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1895 Boston mayoral election
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]
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]
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)
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
^ "QUINCY'S PLURALITY 4441" The Boston Globe . Retrieved March 22, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.[permanent dead link ] ^ "CHARTER AMENDED" The Boston Globe . Retrieved March 13, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.^ "MAYOR QUINCY'S INAUGURAL" The Boston Globe . Retrieved March 22, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.[permanent dead link ] ^ "THE THIRD MAYOR JOSIAH QUINCY" The Boston Globe . Retrieved March 22, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.[permanent dead link ] ^ "NAMED FOR MAYOR" The Boston Globe . Retrieved March 22, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.^ "PARSONS ACCEPTS" The Boston Globe . Retrieved March 22, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.^ "Josiah Quincy Elected" . Hartford Courant . Retrieved March 22, 2018 – via newspapers.com.^ a b "Annual Report of the Board of Election Commissioners" . City of Boston. 1895. p. 57. Retrieved March 22, 2018 – via archive.org.
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