The Boston mayoral election of 1895Democratic nominee Josiah Quincy defeated Republican incumbent mayor Edwin Upton Curtis and one other contender to win election to his first term.[1]
1895 Boston mayoral election
Due to a change of the city charter in June 1895,[2]
Quincy was inaugurated on Monday, January 6, 1896.[3] Josiah Quincy Jr. ) and great-grandfather Josiah Quincy III also had served as Mayors of Boston.[4]
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 "[5] [6] prohibitionists , labor, populists , and socialists"[7] Josiah Quincy (Democrat), former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1887–1888, 1890–1891), and United States Assistant Secretary of State (1893)Results Results by ward Ward[8] Quincy Curtis Parsons Votes % Votes % Votes % 1 1,636 42.49 2,202 57.19 12 0.31 2 1,996 71.41 793 28.37 6 0.21 3 1,720 66.95 836 32.54 13 0.51 4 1,172 51.49 1,081 47.50 23 1.01 5 1,504 63.25 861 36.21 13 0.55 6 1,410 77.56 402 22.11 6 0.33 7 920 72.78 335 26.50 9 0.71 8 1,464 76.69 421 22.05 24 1.26 9 670 37.41 1,106 61.75 15 0.84 10 359 30.48 807 68.51 12 1.02 11 1,102 28.82 2,683 70.16 39 1.02 12 1,083 71.20 425 27.94 13 0.85 13 2,285 83.46 440 16.07 13 0.47 14 2,736 59.92 1,797 39.36 33 0.72 15 2,011 66.55 988 32.69 23 0.76 16 1,353 64.34 726 34.52 24 1.14 17 1,199 47.83 1,280 51.06 28 1.12 18 937 36.59 1,600 62.48 24 0.94 19 1,835 58.25 1,277 40.54 38 1.21 20 2,806 56.32 2,147 43.10 29 0.58 21 1,812 36.65 3,110 62.90 22 0.44 22 2,218 61.20 1,388 38.29 19 0.52 23 2,243 42.44 2,980 56.39 62 1.17 24 2,615 36.24 4,528 62.75 73 1.01 25 1,184 41.59 1,651 57.99 12 0.42
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