1848 Boston mayoral election

Election in Massachusetts, United States January 2025 September 2023 1848 Boston mayoral election Presidential no 1847 Boston mayoral election 1847 December 11, 1848 1849 Boston mayoral election 1849 John P. Bigelow 5210004 015 012 (3x4).jpg John P. Bigelow Whig Party (United States) 5,150 66.03% 3x4.svg John W. James Democratic Party (United States) 1,143 14.65% 3x4.svg Bradford Sumner Free Soil Party 929 11.91% Jerome V. C. Smith by E. Billings 5210004 015 014 (3x4a).jpg Jerome V. C. Smith Know Nothing 417 5.35% Mayor Josiah Quincy Jr. Whig Party (United States) John P. Bigelow Whig Party (United States) Boston The 1848 Boston mayoral election saw the election of Whig Party nominee John P. Bigelow. It was held on December 11, 1848. Incumbent Whig mayor Josiah Quincy Jr. was not a nominee for reelection. Candidates John P. Bigelow (Whig Party)Multiple sources: Boston Municipal Election https://www.newspapers.com/image/404553753 subscription Newspapers.com Middlebury Register 17 April 2023 en December 19, 1849 City Election https://www.newspapers.com/image/34606695 subscription Newspapers.com The Liberator 17 April 2023 en December 15, 1848 Boston https://www.newspapers.com/image/835407149 subscription Newspapers.com Greenfield Democrat en December 19, 1848 former Massachusetts secretary of the Commonwealth Edward Brooks (independent candidate) John W. James (Democratic Party/Locofoco), candidate for mayor in 1835 and 1836 Jerome V. C. Smith ("Native American Party" –Know Nothing) Bradford Sumner (Free Soil Party), candidate for mayor in 1839 and 1842 and candidate for U.S. House of Representatives in 1838 and 1839 Results 1848 Boston mayoral electionA 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 51 https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=n_BMAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA51 7 April 2023 enVotes for Mayor of Boston, from 1841 to 1849 https://www.newspapers.com/image/734737746 subscription Newspapers.com Boston Evening Transcript 17 April 2023 en November 23, 1849 Whig Party (United States) John P. Bigelow 5,150 66.03 Democratic Party (United States) John W. James 1,143 14.65 Free Soil Party Bradford Sumner 929 11.91 Know Nothing Jerome V. C. Smith 417 5.35 Independent politician Edward Brooks 132 1.69 Scattering Other 29 0.60 7,800 100 See also List of mayors of Boston, Massachusetts References 30em Category:Mayoral elections in Boston Boston Boston mayoral Category:19th century in Boston Boston mayoral election