The Boston mayoral election of 1925 occurred on Tuesday, November 3, 1925.

Malcolm Nichols Malcolm Edwin Nichols (May 8, 1876 – February 7, 1951) was a journalist and a U.S. political figure. Nichols served as the Mayor of Boston in the late 1920s. He came from a Boston Brahmin family and was the most recent Republican to serve in t ...

, a former member of the

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and

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, defeated nine other candidates to be elected mayor. Many votes were split between three Democratic candidates (Glynn, O'Neil, Coakley), which was a factor in the election of Nichols, a

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. While municipal elections in Boston have been nonpartisan since 1910; as of 2018, Nichols is the most recent Republican to be elected

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. In 1918, the

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had passed legislation making the Mayor of Boston ineligible to serve consecutive terms. Thus, incumbent

James Michael Curley James Michael Curley (November 20, 1874 – November 12, 1958) was an American Democratic politician from Boston, Massachusetts. He served four terms as mayor of Boston. He also served a single term as governor of Massachusetts, characterized ...

was unable to run for re-election. Nichols was inaugurated on Monday, January 4, 1926.

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* Charles L. Burrill, member of the Massachusetts Executive Council since 1923, and former

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(1915–1920) *

Daniel H. Coakley Daniel Henry Coakley (December 10, 1865 – September 18, 1952) was an American Democratic Party (United States), Democratic politician and attorney from Massachusetts. He was a key figure in early 20th century Boston politics, as an ally Distri ...

, disbarred attorney *

Alonzo B. Cook Alonzo B. Cook (July 31, 1866 – December 22, 1956) was an American politician who served as Massachusetts Auditor from 1915 to 1931 and was a candidate for Mayor of Boston in 1925 and in 1937; and United States Senator in 1936. As of 2020, he ...

, Massachusetts State Auditor since 1915 * W. T. A. Fitzgerald, Register of Deeds, and former member of the Massachusetts Senate (1901–1903) * Theodore A. Glynn, Commissioner of the

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* John A. Keliher, Sheriff of Suffolk County since 1917, and former member of the

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(1903–11) and Massachusetts Senate (1899–1900) * Walter G. McGauley, dentist *

, former member of the Massachusetts House (1907–09) and Massachusetts Senate (1914, 1917–19) *

Thomas C. O'Brien Thomas Charles O'Brien (June 19, 1887 – November 22, 1951) was an American attorney and politician who served as District Attorney of Suffolk County, Massachusetts and was the United States vice-presidential nominee for the Union Party in th ...

, District Attorney of Suffolk County since 1922 *

Joseph H. O'Neil Joseph Henry O'Neil (March 23, 1853 – February 19, 1935) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Born in Fall River, Massachusetts, O'Neil moved with his parents to Boston in 1854. He attended the common schools. He graduated fr ...

, former member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1889–1895) and Massachusetts House (1878–1882, 1884)

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