The

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 of 1897 occurred on Tuesday, December 21, 1897. In a rematch of the previous election, Democratic candidate and incumbent

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Josiah Quincy defeated

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candidate and former mayor

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, and two other contenders, to win re-election to a second term. Inaugural exercises were held on Monday, January 3, 1898.

Candidates

(Republican), former Mayor of Boston (1895), and City Clerk of Boston (1889–1890) * David Goldstein (

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) * Josiah Quincy (Democrat), Mayor of Boston since 1896, former member of the

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(1887–1888, 1890–1891), and

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(1893) * Thomas Riley (Bryan Democrat), attorney—the Bryan Democrats had split away from Democrats in Boston who had "repudiated the Chicago platform" (a reference to the

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and presidential nominee

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)

Results

References

External links

Boston Mayor Race - Dec 21, 1897
at ourcampaigns.com

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