1858 Boston mayoral election

1858 Boston mayoral election
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Candidate Frederic W. Lincoln Jr. Moses Kimball Julius A. Palmer Jr.
Party Citizens Republican Temperance
Popular vote 6,298 4,449 1,007
Percentage 52.65% 37.20% 8.42%

Mayor before election

Frederic W. Lincoln Jr.

Elected Mayor

Frederic W. Lincoln Jr.

The Boston mayoral election of 1858 saw the reelection of Frederic W. Lincoln Jr. It was held on December 13, 1858.[1]

Lincoln was nominated on a "Citizens" ticket supported by a nonpartisan group of residents. Kimball was nominated by the Republicans and Palmer was nominated by a temperance party.[2][3]

Although nominated by both the People's Union [4] and National American (Know Nothing) parties,[5] former mayor Jerome V. C. Smith declined to run.[6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference CityBost1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Municipal Elections". New England Farmer. December 18, 1858. Retrieved April 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Election in Boston". Lancaster Intelligencer. December 21, 1858. Retrieved April 21, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Boston Traveler, 18 November 1858, p. 2.
  5. ^ Boston Evening Transcript, 1 December 1858, p. 4.
  6. ^ Boston Evening Transcript, 13 December 1858, p. 2.

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