1917 Boston mayoral election
The Boston mayoral election of 1917 occurred on Tuesday, December 18, 1917. Andrew James Peters, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, defeated incumbent Mayor of Boston James Michael Curley and two other candidates.[1]
 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||
.png)
.jpg)
.png)
Peters was inaugurated on Monday, February 4, 1918.[2]
Candidates
- James Michael Curley, Mayor of Boston since 1914, former member of the United States House of Representatives (1913–1914)
- James A. Gallivan, member of the United States House of Representatives since 1914, former member of the Massachusetts Senate (1897–1898) and the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1895–1896)
- Andrew James Peters, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury since 1914, former member of the United States House of Representatives (1907–1914) and the Massachusetts Senate (1904–1905)
- Peter Francis Tague, member of the United States House of Representatives since 1915, former member of the Massachusetts Senate (1899–1900) and the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1897–1898, 1913–1914)
Results
| Candidates | General Election[3] | |
|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | |
| Andrew James Peters | 37,923 | 42.9% |
| James Michael Curley (incumbent) | 28,848 | 32.7% |
| James A. Gallivan | 19,427 | 22.0% |
| Peter Francis Tague | 1,751 | 2.0% |
| all others | 353 | 0.4% |
gollark: I forgot what stuff, but I assure you that you might possibly need it.
gollark: You need Mekanism for a lot of stuff. So you are to.
gollark: You need a lot of osmarks metal, yes.
gollark: You put iron ingots and coal into the metallurgic infuser and get enriched iron. Then you run that through and get steel blend, which you smelt into steel. You can decrease coal usage by a factor of 8 by using the enrichment chamber to make compressed coal.
gollark: But it's more efficient and fast. You need a metallurgic infuser and, for coal efficiency, an enrichment chamber.
References
- "Peter Beats 2 Congressmen in Race for Mayor". Chicago Tribune. December 19, 1917. p. 1. Retrieved March 21, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
- "PETERS WILL BE ON HAND AT INAUGURAL". The Boston Globe. February 4, 1918. p. 3. Retrieved March 16, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.
- Annual Report of the Election Department. City of Boston. 1917. p. 151. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
Further reading
- Merrill, John D. (December 19, 1917). "CITY ELECTS PETERS MAYOR BY 9074 VOTES OVER CURLEY". The Boston Globe. p. 1. Retrieved March 14, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.
- "Andrew J. Peters Elected Mayor of Boston; Votes Attracted by Gallivan Defeated Curley". The New York Times. December 19, 1917. p. 1. Retrieved March 14, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
External links
- Boston Mayor Race - Dec 18, 1917 at ourcampaigns.com
| ||
|---|---|---|
| Topics |
|  |
| Attractions |
| |
| Business districts |
| |
| Government |
| |
| Neighborhoods |
| |
| Sports | ||
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.