1925 Boston mayoral election

Election in Massachusetts, United States January 2025 September 2023 1925 Boston mayoral election Boston Presidential no 1921 Boston mayoral election 1921 November 3, 1925 1929 Boston mayoral election 1929 Malcolm E. Nichols portrait photograph, circa 1925 a (3x4).jpg Malcolm Nichols Nonpartisan candidate 64,492 35.4% Mayor James Michael Curley Malcolm Nichols Theodore A. Glynn portrait photograph, circa early 1920s (3x4).jpg Theodore A. Glynn Nonpartisan candidate 42,687 23.4% Joseph H. O'Neil (1).jpg Joseph H. O'Neil Nonpartisan candidate 31,888 17.5% Daniel H. Coakley official portrait, 1930s (3x4).jpeg Daniel H. Coakley Nonpartisan candidate 20,144 11.1% Thomas C. O'Brien (1).jpg Thomas C. O'Brien Nonpartisan candidate 9,443 5.2% Boston The Boston mayoral election of 1925 occurred on Tuesday, November 3, 1925. Malcolm Nichols, a former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Massachusetts Senate, defeated nine other candidates to be elected mayor.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18280007/boston_elects_republican_mayor/ Boston Elects Republican Mayor AP Salt Lake Telegram Salt Lake City November 4, 1925 March 14, 2018 newspapers.com Many votes were split between three Democratic candidates (Glynn, O'Neil, Coakley), which was a factor in the election of Nichols, a Republican.https://secure.pqarchiver.com/boston-sub/doc/498658435.html NICHOLS WINS RACE BY 22,307 The Boston Globe Merrill John 1 November 4, 1925 March 14, 2018 limited pqarchiver.com August 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes While municipal elections in Boston have been nonpartisan since 1910, Nichols is the most recent Republican to be elected Mayor of Boston as of . 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 James Michael Curley was unable to run for re-election. Nichols was inaugurated on Monday, January 4, 1926.https://www.proquest.com/docview/498702084 MAYOR NICHOLS INAUGURATED The Boston Globe A1 January 4, 1926 March 16, 2018 limited pqarchiver.com Candidates thumb|Candidates Nicholas, Keliher, Glynn, and O'Brien stand together outside of the annex of the Boston City Hall building Charles L. Burrill, member of the Massachusetts Executive Council since 1923, and former Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts (1915–1920) Daniel H. Coakley, disbarred attorney Alonzo B. Cook, Massachusetts State Auditor since 1915 W. T. A. Fitzgerald, Register of Deeds, and former member of the Massachusetts Senate (1901–1903) Theodore A. Glynn, Commissioner of the Boston Fire Department John A. Keliher, Sheriff of Suffolk County since 1917, and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1903–11) and Massachusetts Senate (1899–1900) Walter G. McGauley, dentisthttps://backbayhouses.org/406-marlborough/ 406 Marlborough Back Bay Houses 6 August 2013 March 14, 2018 Malcolm Nichols, former member of the Massachusetts House (1907–09) and Massachusetts Senate (1914, 1917–19) Thomas C. O'Brien, District Attorney of Suffolk County since 1922 Joseph H. O'Neil, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1889–1895) and Massachusetts House (1878–1882, 1884) Results CandidatesGeneral ElectionAnnual Report of the Election Department 1925 48 City of Boston https://archive.org/stream/annualreportofbo1925bost#page/48/mode/2up March 14, 2018Votes% Malcolm Nichols 64,492 64492 182065 1 yes Theodore A. Glynn 42,687 42687 182065 1 yes Joseph H. O'Neil 31,888 31888 182065 1 yes Daniel H. Coakley 20,144 20144 182065 1 yes Thomas C. O'Brien 9,443 9443 182065 1 yes John A. Keliher 7,737 7737 182065 1 yes W. T. A. Fitzgerald 3,188 3188 182065 1 yes Alonzo B. Cook 1,771 1771 182065 1 yes Walter G. McGauley 437 437 182065 1 yes Charles L. Burrill 276 276 182065 1 yes all others 2 2 182065 1 yes See also List of mayors of Boston, Massachusetts References 30em Further reading https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18485713/nichols_out_in_front_of_boston_aspirants/ Nichols Out in Front of Boston Aspirants AP Los Angeles Times 2 November 4, 1925 March 21, 2018 newspapers.com Boston mayoral Boston 1925 Boston mayor 1925 Category:1920s in Boston Category:November 1925 in the United States