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1910 Boston mayoral election Boston Presidential no 1907 Boston mayoral election 1907 January 11, 1910 1914 Boston mayoral election 1914 J.F. Fitzgerald LCCN2014714230 (3x4a).jpg John F. Fitzgerald Nonpartisan candidate 47,172 49.5% Mayor George A. Hibbard John F. Fitzgerald James Jackson Storrow II (1864–1926) c. 1910 (cropped).png James J. Storrow Nonpartisan candidate 45,757 48.0%
Boston
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.https://www.proquest.com/docview/501417649 FITZGERALD WINS BY 1415 The Boston Globe 1 January 12, 1910 March 16, 2018 limited pqarchiver.com
This was the first Boston mayoral election held under a new city charter,https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18338877/four_names_filed/ Four Names Filed The Barre Daily Times Barre, Vermont December 18, 1909 March 16, 2018 newspapers.com which made the election nonpartisan, and increased the mayor's term from two years to four years.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18384700/new_boston_charter_is_the_worst_defeat/ New Boston Charter is the Worst Defeat Ever Given Boss Rule The Marion Daily Mirror Marion, Ohio November 3, 1909 March 17, 2018 newspapers.com Due to November voting on the charter change, this election was held in January, with the term of the incumbent mayor extended into February.https://www.proquest.com/docview/501387598 QUESTIONS TO BE SETTLED BY BOSTON VOTERS AT STATE ELECTION The Boston Globe 10 November 2, 1909 March 17, 2018 limited pqarchiver.com
Fitzgerald was inaugurated on Monday, February 7.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18339093/new_mayor_of_boston/ New Mayor of Boston Arkansas Democrat Little Rock, Arkansas February 7, 1910 March 16, 2018 newspapers.com
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
Did not appear on ballot
John C. Hadlock, lawyer. Arrested for submitting forged nomination papers.Tidings of the Time The Voter January 1910 52 https://books.google.com/books?id=SNhKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA52&dq 31 March 2025 Charges were dropped Hadlock was committed to the New Hampshire State Hospital.Hadlock In Asylum Again https://books.google.com/books?id=WLk-AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA5&dq 31 March 2025 Boston Evening Transcript May 17, 1913
Results
CandidatesGeneral Electionhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=546391 Boston Mayor Race - Jan 11, 1910 ourcampaigns.com March 16, 2018Annual Report of the Election Department 1909 142 City of Boston https://archive.org/stream/annualreportofbo1909bost#page/140/mode/2up March 16, 2018 totals page is missingVotes% John F. Fitzgerald 47,172 47172 95358 1 yes James J. Storrow 45,757 45757 95358 1 yes George A. Hibbard (incumbent) 1,816 1816 95358 1 yes Nathaniel H. Taylor 613 613 95358 1 yes
See also
List of mayors of Boston, Massachusetts
References
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Further reading
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18426065/fitzgerald_elected_by_1415_in_boston/ Fitzgerald Elected by 1,415 in Boston The New York Times 1 January 12, 1910 March 19, 2018 newspapers.com
External links
Boston Mayor Race - Jan 11, 1910 at ourcampaigns.com
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