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1907 Boston mayoral election
The Boston mayoral election of 1907[ 1] Republican nominee George A. Hibbard defeat Democratic incumbent John F. Fitzgerald as well as Independence League nominee John A. Coulthurst. Ahead of the general election, primary elections for each party had taken place on Thursday, November 14, 1907.
This was the final Boston mayoral election for a two-year term, and that was partisan in nature; a new city charter adopted in 1909 made the mayoral term four years, and made Boston municipal elections non-partisan.[ 2]
Hibbard was inaugurated on Monday, January 6, 1908.[ 3]
Note: In October, John A. Coulthurst was selected as the Independence League candidate, and he resigned his position as secretary of the Democratic state committee .[ 4]
Candidates
Primary Election [ 5]
Votes
%
John F. Fitzgerald (incumbent)21,848
John A. Coulthurst
425
all others
372
Frederic W. Bliss, lawyer, former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1891–1894)[ 6]
William E. Hannan, Street Commissioner,[ 7] Boston Common Council (1901)
George A. Hibbard , Postmaster of Boston since 1899, former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1894–1895)
Candidates
Primary Election [ 8]
Votes
%
George A. Hibbard 11,005
William E. Hannan
2,637
Frederic W. Bliss
1,296
all others
37
Independence League primary [ edit ] John A. Coulthurst, lawyer, former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1902–1904)
Candidates
Primary Election [ 9]
Votes
%
John A. Coulthurst
372
all others
1
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