Mayors of Boston, 1822-2018(may be incomplete!)
JohnPhillips 1822-23JosiahQuincy 1823-29HarrisonGray Otis 1829-32CharlesWells 1832-34TheodoreLyman 1834-36SamuelT. Armstrong 1836-37SamuelA. Eliot 1837-39JonathanChapman 1840-43MartinBrimmer 1843-45WilliamParker 1845ThomasA. Davis 1845BensonLeavitt 1845JosiahQuincy, Jr. 1845-49JohnP. Bigelow 1849-52BenjaminSeaver 1852-54JeromeV. C. Smith 1854-56AlexanderH. Rice 1856-58FredericW. Lincoln, Jr. 1858-61JosephM. Wightman 1861-63FredericW. Lincoln, Jr. 1863-67OtisNorcross 1867-68NathanielB. Shurtleff 1868-71WilliamGaston 1871-73HenryL. Pierce 1873LeonardCutter 1873-74SamuelC. Cobb 1874-77FrederickO. Prince 1877-78HenryL. Pierce 1878-79FrederickO. Prince 1879-82SamuelGreen 1882-83AlbertPalmer 1883-84AugustusMartin 1884-85HughO'Brien 1885-89ThomasN. Hart 1889-90NathanMatthews 1891-95EdwinU. Curtis 1895-96JosiahQuincy 1896-1900ThomasN. Hart 1900-02PatrickA. Collins 1902-05DanielA. Whelton 1905-06JohnF. Fitzgerald 1906-08GeorgeA. Hibbard 1908-10JohnF. Fitzgerald 1910-14JamesM. Curley 1914-18AndrewJ. Peters 1918-22JamesM. Curley 1922-26MalcolmE. Nichols 1926-30JamesM. Curley 1930-34FrederickW. Mansfield 1934-38MauriceJ. Tobin 1938-45JohnE. Kerrigan 1945-46JamesM. Curley 1946-50JohnB. Hynes 1950-60JohnF. Collins 1960-68KevinH. White 1968-84RaymondL. Flynn 1984-93ThomasM. Menino 1993-2014MartyWalsh 2014- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1845 Nov 22:ThomasA. Davis, died in office. 1849:JosephHall, defeated. 1854 Dec 11:JeromeV. C. Smith (Know-Nothing), elected;GeorgeBruce Upton (Whig), defeated;IsaacAdams (Dem), defeated. 1855 Dec 10:AlexanderH. Rice (Citizens), elected;NathanielB. Shurtleff (Know-Nothing), defeated. 1856 Dec 8:AlexanderH. Rice (Citizens), elected;JonathanPreston (Know-Nothing), defeated. 1857 Dec 14:FredericW. Lincoln, Jr., elected;CharlesB. Hall, defeated. 1865:NathanielB. Shurtleff (Dem), defeated. 1866:NathanielB. Shurtleff (Dem), defeated. 1867:NathanielB. Shurtleff (Dem), elected. 1886 Dec 14:HughO'Brien (Dem), elected;ThomasN. Hart (Rep), defeated;GeorgeE. McNeill (Labor), defeated. 1887 Dec 13:HughO'Brien (Dem), elected;NathanielJ. Bradlee (Rep & Citizens), defeated. 1888 Dec 11:ThomasN. Hart (Rep), elected;HughO'Brien (Dem), defeated. 1889 Dec 10:ThomasN. Hart (Rep), elected;OwenA. Galvin (Dem), defeated. 1890 Dec 9:NathanMatthews (Dem), elected;MoodyMerrill (Rep), defeated;SamuelB. Shapleigh (Prohibition), defeated. 1891 Dec 15:NathanMatthews (Dem), elected;HoraceG. Allen (Rep), defeated;SamuelB. Shapleigh (Prohibition), defeated. 1892 Dec 13:NathanMatthews (Dem), elected;HomerRogers (Rep & Citizens), defeated. 1893 Dec 12:NathanMatthews (Dem), elected;ThomasN. Hart (Rep), defeated. 1894 Dec 11:EdwinU. Curtis (Rep), elected;FrancisPeabody (Dem), defeated. 1895 Dec 10:JosiahQuincy (Dem), elected;EdwinU. Curtis (Rep), defeated. 1897 Dec 21:JosiahQuincy (Dem), elected;EdwinU. Curtis (Rep), defeated. 1899 Dec 12:ThomasN. Hart (Rep), elected;PatrickA. Collins (Dem), defeated. 1901 Dec 10:PatrickA. Collins (Dem), elected;ThomasN. Hart (Rep), defeated;J.Weaver Sherman (Democratic Socialist), defeated;HermanW. A. Raasch (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1903 Nov 19:PatrickA. Collins (Dem), nominated;FrederickA. Gore (Dem), defeated in primary. 1903 Nov 19:GeorgeN. Swallow (Rep), nominated;MichaelJ. Murray (Rep), defeated in primary;E.Peabody Gerry (Rep), defeated in primary. 1903 Nov 19:GeorgeW. Galvin (Socialist), nominated unopposed. 1903 Dec 15:PatrickA. Collins (Dem), elected;GeorgeN. Swallow (Rep), defeated;GeorgeW. Galvin (Socialist), defeated;WilliamH. Carroll (Socialist Labor), defeated. 1905 Sep 13:PatrickA. Collins, died in office. 1905 Nov 16:JohnF. Fitzgerald (Dem), nominated;EdwardJ. Donovan (Dem), defeated in primary. 1905 Nov 16:LouisA. Frothingham (Rep), nominated;HenryS. Dewey (Rep), defeated in primary;EdwardB. Callender (Rep), defeated in primary. 1905 Dec 12:JohnF. Fitzgerald (Dem), elected;LouisA. Frothingham (Rep & Citizens), defeated;HenryS. Dewey (Independent Republican), defeated;GeorgeG. Hall (Socialist), defeated;JamesA. Watson (Municipal Ownership & Citizens), defeated. 1907 Nov 14:JohnF. Fitzgerald (Dem), nominated;JohnA. Coulthurst (Dem), defeated in primary. 1907 Nov 14:GeorgeA. Hibbard (Rep), nominated;WilliamE. Hannan (Rep), defeated in primary;FredericW. Bliss (Rep), defeated in primary. 1907 Nov 14:JohnA. Coulthurst (Independence League), nominated unopposed. 1907 Dec 10:GeorgeA. Hibbard (Rep), elected;JohnF. Fitzgerald (Dem), defeated;JohnA. Coulthurst (Independence League), defeated. 1914 Jan 13:JamesM. Curley, elected;ThomasJ. Kenny, defeated. 1917 Dec 18:AndrewJ. Peters, elected;JamesM. Curley, defeated;JamesA. Gallivan, defeated;PeterF. Tague, defeated. 1921 Dec 13:JamesM. Curley, elected;JohnR. Murphy, defeated;CharlesS. O'Connor, defeated;CharlesS. Baxter, defeated. 1925 Nov 3:MalcolmE. Nichols, elected;TheodoreA. Glynn, defeated;JosephH. O'Neil, defeated;DanielH. Coakley, defeated;ThomasC. O'Brien, defeated;JohnA. Keliher, defeated;W.T. A. Fitzgerald, defeated;AlonzoB. Cook, defeated;WalterG. McGauley, defeated;CharlesL. Burrill, defeated. 1929 Nov 5:JamesM. Curley, elected;FrederickW. Mansfield, defeated;DanielH. Coakley, defeated. 1933 Nov 7:FrederickW. Mansfield, elected;MalcolmE. Nichols, defeated;WilliamJ. Foley, defeated;HenryParkman, Jr., defeated;JosephF. O'Connell (Dem), defeated;MichaelH. Sullivan, defeated. 1937 Nov 2:MauriceJ. Tobin, elected;JamesM. Curley, defeated;MalcolmE. Nichols, defeated;WilliamJ. Foley, defeated;AlfredSantosuosso, defeated;CarletonL. Brett, defeated. 1941 Nov 4:MauriceJ. Tobin, elected;JamesM. Curley, defeated;JosephLee, defeated;MalcolmE. Nichols, defeated. 1945 Nov 6:JamesM. Curley, elected;JohnE. Kerrigan, defeated;WilliamArthur Reilly, defeated;JohnJ. Sawtelle, defeated;JosephLee, defeated;MichaelPaul Feeney, defeated. 1949 Nov 8:JohnB. Hynes, elected;JamesM. Curley, defeated;PatrickJ. McDonough, defeated;GeorgeF. Oakes, defeated;WalterA. O'Brien, Jr., defeated. 1951 Sep 25:JohnB. Hynes, nominated;JamesM. Curley, nominated;JosephF. Timilty, defeated in primary;ThomasJ. O'Brien, defeated in primary. 1951 Nov 6:JohnB. Hynes, elected;JamesM. Curley, defeated. 1955 Sep 27:JohnB. Hynes, nominated;JohnE. Powers, nominated;JamesM. Curley, defeated in primary;ChesterA. Dolan, Jr., defeated in primary. 1955 Nov 8:JohnB. Hynes, elected;JohnE. Powers, defeated. 1959 Sep 22:JohnE. Powers, nominated;JohnF. Collins, nominated;GabrielFrancis Piemonte, defeated in primary;JamesW. Hennigan, Jr., defeated in primary;JohnP. McMorrow, defeated in primary. 1959 Nov 3:JohnF. Collins, elected;JohnE. Powers, defeated. 1963 Sep 24:JohnF. Collins, nominated;GabrielFrancis Piemonte, nominated;PatrickF. McDonough, defeated in primary;JuliusAnsel, defeated in primary;WilliamP. Foley, defeated in primary. 1963 Nov 5:JohnF. Collins, elected;GabrielFrancis Piemonte, defeated. 1967 Sep 26:LouiseDay Hicks, nominated;KevinH. White, nominated;JohnW. Sears, defeated in primary;EdwardJ. Logue, defeated in primary;ChristopherA. Iannella, defeated in primary;StephenC. Davenport, defeated in primary;NicholasAbraham, defeated in primary;AlbertL. O'Neil, defeated in primary;PeterF. Hines, defeated in primary;JohnJ. McDonough, defeated in primary. 1967 Nov 7:KevinH. White, elected;LouiseDay Hicks, defeated. 1971 Sep 14:KevinH. White, nominated;LouiseDay Hicks, nominated;JosephF. Timilty, defeated in primary;ThomasI. Atkins, defeated in primary;JohnL. Saltonstall, Jr., defeated in primary;JohnE. Powers, defeated in primary. 1971 Nov 2:KevinH. White, elected;LouiseDay Hicks, defeated. 1975 Sep 23:KevinH. White, nominated;JosephF. Timilty, nominated;NormanOliver, defeated in primary;RobertA. Gibbons, defeated in primary. 1975 Nov 4:KevinH. White, elected;JosephF. Timilty, defeated. 1979 Sep 25:KevinH. White, nominated;JosephF. Timilty, nominated;MelvinH. King, defeated in primary;DavidI. Finnegan, defeated in primary;LaurenceR. Sherman, defeated in primary;LuisF. Castro, defeated in primary. 1979 Nov 6:KevinH. White, elected;JosephF. Timilty, defeated. 1983 Oct 11:RaymondL. Flynn, nominated;MelvinH. King, nominated;DavidI. Finnegan, defeated in primary;LawrenceS. DiCara, defeated in primary;DennisJ. Kearney, defeated in primary;FrederickC. Langone, defeated in primary;RobertR. Kiley, defeated in primary;MichaelGelber, defeated in primary;EloiseLinger, defeated in primary. 1983 Nov 15:RaymondL. Flynn, elected;MelvinH. King, defeated. 1987 Sep 22:RaymondL. Flynn, nominated;JosephM. Tierney, nominated;JoelSan Juan, defeated in primary;RichardA. Black, defeated in primary. 1987 Nov 3:RaymondL. Flynn, elected;JosephM. Tierney, defeated. 1991 Nov 5:RaymondL. Flynn, elected;EdwardJ. Doherty, defeated.
Postmasters at Boston, 1775-1969(may beincomplete!)
JonathanHastings 1775-1808AaronHill 1808-29NathanielGreene 1829-41GeorgeWilliam Gordon 1841-43NathanielGreene 1843-49WilliamHayden 1849-50GeorgeWilliam Gordon 1850-53EdwinCurtis Bailey 1853-57NahumCapen 1857-61JohnG. Palfrey 1861-67WilliamL. Burt 1867-75EdwardSilas Tobey 1875-86JohnM. Corse 1886-91ThomasN. Hart 1891-93JeremiahW. Coveney 1893-97HenryA. Thomas 1897-99ArthurR. Henderson 1899GeorgeA. Hibbard 1899-1907EdwardC. Mansfield 1907-14WilliamF. Murray 1914-18WilliamE. Hurley 1918-20RolandMorris Baker 1920-29CharlesRice Gow 1929-31WilliamE. Hurley 1931WilliamE. Hurley 1931-35PeterF. Tague 1935-37PeterF. Tague 1937-41JohnW. Gleavy 1941-43PatrickJ. Connelly 1943-48FrancisA. Crowley 1948-49FrancisA. Crowley 1949-51JosephP. W. Finn 1951-52JosephP. W. Finn 1952-58EphraimMartin 1958EphraimMartin 1958-69 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1918 Sep 21:WilliamF. Murray, died in office. 1941 Sep 17:PeterF. Tague, died in office.
(annexedto Boston 1867)
Mayors of Roxbury, 1847-57(may be incomplete!)
HenryA. S. Dearborn as of 1847-51LinusB. Comins as of 1854 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1857 Dec 14:JohnS. Sleeper, elected;JamesRitchie (People's), defeated;JosephH. Chadwick (Citizens), defeated.
Postmasters at Roxbury, 1823-68(may beincomplete!)
ElijahLewis 1823-24CharlesFox 1824-30EbenezerFox 1830-33EleazerG. Lemon 1833-41HoraceBacon 1841-45JoshuaSeaver 1845-50EdwinLemist 1850-53IsaacS. Burrell 1853-61JohnBackup 1861-66IsaacS. Burrell 1866-68
(annexed to Boston 1874)
Mayors of Charlestown, 1847-73(may be incomplete!)
GeorgeWashington Warren 1847-50RichardFrothingham 1851-53JamesAdams 1854TimothyT. Sawyer 1855-57JamesDana 1858-60HoraceG. Hutchins 1861PhineasJ. Stone 1862-64CharlesRobinson, Jr. 1865-66LiverusHull 1867-68EugeneL. Norton 1869WilliamH. Kent 1870-73JonathanStone 1873 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1857 Dec 14:JamesDana (People's), elected;PhineasJ. Stone (Citizens), defeated.
Postmasters at Charlestown, 1816(may beincomplete!)
JohnKettell as of 1816
Collectors of Customs at Boston, 1789-1961(may beincomplete!)
BenjaminLincoln 1789-1809HenryA. S. Dearborn 1812-29DavidHenshaw 1829-38GeorgeBancroft 1832-34LeviLincoln, Jr. 1841-43CharlesH. Peaslee 1853-57JamesS. Whitney 1860-61JohnZ. Goodrich 1861-65HannibalHamlin 1865-66DariusN. Couch 1866-67ThomasRussell 1867-74WilliamA. Simmons 1874-78AlansonW. Beard 1878-82RolandWorthington 1882-85LeverettSaltonstall 1885-89AlansonW. Beard 1890-94WinslowWarren 1894-98GeorgeH. Lyman 1898-1909EdwinU. Curtis 1909-13EdmundBillings as of 1915-19WillfredW. Lufkin 1921-32JosephA. Maynard 1933-37JosephMcGrath as of 1938-41WilliamH. Burke, Jr. as of 1946-51MaynardW. Hutchinson 1954-61
Surveyors of Customs at Boston, 1830-1931(may beincomplete!)
JohnMcNeil, Jr. 1830-41A.B. Underwood 1874-81JeremiahW. Coreney as of 1887WilliamE. Blunt as of 1891JeremiahJ. McCarthy as of 1901-09EdwardG. Graves as of 1911JosephA. Maynard 1913-19HermanHormel as of 1921-31
U.S. Collectors of Internal Revenue at Boston, 1867-1951(may be incomplete!)
WilliamH. McCartney as of 1867CharlesW. Slack as of 1879FrankE. Orcutt as of 1891JamesD. Gill as of 1907-11JohnF. Malley as of 1913-17AndrewJ. Casey as of 1919MalcolmE. Nichols 1921-25ThomasW. White as of 1926-32ThomasB. Hassett as of 1938-43DenisW. Delaney as of 1944-51 | |
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