The Political Graveyard: Mayors of Boston (including Roxbury, Charlestown), Massachusetts

Mayors of Boston (including Roxbury, Charlestown), Massachusetts

Mayors of Boston, 1822-2007 (may be incomplete!)
John Phillips 1822-23 Josiah Quincy 1823-28 Harrison Gray Otis 1829-31 Charles Wells 1832-33 Theodore Lyman, Jr. 1834-35 Samuel T. Armstrong 1836 Samuel Atkins Eliot 1837-39 Jonathan Chapman 1840-42 Martin Brimmer 1843-44 Thomas Davis 1845 Josiah Quincy, Jr. 1846-48 John Prescott Bigelow 1849-51 Benjamin Seaver 1852-53 Jerome Smith 1854-55 Alexander H. Rice 1856-57 Frederick Lincoln, Jr. 1857-59 Joseph Wightman 1861-62 Otis Norcross 1867 Nathaniel B. Shurtleff 1868-70 William Gaston 1871-72 Henry L. Pierce 1873 Leonard Cutter 1873-74 Samuel Cobb 1874-76 Frederick O. Prince 1877 Henry L. Pierce 1878 Frederick O. Prince 1879-81 Samuel Green 1882 Albert Palmer 1883 Augustus Martin 1884 Hugh O'Brien 1885-88 Thomas N. Hart 1889-90 Nathan Matthews 1891-94 Edwin Curtis 1895 Josiah Quincy 1895-99 Thomas N. Hart 1900-02 Patrick A. Collins 1902-05 Daniel A. Whelton 1905 John F. Fitzgerald 1906-07 George A. Hibbard 1908-10 John F. Fitzgerald 1910-13 James M. Curley 1914-17 Andrew J. Peters 1918-22 James M. Curley 1922-25 Malcolm E. Nichols 1926-29 James M. Curley 1930-33 Frederick W. Mansfield 1934-37 Maurice J. Tobin 1938-44 John E. Kerrigan 1945-46 James M. Curley 1946-49 John B. Hynes 1950-60 John F. Collins 1960-68 Kevin H. White 1968-83 Raymond L. Flynn 1984-91 Thomas M. Menino 2007

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1849: Joseph Hall, defeated.

1897: Josiah Quincy (Dem), elected.

1901 Dec 10: Patrick A. Collins (Dem), elected; Thomas N. Hart (Rep), defeated; J. Weaver Sherman (Democratic Socialist), defeated; Herman W. A. Raasch (Socialist Labor), defeated.

1903 Nov 19: Patrick A. Collins (Dem), nominated; Frederick A. Gore (Dem), defeated in primary.

1903 Nov 19: George N. Swallow (Rep), nominated; Michael J. Murray (Rep), defeated in primary; E. Peabody Gerry (Rep), defeated in primary.

1903 Nov 19: George W. Galvin (Socialist), nominated unopposed.

1903 Dec 15: Patrick A. Collins (Dem), elected; George N. Swallow (Rep), defeated; George W. Galvin (Socialist), defeated; William H. Carroll (Socialist Labor), defeated.

1905 Nov 16: John F. Fitzgerald (Dem), nominated; Edward J. Donovan (Dem), defeated in primary.

1905 Nov 16: Louis A. Frothingham (Rep), nominated; Henry S. Dewey (Rep), defeated in primary; Edward B. Callender (Rep), defeated in primary.

1905 Dec 12: John F. Fitzgerald (Dem), elected; Louis A. Frothingham (Rep & Citizens), defeated; Henry S. Dewey (People's), defeated; George G. Hall (Socialist), defeated; James A. Watson (Municipal Ownership & Citizens), defeated.

1907 Nov 14: John F. Fitzgerald (Dem), nominated; John A. Coulthurst (Dem), defeated in primary.

1907 Nov 14: George A. Hibbard (Rep), nominated; William E. Hannan (Rep), defeated in primary; Frederic W. Bliss (Rep), defeated in primary.

1907 Nov 14: John A. Coulthurst (Independence League), nominated unopposed.

1907 Dec 10: George A. Hibbard (Rep), elected; John F. Fitzgerald (Dem), defeated; John A. Coulthurst (Independence League), defeated.

1914 Jan 13: James M. Curley, elected; Thomas J. Kenny, defeated.

1917 Dec 18: Andrew J. Peters, elected; James M. Curley, defeated; James A. Gallivan, defeated; Peter F. Tague, defeated.

1921 Dec 13: James M. Curley, elected; John R. Murphy, defeated; Charles S. O'Connor, defeated; Charles S. Baxter, defeated.

1925 Nov 3: Malcolm E. Nichols, elected; Theodore A. Glynn, defeated; Joseph H. O'Neil, defeated; Daniel H. Coakley, defeated; Thomas C. O'Brien, defeated; John A. Keliher, defeated; W. T. A. Fitzgerald, defeated; Alonzo B. Cook, defeated; Walter G. McGauley, defeated; Charles L. Burrill, defeated.

1929 Nov 5: James M. Curley, elected; Frederick W. Mansfield, defeated; Daniel H. Coakley, defeated.

1933 Nov 7: Frederick W. Mansfield, elected; Malcolm E. Nichols, defeated; William J. Foley, defeated; Henry Parkman, Jr., defeated; Joseph F. O'Connell (Dem), defeated; Michael H. Sullivan, defeated.

1937 Nov 2: Maurice J. Tobin, elected; James M. Curley, defeated; Malcolm E. Nichols, defeated; William J. Foley, defeated; Alfred Santosuosso, defeated; Carleton L. Brett, defeated.

1941 Nov 4: Maurice J. Tobin, elected; James M. Curley, defeated; Joseph Lee, defeated; Malcolm E. Nichols, defeated.

1945 Nov 6: James M. Curley, elected; John E. Kerrigan, defeated; William Arthur Reilly, defeated; John J. Sawtelle, defeated; Joseph Lee, defeated; Michael Paul Feeney, defeated.

1949 Nov 8: John B. Hynes, elected; James M. Curley, defeated; Patrick J. McDonough, defeated; George F. Oakes, defeated; Walter A. O'Brien, Jr., defeated.

1951 Sep 25: John B. Hynes, nominated; James M. Curley, nominated; Joseph F. Timilty, defeated in primary; Thomas J. O'Brien, defeated in primary.

1951 Nov 6: John B. Hynes, elected; James M. Curley, defeated.

1955 Sep 27: John B. Hynes, nominated; John E. Powers, nominated; James M. Curley, defeated in primary; Chester A. Dolan, Jr., defeated in primary.

1955 Nov 8: John B. Hynes, elected; John E. Powers, defeated.

1959 Sep 22: John E. Powers, nominated; John F. Collins, nominated; Gabriel Francis Piemonte, defeated in primary; James W. Hennigan, Jr., defeated in primary; John P. McMorrow, defeated in primary.

1959 Nov 3: John F. Collins, elected; John E. Powers, defeated.

1963 Sep 24: John F. Collins, nominated; Gabriel Francis Piemonte, nominated; Patrick F. McDonough, defeated in primary; Julius Ansel, defeated in primary; William P. Foley, defeated in primary.

1963 Nov 5: John F. Collins, elected; Gabriel Francis Piemonte, defeated.

1967 Sep 26: Louise Day Hicks, nominated; Kevin H. White, nominated; John W. Sears, defeated in primary; Edward J. Logue, defeated in primary; Christopher A. Iannella, defeated in primary; Stephen C. Davenport, defeated in primary; Nicholas Abraham, defeated in primary; Albert L. O'Neil, defeated in primary; Peter F. Hines, defeated in primary; John J. McDonough, defeated in primary.

1967 Nov 7: Kevin H. White, elected; Louise Day Hicks, defeated.

1971 Sep 14: Kevin H. White, nominated; Louise Day Hicks, nominated; Joseph F. Timilty, defeated in primary; Thomas I. Atkins, defeated in primary; John L. Saltonstall, Jr., defeated in primary; John E. Powers, Jr., defeated in primary.

1971 Nov 2: Kevin H. White, elected; Louise Day Hicks, defeated.

1975 Sep 23: Kevin H. White, nominated; Joseph F. Timilty, nominated; Norman Oliver, defeated in primary; Robert A. Gibbons, defeated in primary.

1975 Nov 4: Kevin H. White, elected; Joseph F. Timilty, defeated.

1979 Sep 25: Kevin H. White, nominated; Joseph F. Timilty, nominated; Melvin H. King, defeated in primary; David I. Finnegan, defeated in primary; Laurence R. Sherman, defeated in primary; Luis F. Castro, defeated in primary.

1979 Nov 6: Kevin H. White, elected; Joseph F. Timilty, defeated.

1983 Oct 11: Raymond L. Flynn, nominated; Melvin H. King, nominated; David I. Finnegan, defeated in primary; Lawrence S. DiCara, defeated in primary; Dennis J. Kearney, defeated in primary; Frederick C. Langone, defeated in primary; Robert R. Kiley, defeated in primary; Michael Gelber, defeated in primary; Eloise Linger, defeated in primary.

1983 Nov 15: Raymond L. Flynn, elected; Melvin H. King, defeated.

1987 Sep 22: Raymond L. Flynn, nominated; Joseph M. Tierney, nominated; Joel San Juan, defeated in primary; Richard A. Black, defeated in primary.

1987 Nov 3: Raymond L. Flynn, elected; Joseph M. Tierney, defeated.

Roxbury
(annexed to Boston 1867)

Mayors of Roxbury, 1847-54 (may be incomplete!)
Henry A. S. Dearborn 1847-51 Linus B. Comins 1854

Charlestown
(annexed to Boston 1874)

Mayors of Charlestown (may be incomplete!)

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