1866 Boston mayoral election

Election in Massachusetts, United States January 2025 March 2024 1866 Boston mayoral election Presidential no 1865 Boston mayoral election 1865 December 10, 1866 1867 Boston mayoral election 1867 Otis Norcross 5210004 015 018 (1).jpg Otis Norcross Republican Party (United States) 5,662 54.18% Mayor NB Shurtleff (2).png Nathaniel B. Shurtleff Democratic Party (United States) 4,755 45.50% Mayor Frederic W. Lincoln Jr. Republican Party (United States) Otis Norcross Republican Party (United States) Boston The Boston mayoral election of 1866 saw the election of Republican Party nominee Otis Norcross. The election saw a significant role played by the city's African American electorate, who formed an electoral partnership for the elections with the city's Democratic Party. Role of African American voters The election saw a significant role by African American voters, who largely supported the city's Democratic ticket. In the November elections that preceded it, Massachusetts became first state in New England to elect African American state legislators,CIS: Miscellaneous Massachusetts Facts https://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cismaf/mf4.htm#famousfirsts sec.state.ma.us Secretary of State of Massachusetts https://web.archive.org/web/20080710062225/https://www.sec.state.ma.us/cis/cismaf/mf4.htm#famousfirsts July 10, 2008 including representing part of Boston. Boston Democrats and Irish American voters formed a partnership with the city's African American electorate for the December municipal elections, with African American voters voting for Democrats, and Democrats and Irish American Voters backing the candidacy of an African American candidate for the Boston Common Council in the same area of Boston that had elected an African American state legislator the month prior. This candidate came close to joining the Common Council, tying in the December 10 vote for the seat he was seeking. A special election was held later that month to determine the holder of the seat, which he lost.Another Arm-in-Arm Performance –the caucuasion and Negro Democracy Fraternize https://www.newspapers.com/image/146201459 Newspapers.com The Weekly Republican Plymouth, Indiana 6 March 2024 en December 27, 1866 Result After what was described to be a quiet election, Republican nominee Otis Norcross won by a sizable margin. The Republican ticket was also successful in winning all seats in the coinciding election to the Boston Board of Aldermen.Massachusetts Municipal Elections https://www.newspapers.com/image/843812576 Newspapers.com New York Daily Herald 6 March 2024 en December 11, 1866 1866 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 53 https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=n_BMAAAAMAAJ&pg=GBS.PA53 7 April 2023 en Republican Party (United States) Otis Norcross 5,662 54.18 Democratic Party (United States) Nathaniel B. Shurtleff 4,755 45.50 Others Scattering 33 0.32 10,450 100 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 1866 in the United States