1959 Boston mayoral election

Election in Massachusetts, United States January 2025 September 2023 1959 Boston mayoral election Boston Presidential no 1955 Boston mayoral election 1955 November 3, 1959 1963 Boston mayoral election 1963 John F. Collins (13563351044) a.jpg John F. Collins Nonpartisan candidate 114,210 55.89% Mayor John B. Hynes John F. Collins John E. Powers official portrait photograph, circa 1959 (3x4).jpeg John E. Powers Nonpartisan candidate 90,142 44.11% Boston mayor election, 1959.svg 260px Results by wardCollins: #86b6f2 50–60% #4389e3 60–70%Powers: #73d873 50–60% #42ca42 60–70% #30a630 70–80% Boston The Boston mayoral election of 1959 occurred on Tuesday, November 3, 1959, between former Boston City Council member John Frederick Collins and President of the Massachusetts Senate John E. Powers. Collins was elected to his first term, and was inaugurated on Monday, January 4, 1960.https://www.proquest.com/docview/504751029 Collins Will Take Oath Today The Boston Globe 1 January 4, 1960 March 17, 2018 limited pqarchiver.com The nonpartisan municipal preliminary election was held on Tuesday, September 22, 1959. Collins' victory was considered the biggest upset victory in city politics in decades.Lupo Alan The Collins legacy: A changed Boston The Boston Globe 3 December 1995 12 Boston University political scientist Murray Levin wrote a book on the race, titled The Alienated Voter: Politics in Boston, which attributed Collins' victory to the voters' cynicism and resentment of the city's political elite.Tinder Glenn Reviews The Review of Politics January 1961 23 1 100 10.1017/s0034670500007774 163621125 Collins had been widely viewed as the underdog in the raceO'Connor, T.H. (1997). Boston Irish: A Political History. New York: Back Bay Books. and Powers had been regarded as the front-runner, making Collins' victory a political surprise.Girard Christopher Mary P. Cunniff Collins, 90, provided support to husband as Boston mayor https://archive.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2010/11/07/mary_p_cunniff_collins_90_provided_support_to_husband_as_boston_mayor/ Boston.com The Boston Globe 30 October 2022 7 November 2010 Collins had run on the slogan "stop power politics", and was widely seen as independent of any political machine.Nolan Martin Ex-Mayor Collins dead at 76 Fought to restore city's pride, image The Boston Globe 24 November 1995 1 Candidates John F. Collins, member of the Boston City Council from 1956 to 1957, member of the Massachusetts Senate from 1951 to 1955 John E. Powers, member of the Massachusetts Senate since 1940, Massachusetts senate president since 1959 Candidates eliminated in preliminary James W. Hennigan Jr., member of the Massachusetts Senate since 1955 and the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1953 to 1955 John P. McMorrow, member of the Boston School Committee Gabriel F. Piemonte, member of the Boston City Council since 1952 to 1959 Results CandidatesPreliminary ElectionAnnual Report of the Election Department 1960 46 Boston [Election Dept.] https://archive.org/stream/annualreportofbo1959bost#page/46/mode/2upGeneral ElectionAnnual Report of the Election Department 1960 110 Boston [Election Dept.] https://archive.org/stream/annualreportofbo1959bost#page/110/mode/2upVotes%Votes% John F. Collins 28,489 21.87 114,210 55.89 John E. Powers 44,079 33.84 90,142 44.11 Gabriel F. Piemonte 25,850 19.85 James W. Hennigan, Jr. 19,742 15.16 John P. McMorrow 12,100 9.29 See also List of mayors of Boston, Massachusetts References Further reading https://www.proquest.com/docview/405179070 Power couplings and mayoral elections The Boston Globe A.15 Nolan Martin F. October 16, 2009 March 9, 2018 limited pqarchiver.com John B. Hynes, after serving as mayor 10 years, longer than anyone in the city's history, said he would not run again; the battle to become Boston's 44th mayor began. External links Boston Mayor Race - Nov 03, 1959 at ourcampaigns.com collapsed Boston mayoral Boston Category:Mayoral elections in Boston Boston mayor 1959 Category:1950s in Boston Category:November 1959 in the United States