60.1% 38.3%

Mayor before election Thomas N. Hart Republican Elected mayor Patrick Collins Democratic

The Boston mayoral election of 1901 occurred on Tuesday, December 10, 1901. Democratic nominee Patrick Collins defeated Republican incumbent mayor Thomas N. Hart and two other contenders.

Collins was inaugurated on Monday, January 6, 1902. ^[1]

Candidates

• Patrick Collins (Democrat), former member of the United States House of Representatives (1883–1889), Massachusetts Senate (1870–1871), and Massachusetts House of Representatives (1868–1869)
• Thomas N. Hart (Republican), Mayor of Boston since 1900, former Mayor of Boston (1889–1890), Postmaster of Boston (1891–1895), member of the Boston Board of Aldermen (1882–1886), and member of the Boston Common Council (1879–1881)
• Herman W. A. Raasch (Socialist Labor) ^[2]
• John Weaver Sherman (Socialist) ^[3]

Party conventions

The Republican convention was held on November 19, 1901, at Association Hall. Incumbent Thomas N. Hart was renominated by acclamation. ^[4]

The Democratic convention was held on November 20, 1901, at Steinert Hall. Patrick Collins unanimously won the party's nomination for Mayor. ^[5]

Results

Candidates		General Election [6]
		Votes	%
D	Patrick Collins	52,035	60.1%
R	Thomas N. Hart (incumbent)	33,196	38.3%
S	John Weaver Sherman	957	1.1%
SLP	Herman W. A. Raasch	426	0.5%
all others		1	0.0%

See also

• List of mayors of Boston, Massachusetts

References

1. "Collins Becomes Mayor Today". The Boston Post . January 6, 1902. p. 1. Retrieved March 18, 2018– via newspapers.com.
2. "To Run Independent". The Boston Post . November 24, 1901. p. 4. Retrieved March 18, 2018– via newspapers.com.
3. "Sherman Accepts". The Boston Post . December 6, 1901. p. 4. Retrieved March 18, 2018– via newspapers.com.
4. "Thomas N. Hart for Hub's Mayor: Republicans Renominated Him With Earnestness". The Boston Daily Globe. November 20, 1901.
5. "For Mayor. P. A. Collins: Democratic City Convention Names Him Amid Enthusiasm". The Boston Daily Globe. November 21, 1901.
6. "Annual Report of the Board of Election Commissioners". City of Boston. 1901. p. 62. Retrieved March 18, 2018– via archive.org.

Further reading

• "Democrats Carry Boston". The New York Times . December 11, 1901. p. 1. Retrieved March 18, 2018– via newspapers.com.