1897 Boston mayoral election

The Boston mayoral election of 1897 occurred on Tuesday, December 21, 1897. In a rematch of the previous election, Democratic candidate and incumbent Mayor of Boston Josiah Quincy defeated Republican candidate and former mayor Edwin Upton Curtis, and two other contenders, to win re-election to a second term.[1]

Boston mayoral election, 1897

December 21, 1897


Candidate	Josiah Quincy	Edwin Upton Curtis
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	39,984	35,947
Percentage	50.1%	45.1%

Mayor before election

Josiah Quincy
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Josiah Quincy
Democratic

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Inaugural exercises were held on Monday, January 3, 1898.[2]

Candidates

Edwin Upton Curtis (Republican), former Mayor of Boston (1895), and City Clerk of Boston (1889–1890)
David Goldstein (Socialist Labor)[3]
Josiah Quincy (Democrat), Mayor of Boston since 1896, former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1887–1888, 1890–1891), and United States Assistant Secretary of State (1893)
Thomas Riley (Bryan Democrat), attorney—the Bryan Democrats had split away from Democrats in Boston who had "repudiated the Chicago platform"[4] (a reference to the 1896 Democratic National Convention and presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan)

Results

Candidates		General Election[5][6]
Candidates		Votes	%
D	Josiah Quincy (incumbent)	39,984	50.1%
R	Edwin Upton Curtis	35,947	45.1%
BD	Thomas Riley	3,000	3.8%
SLP	David Goldstein	825	1.0%
all others		7	0.0%

References

"THANKS ALL". The Boston Globe. December 22, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.
"MAYOR QUINCY'S SECOND INAUGURAL". The Boston Globe. January 4, 1898. p. 6. Retrieved March 22, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.
"IN THE FRAY". The Boston Globe. November 12, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved March 22, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.
"RILEY NAMED". The Boston Globe. November 13, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.
"Boston Mayor Race - Dec 21, 1897". ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
"Annual Report of the Board of Election Commissioners". City of Boston. 1897. p. 47. Retrieved March 22, 2018 – via archive.org. mayoral election results not found

External links

Boston Mayor Race - Dec 21, 1897 at ourcampaigns.com

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1897 Boston mayoral election

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