The 1868
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
mayoral election was held on December 8, 1868
and saw
Frederic W. Lincoln Jr.
Frederic Walker Lincoln Jr. (February 27, 1817 – September 12, 1898) was an American manufacturer and politician, serving as the sixteenth and eighteenth mayor of Boston, Massachusetts from 1858 to 1860 and 1863–1867, respectively.
Fre ...
be returned to the mayoralty for a fourth non-consecutive term, unseating incumbent mayor
Joseph Wightman
Joseph Milner Wightman (October 19, 1812 – January 25, 1885) was an American politician who, from 1861 to 1863, served as the seventeenth Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts.
Early years
Wightman was born the son of an immigrant tailor at Elli ...
.
Lincoln was nominated on the
Republican and Citizens'
ticket
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, while Wightman was nominated on the
Democratic and People's ticket.
Results
See also
*
List of mayors of Boston, Massachusetts
The mayor of Boston is the head of the municipal government in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston has a mayor–council government. Boston's mayoral elections are nonpartisan (as are all municipal elections in Boston), and elect a mayor to a four-y ...
References
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Mayoral elections in Boston
Boston
Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
Boston mayoral
19th century in Boston