Election
1851 Boston mayoral election Candidate Benjamin Seaver John H. Wilkins Party Whig Whig First vote Did not contest 4,423 45.13% Second vote 3,970 47.31% Did not contest Third vote 3,990 50.05% Did not contest Candidate Jerome V. C. Smith Adam W. Thaxter Jr. Party Know Nothing Democratic First vote 2,672 27.26% 1,250 21.95% Second vote 2,680 31.94% 1,290 15.37% Third vote 2,736 34.32% 1,024 12.84%
Ward 12 Democratic Party ticket from the 1851 election 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 took three votes, as no candidate secured the needed majority in the first two attempts. In the third attempt, Seaver won the required majority by the margin of a single vote. Incumbent Whig mayor John P. Bigelow was not a nominee for reelection.
First vote (December 8, 1851) [ edit ] Candidates Result Second vote (December 17, 1851) [ edit ] Candidates Result Third vote (December 24, 1851) [ edit ] Candidates Result Summary table of all votes [ edit ] See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ a b c d "Boston Municipal Election" . Newspapers.com . Daily Free Democrat. December 17, 1851. Retrieved April 17, 2023 . ^ a b c O'Brien, Megan (February 23, 2021). "Luxury Home of the Week: For $7.35m, a 22-room Beacon Hill home" . www.boston.com . Retrieved April 9, 2023 . ^ a b c A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown, 1847-1873 and of the Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822: Also of Various Other Town and Municipal Officers . City of Boston Printing Department. 1909. p. 52. Retrieved April 7, 2023 . ^ a b "Municipal Election" . Boston Evening Transcript. December 18, 1851. Retrieved April 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.