1894 Boston mayoral election

1894 Boston mayoral election

← 1893 December 11, 1894 1895 →
 
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 1894 Boston mayoral election occurred on Tuesday, December 11, 1894. Republican nominee Edwin Upton Curtis defeated Democratic nominee 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]

  1. ^ "CURTIS ELECTED". The Boston Globe. December 12, 1894. p. 1. Retrieved March 24, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.
  2. ^ "CHARTER AMENDED". The Boston Globe. June 2, 1895. p. 1. Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.
  3. ^ "Boston's New Mayor". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. January 8, 1895. p. 2. Retrieved March 24, 2018 – via newspapers.com.