1897 Boston mayoral election
Candidate
Josiah Quincy
Edwin Upton Curtis
Party
Democratic
Republican
Popular vote
39,984
35,947
Percentage
50.1%
45.1%
The Boston mayoral election of 1897 occurred on Tuesday, December 21, 1897. In a rematch of the previous election, Democratic candidate and incumbent Mayor of Boston Josiah Quincy defeated Republican candidate and former mayor Edwin Upton Curtis , and two other contenders, to win re-election to a second term.[1]
Inaugural exercises were held on Monday, January 3, 1898.[2]
Candidates [ ]
Edwin Upton Curtis (Republican), former Mayor of Boston (1895), and City Clerk of Boston (1889–1890)
David Goldstein (Socialist Labor )[3]
Josiah Quincy (Democrat), Mayor of Boston since 1896, former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1887–1888, 1890–1891), and United States Assistant Secretary of State (1893)
Thomas Riley (Bryan Democrat), attorney—the Bryan Democrats had split away from Democrats in Boston who had "repudiated the Chicago platform"[4] (a reference to the 1896 Democratic National Convention and presidential nominee William Jennings Bryan )
Results [ ]
Candidates
General Election [5] [6]
Votes
%
D
Josiah Quincy (incumbent)
39,984
50.1%
R
Edwin Upton Curtis
35,947
45.1%
BD
Thomas Riley
3,000
3.8%
SLP
David Goldstein
825
1.0%
all others
7
0.0%
See also [ ]
List of mayors of Boston, Massachusetts
References [ ]
^ "THANKS ALL" . The Boston Globe . December 22, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.
^ "MAYOR QUINCY'S SECOND INAUGURAL" . The Boston Globe . January 4, 1898. p. 6. Retrieved March 22, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.
^ "IN THE FRAY" . The Boston Globe . November 12, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved March 22, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.
^ "RILEY NAMED" . The Boston Globe . November 13, 1897. p. 1. Retrieved March 22, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.
^ "Boston Mayor Race - Dec 21, 1897" . ourcampaigns.com . Retrieved March 22, 2018 .
^ "Annual Report of the Board of Election Commissioners" . City of Boston. 1897. p. 47. Retrieved March 22, 2018 – via archive.org. mayoral election results not found
Further reading [ ]
"Boston City Election" . The New York Times . December 22, 1897. p. 2. Retrieved March 22, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
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