1897 Boston mayoral election
The Boston mayoral election of 1897 occurred on Tuesday, December 21, 1897. In a rematch of the previous election, Democratic incumbent mayor Josiah Quincy defeated Republican former mayor Edwin Upton Curtis to win re-election to a second term. In addition to Curtis, Quincy also defeated two minor challengers.
Quincy was inaugurated for his second term on Monday, January 3, 1898.
Candidates
- Edwin Upton Curtis, former Mayor of Boston, and City Clerk of Boston
- David Goldstein
- Josiah Quincy, Mayor of Boston since 1896, former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and United States Assistant Secretary of State
- Thomas Riley, attorney—the Bryan Democrats had split away from Democrats in Boston who had "repudiated the Chicago platform"