1917 Boston mayoral election
Election in Massachusetts, United States
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Boston mayoral election of 1917 occurred on Tuesday, December 18, 1917. Andrew James Peters, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, defeated incumbent Mayor of Boston James Michael Curley and two other candidates.[1]
 | |||||||||||||||||||||
December 18, 1917
| |||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||
.png)
.jpg)
.png)
Peters was inaugurated on Monday, February 4, 1918.[2]
Candidates
- James Michael Curley, Mayor of Boston since 1914, former member of the United States House of Representatives (1913â1914)
- James A. Gallivan, member of the United States House of Representatives since 1914, former member of the Massachusetts Senate (1897â1898) and the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1895â1896)
- Andrew James Peters, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury since 1914, former member of the United States House of Representatives (1907â1914) and the Massachusetts Senate (1904â1905)
- Peter Francis Tague, member of the United States House of Representatives since 1915, former member of the Massachusetts Senate (1899â1900) and the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1897â1898, 1913â1914)
Results
| Candidates | General Election[3] | |
|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | |
| Andrew James Peters | 37,923 | 42.9% |
| James Michael Curley (incumbent) | 28,848 | 32.7% |
| James A. Gallivan | 19,427 | 22.0% |
| Peter Francis Tague | 1,751 | 2.0% |
| all others | 353 | 0.4% |
