1868 Boston mayoral election

Election in Massachusetts, United States January 2025 September 2023 1868 Boston mayoral election Presidential no 1867 Boston mayoral election 1867 December 14, 1868A 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 https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=n_BMAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA54 7 April 2023 en 1869 Boston mayoral election 1869 Mayor NB Shurtleff (2).png Nathaniel B. Shurtleff Democratic Party (United States) 11,005 54.14% Moses Kimball (1).png Moses Kimball Republican Party (United States) 9,156 45.05% Mayor Nathaniel B. Shurtleff Democratic Party (United States) Nathaniel B. Shurtleff Democratic Party (United States) Boston The Boston mayoral election of 1868 saw the reelection of Nathaniel B. Shurtleff. Nominations Democrats renominated incumbent mayor Nathaniel B. Shurtleff for a second term. Republicans nominated Moses Kimball, a state representative who had received support from the city's prohibitionists.The Tribune https://www.newspapers.com/image/465953369 Newspapers.com Chicago Tribune 13 March 2024 en December 19, 1868 Results Nathaniel B. Shurtleff defeated his Republican opponent by a sizable margin. This came despite Republican presidential nominee Ulysses S. Grant having carried the city's electorate by a margin of 8,000 votes six weeks prior. Republicans won two-thirds of seats on the Board of Alderman in the coinciding Boston City Council election. The Chicago Tribune faulted Kimball's stance in support of prohibition, as aldermanic candidates avoided the question of liquor during their campaigns. A news dispatch that was sent out following the election alternatively faulted opposition from American Civil War veterans over Kimball's previous opposition to a bill in the state legislature regarding soldiers' bounties. 1868 Boston mayoral election Democratic Party (United States) Nathaniel B. Shurtleff (incumbent) 11,005 54.14 Republican Party (United States) Moses Kimball 9,156 45.05 Workingman Isaac W. May 143 0.70 Others Scattering 22 0.11 20,326 100 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 1868 in the United States