1895 Boston mayoral election
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The Boston mayoral election of 1895 occurred on Tuesday, December 10, 1895. Democratic nominee Josiah Quincy defeated Republican incumbent mayor Edwin Upton Curtis and one other contender to win election to his first term.[1]
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]
Candidates
[edit]- Edwin Upton Curtis (Republican), incumbent Mayor of Boston, former City Clerk of Boston (1889–1890)
- Frank Parsons (Municipal Reform), "lecturer on insurance at Boston University"[5]—referred to as the candidate for the "municipal reform party",[6] "a fusion of prohibitionists, labor, populists, and socialists"[7] Parsons was a Populist.
- Josiah Quincy (Democrat), former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1887–1888, 1890–1891), and United States Assistant Secretary of State (1893)
Results
[edit]Candidates | General Election[8] | ||
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Votes | % | ||
D | Josiah Quincy | 40,270 | 52.5% |
R | Edwin Upton Curtis (incumbent) | 35,864 | 46.7% |
MR | Frank Parsons | 585 | 0.8% |
all others | 2 | 0.0% |
Results by ward
[edit]Ward[8] | Quincy | Curtis | Parsons | |||
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Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | |
1 | 1,636 | 42.49 | 2,202 | 57.19 | 12 | 0.31 |
2 | 1,996 | 71.41 | 793 | 28.37 | 6 | 0.21 |
3 | 1,720 | 66.95 | 836 | 32.54 | 13 | 0.51 |
4 | 1,172 | 51.49 | 1,081 | 47.50 | 23 | 1.01 |
5 | 1,504 | 63.25 | 861 | 36.21 | 13 | 0.55 |
6 | 1,410 | 77.56 | 402 | 22.11 | 6 | 0.33 |
7 | 920 | 72.78 | 335 | 26.50 | 9 | 0.71 |
8 | 1,464 | 76.69 | 421 | 22.05 | 24 | 1.26 |
9 | 670 | 37.41 | 1,106 | 61.75 | 15 | 0.84 |
10 | 359 | 30.48 | 807 | 68.51 | 12 | 1.02 |
11 | 1,102 | 28.82 | 2,683 | 70.16 | 39 | 1.02 |
12 | 1,083 | 71.20 | 425 | 27.94 | 13 | 0.85 |
13 | 2,285 | 83.46 | 440 | 16.07 | 13 | 0.47 |
14 | 2,736 | 59.92 | 1,797 | 39.36 | 33 | 0.72 |
15 | 2,011 | 66.55 | 988 | 32.69 | 23 | 0.76 |
16 | 1,353 | 64.34 | 726 | 34.52 | 24 | 1.14 |
17 | 1,199 | 47.83 | 1,280 | 51.06 | 28 | 1.12 |
18 | 937 | 36.59 | 1,600 | 62.48 | 24 | 0.94 |
19 | 1,835 | 58.25 | 1,277 | 40.54 | 38 | 1.21 |
20 | 2,806 | 56.32 | 2,147 | 43.10 | 29 | 0.58 |
21 | 1,812 | 36.65 | 3,110 | 62.90 | 22 | 0.44 |
22 | 2,218 | 61.20 | 1,388 | 38.29 | 19 | 0.52 |
23 | 2,243 | 42.44 | 2,980 | 56.39 | 62 | 1.17 |
24 | 2,615 | 36.24 | 4,528 | 62.75 | 73 | 1.01 |
25 | 1,184 | 41.59 | 1,651 | 57.99 | 12 | 0.42 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "QUINCY'S PLURALITY 4441". The Boston Globe. December 11, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "CHARTER AMENDED". The Boston Globe. June 2, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.
- ^ "MAYOR QUINCY'S INAUGURAL". The Boston Globe. January 7, 1896. p. 6. Retrieved March 22, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "THE THIRD MAYOR JOSIAH QUINCY". The Boston Globe. December 11, 1895. p. 12. Retrieved March 22, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "NAMED FOR MAYOR". The Boston Globe. November 16, 1895. p. 6. Retrieved March 22, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.
- ^ "PARSONS ACCEPTS". The Boston Globe. November 30, 1895. p. 6. Retrieved March 22, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.
- ^ "Josiah Quincy Elected". Hartford Courant. December 11, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Annual Report of the Board of Election Commissioners". City of Boston. 1895. p. 57. Retrieved March 22, 2018 – via archive.org.
Further reading
[edit]- "Democrats Carry Boston". The New York Times. December 11, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2018 – via newspapers.com.