Republican win
1894 Boston mayoral election
Candidate
Edwin Upton Curtis
Francis Peabody Jr.
Party
Republican
Democratic
Popular vote
34,982
32,425
Percentage
51.0%
47.3%
Mayor before election
Nathan Matthews Jr.
Democratic
Elected Mayor
Edwin Upton Curtis
Republican
The Boston mayoral election of 1894 occurred on Tuesday, December 11, 1894. Republican candidate Edwin Upton Curtis defeated Democratic candidate Francis Peabody Jr. , and two other contenders, to win election as Mayor of Boston .[1]
This was the last Boston mayoral election for a one-year term; the city charter was changed in June 1895,[2] increasing the mayoral term to two years.
Curtis was inaugurated on Monday, January 7, 1895.[3]
Candidates [ ]
Edwin Upton Curtis (Republican), former City Clerk of Boston (1889–1890)
Phinehas P. Field (Populist )[4]
Abijah Hall (Prohibition )[4]
Francis Peabody Jr. (Democrat),[5] attorney[6]
Results [ ]
Candidates
General Election [7]
Votes
%
R
Edwin Upton Curtis
34,982
51.0%
D
Francis Peabody Jr.
32,425
47.3%
P
Phinehas P. Field
868
1.3%
PRO
Abijah Hall
305
0.4%
all others
8
0.0%
See also [ ]
List of mayors of Boston, Massachusetts
References [ ]
^ "CURTIS ELECTED" . The Boston Globe . December 12, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved March 24, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.
^ "CHARTER AMENDED" . The Boston Globe . June 2, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.
^ "Boston's New Mayor" . Hartford Courant . Hartford, Connecticut . January 8, 1895. p. 2. Retrieved March 24, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
^ a b "Boston Mayoralty Nominations" . The New York Times . November 24, 1894. p. 2. Retrieved March 24, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
^ "PEABODY LEADS UNITED PARTY" . The Boston Globe . November 17, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved March 24, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.
^ "Political Notes" . The Salt Lake Herald . Salt Lake City . November 20, 1894. p. 4. Retrieved March 24, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
^ "Boston Mayor Race - Dec 11, 1894" . ourcampaigns.com . Retrieved March 24, 2018 – via archive.org.
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