Boston mayoral election, 1895

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

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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]

Josiah Quincy Jr. American politician

Josiah Quincy IV was an American politician. He was mayor of Boston, as was his father Josiah Quincy III and grandson Josiah Quincy VI.

Josiah Quincy III American politician

Josiah Quincy III was a U.S. educator and political figure. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1805–1813), Mayor of Boston (1823–1828), and President of Harvard University (1829–1845). The historic Quincy Market in downtown Boston is named in his honor.

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Edwin Upton Curtis American mayor

Edwin Upton Curtis was an American attorney and politician from Massachusetts who served as the 34th Mayor of Boston (1895–1896). Later, as Boston Police Commissioner (1918–1922), his refusal to recognize the union formed by the department's officers provoked the 1919 Boston Police Strike.

Frank Parsons was an American professor, social reformer, and public intellectual. Although he was educated as an engineer at Cornell University, he passed the Massachusetts state bar examination and became a lawyer in 1881. Parsons was for more than a decade a lecturer at Boston University School of Law and taught at Kansas State Agricultural College from 1897 to 1899. As a leading social commentator of the Progressive Era, Parsons authored a dozen books and more than 125 magazine and journal articles on a wide range of reform topics, including currency reform, regulation of monopolies, municipal ownership, establishment of direct democracy, and other matters. Parsons is also widely regarded as the father of the vocational guidance movement.

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Results

CandidatesGeneral Election [8]
Votes%
D Josiah Quincy 40,27052.5%
R Edwin Upton Curtis 35,86446.7%
MR Frank Parsons 5850.8%
all others20.0%

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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.
  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.
  4. ↑ "THE THIRD MAYOR JOSIAH QUINCY" . The Boston Globe . December 11, 1895. p. 12. Retrieved March 22, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.
  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. ↑ "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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