1901 Boston mayoral election

The Boston mayoral election of 1901 occurred on Tuesday, December 10, 1901. Democratic candidate Patrick Collins defeated Republican candidate and incumbent Mayor of Boston Thomas N. Hart, and two other contenders.

Boston mayoral election, 1901

December 10, 1901


Candidate	Patrick Collins	Thomas N. Hart
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	52,035	33,196
Percentage	60.1%	38.3%

Mayor before election

Thomas N. Hart
Republican

Elected Mayor

Patrick Collins
Democratic

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Collins was inaugurated on Monday, January 6, 1902.[1]

Candidates

Patrick Collins (Democrat), former member of the United States House of Representatives (1883–1889), Massachusetts Senate (1870–1871), and Massachusetts House of Representatives (1868–1869)
Thomas N. Hart (Republican), Mayor of Boston since 1900, former Mayor of Boston (1889–1890), Postmaster of Boston (1891–1895), member of the Boston Board of Aldermen (1882–1886), and member of the Boston Common Council (1879–1881)
Herman W. A. Raasch (Socialist Labor)[2]
John Weaver Sherman (Socialist)[3]

Results

Candidates		General Election[4]
Candidates		Votes	%
D	Patrick Collins	52,035	60.1%
R	Thomas N. Hart (incumbent)	33,196	38.3%
S	John Weaver Sherman	957	1.1%
SLP	Herman W. A. Raasch	426	0.5%
all others		1	0.0%

References

"Collins Becomes Mayor Today". The Boston Post. January 6, 1902. p. 1. Retrieved March 18, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
"To Run Independent". The Boston Post. November 24, 1901. p. 4. Retrieved March 18, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
"Sherman Accepts". The Boston Post. December 6, 1901. p. 4. Retrieved March 18, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
"Annual Report of the Board of Election Commissioners". City of Boston. 1901. p. 62. Retrieved March 18, 2018 – via archive.org.

External links

Boston Mayor Race - Dec 10, 1901 at ourcampaigns.com

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1901 Boston mayoral election

Candidates

Results

See also

References

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