1925 Boston mayoral election

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1925 Boston mayoral election
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  Malcolm E. Nichols former Mayor of Boston (2).png 1906 Theodore A Glynn Massachusetts House of Representatives.png Joseph H. O'Neil (1).jpg
Candidate Malcolm Nichols Theodore A. Glynn Joseph H. O'Neil
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote64,49242,68731,888
Percentage35.4%23.4%17.5%
  1894 Daniel H Coakley Massachusetts House of Representatives.png Thomas C. O'Brien (1).jpg
Candidate Daniel H. Coakley Thomas C. O'Brien
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote20,1449,443
Percentage11.1%5.2%
Mayor before election

James Michael Curley

Elected Mayor

Malcolm Nichols

The Boston mayoral election of 1925 occurred on Tuesday, November 3, 1925. Malcolm Nichols, a former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Massachusetts Senate, defeated nine other candidates to be elected mayor. [1]

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Many votes were split between three Democratic candidates (Glynn, O'Neil, Coakley), which was a factor in the election of Nichols, a Republican. [2] While municipal elections in Boston have been nonpartisan since 1910, Nichols is the most recent Republican to be elected Mayor of Boston as of 2024.

In 1918, the Massachusetts state legislature had passed legislation making the Mayor of Boston ineligible to serve consecutive terms. [3] Thus, incumbent James Michael Curley was unable to run for re-election.

Nichols was inaugurated on Monday, January 4, 1926. [4]

Candidates

Results

CandidatesGeneral Election [6]
Votes%
Malcolm Nichols 64,492
Theodore A. Glynn 42,687
Joseph H. O'Neil 31,888
Daniel H. Coakley 20,144
Thomas C. O'Brien 9,443
John A. Keliher 7,737
W. T. A. Fitzgerald 3,188
Alonzo B. Cook 1,771
Walter G. McGauley437
Charles L. Burrill 276
all others2

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References

  1. ↑ "Boston Elects Republican Mayor". Salt Lake Telegram. Salt Lake City. AP. November 4, 1925. Retrieved March 14, 2018– via newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ Merrill, John (November 4, 1925). "NICHOLS WINS RACE BY 22,307" . The Boston Globe . p. 1. Retrieved March 14, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ "REPORT BILL TO STOP CONSECUTIVE TERMS" . The Boston Globe . February 26, 1918. p. 6. Retrieved March 12, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.
  4. ↑ "MAYOR NICHOLS INAUGURATED" . The Boston Globe . January 4, 1926. p. A1. Retrieved March 16, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.
  5. ↑ "406 Marlborough". Back Bay Houses. August 6, 2013. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
  6. ↑ Annual Report of the Election Department. City of Boston. 1925. p. 48. Retrieved March 14, 2018.

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