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 between 1914 and 1955. Curley ran for mayor in every election for which he ...

, who had previously served as

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(1914–1918), was elected for the second time, defeating three other candidates. In 1918, the Massachusetts state legislature 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, 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, former commissioner of the Boston Fire Department * Charles S. O'Connor, member of the

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Withdrew * Joseph C. Pelletier,

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