Boston mayoral election, 1910

Boston mayoral election, 1910

←  1907 January 11, 1910 1914  →

Candidate John F. Fitzgerald George A. Hibbard Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Popular vote 47,172 45,757 Percentage 49.5% 48.0%

Mayor before election George A. Hibbard Elected Mayor John F. Fitzgerald

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The Boston mayoral election of 1910 occurred on Tuesday, January 11, 1910. John F. Fitzgerald, who had been Mayor of Boston from 1906 to 1908, defeated incumbent George A. Hibbard and two other candidates. ^[1]

This was the first Boston mayoral election held under a new city charter, ^[2] which made the election nonpartisan, and increased the mayor's term from two years to four years. ^[3] Due to November voting on the charter change, this election was held in January, with the term of the incumbent mayor extended into February. ^[4]

Fitzgerald was inaugurated on Monday, February 7. ^[5]

Candidates

• John F. Fitzgerald, former Mayor of Boston (1906–1908), and former member of the United States House of Representatives (1895–1901) and the Massachusetts Senate (1892–1894)
• George A. Hibbard, Mayor of Boston since 1908
• James J. Storrow, banker
• Nathaniel H. Taylor, newspaper editorial writer, brother of The Boston Globe publisher Charles H. Taylor

Results

Candidates	General Election [6] [7]
	Votes	%
John F. Fitzgerald	47,172	7001495000000000000♠49.5%
James J. Storrow	45,757	7001480000000000000♠48.0%
George A. Hibbard	1,816	7000190000000000000♠1.9%
Nathaniel H. Taylor	613	6999600000000000000♠0.6%

See also

• List of mayors of Boston, Massachusetts

References

1. "FITZGERALD WINS BY 1415" . The Boston Globe . January 12, 1910. p. 1. Retrieved March 16, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.
2. "Four Names Filed". The Barre Daily Times . Barre, Vermont. December 18, 1909. Retrieved March 16, 2018– via newspapers.com.
3. "New Boston Charter is the Worst Defeat Ever Given Boss Rule". The Marion Daily Mirror. Marion, Ohio. November 3, 1909. Retrieved March 17, 2018– via newspapers.com.
4. "QUESTIONS TO BE SETTLED BY BOSTON VOTERS AT STATE ELECTION" . The Boston Globe . November 2, 1909. p. 10. Retrieved March 17, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.
5. "New Mayor of Boston". Arkansas Democrat . Little Rock, Arkansas. February 7, 1910. Retrieved March 16, 2018– via newspapers.com.
6. "Boston Mayor Race - Jan 11, 1910". ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
7. Annual Report of the Election Department. City of Boston. 1909. p. 142. Retrieved March 16, 2018. totals page is missing

Further reading

• "Fitzgerald Elected by 1,415 in Boston". The New York Times . January 12, 1910. p. 1. Retrieved March 19, 2018– via newspapers.com.

External links

• Boston Mayor Race - Jan 11, 1910 at ourcampaigns.com