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    The mayor of Boston is the head of the municipal government in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Boston has a mayor–council government. Boston's mayoral...
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    The 2021 Boston mayoral election was held on Tuesday, November 2, 2021, to elect the mayor of Boston, Massachusetts. Incumbent mayor Marty Walsh was eligible...
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  • The 2025 Boston mayoral election will be held on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, to elect the mayor of Boston, Massachusetts. Incumbent mayor Michelle Wu will...
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    The 2013 Boston mayoral election occurred on Tuesday, November 5, 2013. Incumbent mayor Thomas Menino had declined to run for re-election to a sixth term...
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    Boston City Hall is the seat of city government of Boston, Massachusetts. It includes the offices of the mayor of Boston and the Boston City Council....
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    2009 Boston mayoral election occurred on Tuesday, November 3, 2009, between incumbent Mayor of Boston Thomas Menino, and Michael F. Flaherty, member of the...
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    The Boston mayoral election of 2017 was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2017, to elect the mayor of Boston, Massachusetts. Incumbent Democratic mayor Marty...
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    The Boston Brahmins or Boston elite are members of Boston's traditional upper class. They are often associated with a cultivated New England or Mid-Atlantic...
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    president. When the mayor of Boston is absent from the city, or vacates the office, the City Council president serves as acting mayor. The president leads...
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  • The Boston mayoral election of 1874 saw the reelection of Samuel C. Cobb. Incumbent mayor Samuel C. Cobb (politically Nonpartisan) was disliked by many...
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  • The Boston mayoral election of 1875 saw the reelection of Samuel C. Cobb to a third consecutive term. While incumbent mayor Samuel C. Cobb initially said...
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  • in Boston History of Boston List of mayors of Boston Past Members of the Boston City Council Timelines of other municipalities in the Greater Boston area...
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    Hodsdon on the corner of Havre and Maverick Streets in East Boston. On July 14, 1863, Boston Mayor Frederic W. Lincoln Jr. (1858–1861 & 1863–1867) ordered...
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  • The Boston mayoral election of 1876 saw the election of Democratic Party nominee Frederick O. Prince over Republican Party nominee Nathaniel Jeremiah...
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  • The Boston mayoral election of 1873 saw the election of Samuel C. Cobb. Cobb, who opted not to affiliate himself with any political party, was nominated...
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    David Portnoy (category University of Michigan School of Education alumni)
    Portnoy launched an unsuccessful campaign to become the mayor of Boston following the retirement of mayor Thomas Menino. During the race, Portnoy identified...
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    The Boston mayoral election of 1983 occurred on Tuesday, November 15, 1983, between City Councillor Raymond Flynn and former State Representative Mel King...
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  • The 1846 Boston mayoral election saw the reelection of Whig Party incumbent Josiah Quincy Jr. It was held on December 14, 1846. Ninian C. Betton ("Native...
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  • following were mayors of Boston, Lincolnshire: 1547-8: John Wendon George Foster: 1558-9. "WENDON, John (By 1514-54), of Boston, Lincs. | History of Parliament...
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    The Boston mayoral election of 1993 occurred on Tuesday, November 2, 1993, between Acting Mayor Thomas Menino and State Representative James T. Brett...
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  • The 1847 Boston mayoral election saw the reelection of Whig Party incumbent Josiah Quincy Jr. to a third consecutive term. It was held on December 13...
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    Michelle Wu (category Mayors of Boston)
    the mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, since 2021. The daughter of Taiwanese immigrants, she was the first Asian American woman to serve on the Boston City...
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    Boston (US: /ˈbɔːstən/), officially the City of Boston, is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States...
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  • Boston mayoral election saw the reelection of Whig Party incumbent Jonathan Chapman. It was held on December 14, 1840. Chapman's two-to-one share of the...
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    The 1851 Boston mayoral election saw the election of Benjamin Seaver, a former president of the Boston Common Council, as mayor of Boston. The election...
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    Democratic politician from Boston, Massachusetts. Fitzgerald served as mayor of Boston and a member of the United States House of Representatives. He also...
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    serving as the mayor of Boston for four terms from 1968 to 1984. He was first elected to the office at the age of 38. He presided as mayor during racially...
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    sponsored by Mrs Helen Noonan Tobin, wife of the Mayor of Boston, Maurice J. Tobin, and commissioned 30 June 1943. Boston reported to the Pacific Fleet, arriving...
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  • The 1831 Boston mayoral election saw the election of Charles Wells. The first vote, held on December 12, 1831, did not result in any candidate receiving...
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  • The 1828 Boston mayoral election saw the election of Harrison Gray Otis. The election required three votes, because no candidate secured the required...
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