The Boston mayoral election of 1921 occurred on Tuesday, December 13, 1921.

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 ...

, who had previously served as

Mayor of Boston 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- ...

(1914–1918), was elected for the second time, defeating three other candidates. In 1918, the

Massachusetts state legislature The Massachusetts General Court (formally styled the General Court of Massachusetts) is the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The name "General Court" is a hold-over from the earliest days of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, ...

had passed legislation making the Mayor of Boston ineligible to serve consecutive terms. Thus, incumbent Andrew James Peters was unable to run for re-election. Due to the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, this was the first Boston municipal election that women could vote in. Curley was inaugurated on Monday, February 6, 1922.

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Charles S. Baxter Charles Sidney Baxter (August 27, 1866 – January 18, 1927) was an American politician who served as mayor of Medford, Massachusetts. Early life Baxter was born on August 27, 1866, in Boston. He graduated from The English High School in 1883 an ...

, former Mayor of Medford from 1901 to 1904 *

, former member of the

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from 1913 to 1914, Mayor of Boston from 1914 to 1918 *

John R. Murphy John Robert Murphy (August 25, 1856 – December 28, 1932) was a Massachusetts politician and attorney who served as the Commissioner of the Boston Fire Department, Chairman of the Boston Finance Commission and in both branches of the Massachu ...

, former Commissioner of the Boston Fire Department * Charles S. O'Connor, member of the Boston School Committee ;Withdrew *

Joseph C. Pelletier Joseph C. Pelletier (April 25, 1872 – March 25, 1924) was district attorney of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, and the Supreme Advocate of the Knights of Columbus. He was removed as district attorney and disbarred for blackmail and extortion. E ...

, District Attorney of

Suffolk County, Massachusetts Suffolk County is located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 797,936, making it the fourth-most populous county in Massachusetts. The county comprises the cities of Boston, Chel ...

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