Boston mayoral election, 1899

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The Boston mayoral election of 1899 occurred on Tuesday, December 12, 1899. Republican candidate and former Mayor of Boston Thomas N. Hart defeated Democratic candidate Patrick Collins, and two other contenders, to become mayor for the second time. Incumbent mayor Josiah Quincy had announced in July 1899 that he would not seek re-election. [1]

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Hart benefitted from strife within the Democratic party, where John R. Murphy had lost the nomination to Collins. [2] Murphy subsequently announced his intent to cross party lines and vote for Hart. [3] The votes of Murphy and his followers in support of the Republican candidate contributed to Collins' defeat, and was referred to as a "knifing" in contemporary news reports. [4]

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Hart was inaugurated on Monday, January 1, 1900. [5]

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Patrick Collins (mayor) American politician

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Results

CandidatesGeneral Election [8] [9]
Votes%
R Thomas N. Hart 40,83850.2%
D Patrick Collins 38,55747.4%
SLPJames F. Stevens9781.2%
SJohn Weaver Sherman9761.2%
all others10.0%

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References

  1. ↑ "The Week's News - Tuesday, July 11". North Adams Transcript . North Adams, Massachusetts. July 13, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved March 24, 2018– via newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Democrats at Odds". The Washington Times . December 4, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved March 21, 2018– via newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Murphy will Vote for Hart". The Portsmouth Herald . Portsmouth, New Hampshire. December 6, 1899. p. 4. Retrieved March 21, 2018– via newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Hart wins in Boston". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Connecticut. December 13, 1899. p. 1. Retrieved March 21, 2018– via newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Mayor Hart's Inaugural". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Connecticut. January 4, 1900. p. 8. Retrieved March 21, 2018– via newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Debs Will Speak for Sherman" . The Boston Globe . November 20, 1899. p. 6. Retrieved March 21, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.
  7. ↑ "THREE NOMINEES" . The Boston Globe . November 23, 1899. p. 2. Retrieved March 21, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.
  8. ↑ "Boston Mayor Race - Dec 12, 1899". ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved March 21, 2018.
  9. ↑ "Annual Report of the Board of Election Commissioners". City of Boston. 1899. p. 69. Retrieved March 21, 2018– via archive.org. totals columns are obscured

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