1937 Boston mayoral election

Election in Massachusetts, United States January 2025 September 2023 1937 Boston mayoral election Boston Presidential no 1933 Boston mayoral election 1933 November 2, 1937 1941 Boston mayoral election 1941 Maurice J. Tobin gubernatorial portrait photograph, 1945 (3x4).jpeg Maurice J. Tobin Nonpartisan candidate 105,212 38.56% Mayor Frederick Mansfield Maurice J. Tobin James Michael Curley official gubernatorial portrait photograph, 1935 (3x4).jpeg James Michael Curley Nonpartisan candidate 80,376 29.46% Malcolm E. Nichols portrait photograph, circa 1925 a (3x4).jpg Malcolm Nichols Nonpartisan candidate 55,247 20.25% 1918 William Foley Massachusetts House of Representatives (2).png William J. Foley Nonpartisan candidate 28,184 10.33% Boston The Boston mayoral election of 1937 occurred on Tuesday, November 2, 1937. Boston School Committee member Maurice J. Tobin defeated five other candidates, including former mayors James Michael Curley and Malcolm Nichols. In 1918, the Massachusetts state legislature had passed legislation making the Mayor of Boston ineligible to serve consecutive terms.https://www.proquest.com/docview/503359225 REPORT BILL TO STOP CONSECUTIVE TERMS The Boston Globe 6 February 26, 1918 March 12, 2018 limited pqarchiver.com Thus, incumbent Frederick Mansfield was unable to run for re-election. The law would be changed in 1939, making this the last election where the incumbent mayor could not run for re-election.https://www.proquest.com/docview/816864666 SECOND TERM WINS IN BOSTON The Boston Globe 1 November 8, 1939 March 14, 2018 limited pqarchiver.com Tobin was inaugurated on Monday, January 3, 1938.https://www.proquest.com/docview/817051647 Tobin Becomes Mayor Today, Notables to Attend Ceremony The Boston Globe 1 January 3, 1938 March 16, 2018 limited pqarchiver.com Candidates Carleton L. Brett, former Boston police officer James Michael Curley, governor of Massachusetts from 1935 to 1937, Mayor of Boston from 1914 to 1918, 1922 to 1926, 1930 to 1934, and member of the United States House of Representatives from 1913 to 1914 William J. Foley, district attorney of Suffolk County since 1927 Malcolm Nichols, mayor of Boston from 1926 to 1930 Alfred Santosuosso, lawyer Maurice J. Tobin, member of the Boston School Committee since 1931 Results CandidatesGeneral ElectionAnnual Report of the Election Department 1937 40 Boston [Election Dept.] https://archive.org/stream/annualreportofbo1937bost#page/40/mode/2upVotes% Maurice J. Tobin 105,212 38.56 James Michael Curley 80,376 29.46 Malcolm Nichols 55,247 20.25 William J. Foley 28,184 10.33 Alfred Santosuosso 2,927 1.07 Carleton L. Brett 543 0.19 All others 337 0.12 See also List of mayors of Boston, Massachusetts References Further reading https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17962748/tobin_becomes_hubs_youngest_mayor_in/ Tobin Becomes Hub's Youngest Mayor In 32 Years Fitchburg Sentinel November 3, 1937 newspapers.com collapsed Boston mayoral Boston 1937 Boston mayor 1937 Category:1930s in Boston Category:November 1937 in the United States