1895 Boston mayoral election

Election in Massachusetts, United States January 2025 September 2023 1895 Boston mayoral election Boston Presidential no 1894 Boston mayoral election 1894 December 10, 1895 1897 Boston mayoral election 1897 Josiah Quincy 5210004 015 032 (3x4d).jpg Josiah Quincy Democratic Party (United States) 40,270 52.5% Mayor Edwin Upton Curtis Republican Party (United States) Josiah Quincy Democratic Party (United States) Edwin Upton Curtis (1861–1922) (2).png Edwin Upton Curtis Republican Party (United States) 35,864 46.7% Boston The Boston mayoral election of 1895 occurred on Tuesday, December 10, 1895. Democratic nominee Josiah Quincy defeated Republican incumbent mayor Edwin Upton Curtis and one other contender to win election to his first term.https://secure.pqarchiver.com/boston-sub/doc/498308059.html QUINCY'S PLURALITY 4441 The Boston Globe 1 December 11, 1895 March 22, 2018 limited pqarchiver.com August 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Due to a change of the city charter in June 1895,https://www.proquest.com/docview/498175747 CHARTER AMENDED The Boston Globe 1 June 2, 1895 March 13, 2018 limited pqarchiver.com this was the first Boston mayoral election for a two-year term; prior mayoral elections had been held annually. Quincy was inaugurated on Monday, January 6, 1896.https://secure.pqarchiver.com/boston-sub/doc/498338213.html MAYOR QUINCY'S INAUGURAL The Boston Globe 6 January 7, 1896 March 22, 2018 limited pqarchiver.com August 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes His grandfather Josiah Quincy IV (known as Josiah Quincy Jr.) and great-grandfather Josiah Quincy III also had served as Mayors of Boston.https://secure.pqarchiver.com/boston-sub/doc/498331378.html THE THIRD MAYOR JOSIAH QUINCY The Boston Globe 12 December 11, 1895 March 22, 2018 limited pqarchiver.com August 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes Candidates Edwin Upton Curtis (Republican), incumbent Mayor of Boston, former City Clerk of Boston (1889–1890) Frank Parsons (Municipal Reform), "lecturer on insurance at Boston University"https://www.proquest.com/docview/498288084 NAMED FOR MAYOR The Boston Globe 6 November 16, 1895 March 22, 2018 limited pqarchiver.com —referred to as the candidate for the "municipal reform party",https://www.proquest.com/docview/498278556 PARSONS ACCEPTS The Boston Globe 6 November 30, 1895 March 22, 2018 limited pqarchiver.com "a fusion of prohibitionists, labor, populists, and socialists"https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18519043/josiah_quincy_elected/ Josiah Quincy Elected Hartford Courant 1 December 11, 1895 March 22, 2018 newspapers.com Parsons was a Populist. Josiah Quincy (Democrat), former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1887–1888, 1890–1891), and United States Assistant Secretary of State (1893) Results CandidatesGeneral Electionhttps://archive.org/stream/annualreportofbo1895bo#page/56/mode/2up Annual Report of the Board of Election Commissioners 1895 57 City of Boston March 22, 2018 archive.orgVotes% D Josiah Quincy 40,270 40270 76721 1 yes R Edwin Upton Curtis (incumbent) 35,864 35864 76721 1 yes MR Frank Parsons 585 585 76721 1 yes all others 2 2 76721 1 yes Results by ward WardQuincyCurtisParsonsVotes%Votes%Votes%1 1,63642.492,20257.19120.3121,99671.4179328.3760.2131,72066.9583632.54130.5141,17251.491,08147.50231.0151,50463.2586136.21130.5561,41077.5640222.1160.33792072.7833526.5090.7181,46476.6942122.05241.26967037.411,10661.75150.841035930.4880768.51121.02111,10228.822,68370.16391.02121,08371.2042527.94130.85132,28583.4644016.07130.47142,73659.921,79739.36330.72152,01166.5598832.69230.76161,35364.3472634.52241.14171,19947.831,28051.06281.121893736.591,60062.48240.94191,83558.251,27740.54381.21202,80656.322,14743.10290.58211,81236.653,11062.90220.44222,21861.201,38838.29190.52232,24342.442,98056.39621.17242,61536.244,52862.75731.01251,18441.591,65157.99120.42 See also List of mayors of Boston, Massachusetts References 30em Further reading https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18519017/democrats_carry_boston/ Democrats Carry Boston The New York Times 1 December 11, 1895 March 22, 2018 newspapers.com 1895 Boston Boston mayoral Category:1890s in Boston Category:December 1895 in North America