1866 Boston mayoral election

1866 Boston mayoral election
December 10, 1866
 
Candidate Otis Norcross Nathaniel B. Shurtleff
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 5,662% 4,755
Percentage 54.18% 45.50%
Mayor before election

Frederic W. Lincoln Jr.
Republican

Elected mayor

Otis Norcross
Republican

The Boston mayoral election of 1866 saw the election of Republican Party nominee Otis Norcross.

The election saw a significant role played by the city's African American electorate, who formed an electoral partnership for the elections with the city's Democratic Party.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.