1873 Boston mayoral election

Election in Massachusetts, United States January 2025 September 2023 1873 Boston mayoral election Presidential no 1872 Boston mayoral election 1872 December 9, 1873 1874 Boston mayoral election 1874 Samuel C. Cobb 5210004 015 023 (3x4).jpg Samuel C. Cobb Independent politician Democratic Republican People's Citizen's German 19,187 97.00% 3x4.svg Henry D. Cushing Prohibition Party 572 2.89% Mayor Leonard R. Cutter (acting) Democratic Samuel C. Cobb Independent politician Boston The Boston mayoral election of 1873 saw the election of Samuel C. Cobb. Nominations Cobb, who opted not to affiliate himself with any political party, was nominated for mayor by a citizens meeting held on November 11, 1873. Some of the leading members of both the city's Democratic and Republican party organizations attending this meeting. Subsequently, both major parties nominated Cobb on their tickets for the election.Winthrop R. C. Winsor Justin Green Samuel A. Bugbee James M. February Meeting, 1892. Results of Cartier's Explorations; Gifts to the Society; Memoir of Hon. Samuel Crocker Cobb. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25079731 Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society 30 April 2024 296–330 1891 Cobb was also nominated on the tickets of the city's People's, Citizen's, and German parties. The Election https://www.newspapers.com/image/428180554 Newspapers.com The Boston Globe subscription 1 May 2024 en December 10, 1873 The Prohibition Party nominated Henry D. Cushing. The Prohibition Party ran an independent ticket in the municipal elections that did not nominate any candidates that appeared on other party's tickets. Many of them were first-time candidates for public office.The Election https://www.newspapers.com/image/428180557 Newspapers.com subscription The Boston Globe: Morning Edition 1 May 2024 en December 10, 1873 Results 1873 Boston mayoral election A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown, 1847-1873 and of the Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822: Also of Various Other Town and Municipal Officers 1909 City of Boston Printing Department 54, 259 https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=n_BMAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA54 7 April 2023 en Independent politician Samuel C. Cobb 19,187 97.00 Prohibition Party (United States) Henry D. Cushing 572 2.89 Others Scattering 22 0.11 17,716 See also List of mayors of Boston, Massachusetts References 30em Category:Mayoral elections in Boston Boston Boston mayoral Category:19th century in Boston Category:December 1873 in the United States