1959 Indianapolis mayoral election

none January 2025 September 2023 Indianapolis mayoral election, 1959 Indianapolis presidential no 1955 Indianapolis mayoral election 1955 1963 Indianapolis mayoral election 1963 November 3, 1959 41.1% Charles H. Boswell Democratic Party (United States) 70,031 57.4% William T. Sharp Republican Party (United States) 51,994 42.6% 200px Mayor Charles H. Boswell Democratic Party (United States) Charles H. Boswell Democratic Party (United States) The Indianapolis mayoral election of 1959 took place on November 3, 1959, and saw the reelection of Charles H. Boswell, who had become mayor eleven months earlier, after Philip L. Bayt resigned to become Marion County Prosecutor.Bodenhamer David J. The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis Indiana University Press 1994 0-253-31222-1 341 https://books.google.com/books?id=bg13QcMSsq8C Boswell defeated Republican William T. Sharp.State Mayor Wins Piled Up By Democrats INDIANAPOLIS https://newspaperarchive.com/anderson-herald-bulletin-nov-04-1959-p-2/ Anderson Herald Bulletin 13 September 2019 4 November 1959 Results Boswell won election. 1959 was a good year for Democrats in Indiana's mayoral elections, with the party winning control of the mayoralties of all of the state's top seven most populous cities.Democrats control top 7 Hoosier cities Howey Brian A. The Howey Political Report 5 November 2003 10 14 https://www.in.gov/library/files/HPR1014.pdf.pdf 11 December 2019 May 4, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200504220727/https://www.in.gov/library/files/HPR1014.pdf.pdf dead This is a feat that the Democratic Party would not replicate until 2003. Indianapolis mayoral election, 1959David J. Bodenhamer Robert G. Barrows The Encyclopedia of Indianapolis Indiana University Press 1994 0-253-31222-1 1356 and 1357 https://books.google.com/books?id=bg13QcMSsq8C Democratic Party (United States) Charles H. Boswell (incumbent) 70,031 57.4 Republican Party (United States) William T. Sharp 51,994 42.6 122,025 41.1 18,037 14.7 Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) References 1955 Indianapolis mayoral election1959 1963 collapsed 1959 Category:1959 United States mayoral elections Category:1959 Indiana elections