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Date Type Results
Nov 02, 2021 General Election
 Michelle Wu
91,794
63.96% 		 Annissa Essaibi George
51,125
35.62% 		  Write-In (W)
595
0.41%
Mar 23, 2021 Appointment
 Kim Janey
1
100.00%
Nov 07, 2017 General Election
 Martin J. Walsh(I)
70,197
65.37% 		 Tito Jackson
36,472
33.97% 		  Write-In (W)
670
0.62% 		 Donald Osgood, Sr. (W)
38
0.04%
Nov 05, 2013 General Election
 Martin J. Walsh
72,583
51.54% 		 John R. Connolly
67,694
48.07% 		  Write-In (W)
555
0.39% 		 David James Wyatt (W)
4
0.00% 		 Lee Buckley (W)
1
0.00%
Nov 03, 2009 General Election
 Thomas M. Menino(I)
63,123
57.27% 		 Michael F. Flaherty
46,768
42.43% 		  Write-In (W)
329
0.30% 		 William B. Feegbeh (W)
2
0.00%
Nov 08, 2005 General Election
 Thomas M. Menino(I)
64,001
67.52% 		 Maura Hennigan
30,468
32.14% 		  Others (W)
314
0.33% 		 Gareth Saunders (W)
2
0.00%
Nov 06, 2001 General Election
 Thomas M. Menino(I)
68,011
76.06% 		 Peggy Davis-Mullen
21,393
23.93% 		  Others (W)
10
0.01%
Nov 04, 1997 General Election
 Thomas M. Menino(I)
48,323
99.96% 		  Write-In (W)
19
0.04%
Nov 02, 1993 General Election
 Thomas M. Menino(I)
74,448
64.45% 		 James T. Brett
41,052
35.54% 		  Others (W)
13
0.01%
Jul 12, 1993 Appointment
 Thomas M. Menino
1
100.00%
Nov 05, 1991 General Election
 Raymond L. "Ray" Flynn(I)
63,582
74.58% 		 Edward J. Doherty
21,659
25.41% 		  Others (W)
12
0.01%
Nov 03, 1987 General Election
 Raymond L. "Ray" Flynn(I)
63,714
67.47% 		 Joseph M. Tierney
30,714
32.52% 		  Others (W)
9
0.01%
Nov 15, 1983 General Election
 Raymond L. "Ray" Flynn
128,578
65.07% 		 Melvin H. "Mel" King
69,015
34.93% 		  Others (W)
11
0.01%
Nov 06, 1979 General Election
 Kevin H. White(I)
78,048
54.82% 		 Joseph F. Timilty, Jr.
64,269
45.14% 		  Others (W)
50
0.04%
Nov 04, 1975 General Election
 Kevin H. White(I)
81,058
52.40% 		 Joseph F. Timilty, Jr.
73,622
47.59% 		  Others (W)
7
0.00%
Nov 02, 1971 General Election
 Kevin H. White(I)
113,137
61.67% 		 Louise Day Hicks
70,331
38.33% 		  Others (W)
2
0.00%
Nov 07, 1967 General Election
 Kevin H. White
102,706
53.25% 		 Louise Day Hicks
90,154
46.75% 		  Others (W)
2
0.00%
Nov 05, 1963 General Election
 John F. Collins(I)
108,624
59.79% 		 Gabriel Francis Piemonte
73,067
40.21%
Nov 03, 1959 General Election
 John F. Collins
114,210
55.89% 		 John E. Powers
90,142
44.11% 		  Others (W)
4
0.00%
Nov 08, 1955 General Election
 John B. Hynes(I)
124,301
52.65% 		 John E. Powers
111,775
47.35%
Nov 06, 1951 General Election
 John B. Hynes(I)
154,206
66.88% 		 James M. Curley
76,354
33.11% 		  Others (W)
14
0.01%
Nov 08, 1949 General Election
 John B. Hynes
137,930
46.44% 		 James M. Curley(I)
126,000
42.43% 		 Patrick J. "Sonny" McDonough
22,230
7.49% 		 George F. Oakes
7,171
2.41% 		 Walter A. O'Brien, Jr.
3,659
1.23% 		  Others (W)
2
0.00%
Nov 06, 1945 General Election
 James M. Curley
111,824
45.74% 		 John E. Kerrigan(I)
60,413
24.71% 		 William Arthur Reilly
46,135
18.87% 		 John J. Sawtelle
12,743
5.21% 		 Joseph Lee
10,042
4.11% 		 Michael Paul Feeney
3,298
1.35% 		  Others (W)
3
0.00%
Jan 03, 1945 Appointment
 John E. Kerrigan
1
100.00%
Nov 04, 1941 General Election
 Maurice J. Tobin(I)
125,786
46.98% 		 James M. Curley
116,430
43.49% 		 Joseph Lee
19,186
7.17% 		 Malcolm E. Nichols
6,318
2.36% 		  Others (W)
1
0.00%
Nov 02, 1937 General Election
 Maurice J. Tobin
105,212
38.56% 		 James M. Curley
80,376
29.46% 		 Malcolm E. Nichols
55,247
20.25% 		 William J. Foley
28,184
10.33% 		 Alfred Santosuosso
2,927
1.07% 		 Carleton L. Brett
543
0.20% 		  Others (W)
337
0.12%
Nov 07, 1933 General Election
 Frederick W. Mansfield
70,035
28.31% 		 Malcolm E. Nichols
68,312
27.62% 		 William J. Foley
60,776
24.57% 		 Henry Parkman, Jr.
29,012
11.73% 		 Joseph F. O'Connell
9,961
4.03% 		 Michael H. Sullivan
9,127
3.69% 		  Others (W)
132
0.05%
Nov 05, 1929 General Election
 James M. Curley
117,084
54.08% 		 Frederick W. Mansfield
96,626
44.63% 		 Daniel H. Coakley
2,800
1.29% 		  Write-In (W)
3
0.00%
Nov 03, 1925 General Election
 Malcolm E. Nichols
64,486
35.44% 		 Theodore A. Glynn
42,701
23.47% 		 Joseph Henry O'Neil
31,910
17.54% 		 Daniel H. Coakley
20,030
11.01% 		 Thomas C. O'Brien
9,419
5.18% 		 John A. Keliher
7,767
4.27% 		 W. T. A. Fitzgerald
3,190
1.75%
  Alonzo B. Cook
1,777
0.98% 		 Walter G. McGauley
411
0.23% 		 Charles L. Burrill
276
0.15%
Dec 13, 1921 General Election
 James M. Curley
73,869
46.03% 		 John R. Murphy
71,554
44.59% 		 Charles S. O'Connor
10,812
6.74% 		 Charles S. Baxter
4,243
2.64%
Dec 18, 1917 General Election
 Andrew J. Peters
37,923
42.95% 		 James M. Curley(I)
28,848
32.67% 		 James A. Gallivan
19,427
22.00% 		 Peter F. Tague
1,751
1.98% 		 James Oneal (W)
345
0.39%
Jan 13, 1914 General Election
 James M. Curley
43,262
53.54% 		 Thomas J. Kenny
37,542
46.46%
Jan 11, 1910 General Election
 John Francis "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald
47,172
49.47% 		 James J. Storrow
45,757
47.98% 		 George A. Hibbard(I)
1,816
1.90% 		 Nathaniel H. Taylor
613
0.64%
Dec 10, 1907 General Election
 George A. Hibbard
38,112
42.41% 		 John Francis "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald(I)
35,935
39.99% 		 John A. Coulthurst
15,811
17.59% 		  Others (W)
13
0.01%
Dec 12, 1905 General Election
 John Francis "Honey Fitz" Fitzgerald
44,171
47.50% 		 Louis A. Frothingham
36,028
38.74% 		 Henry S. Dewey
11,608
12.48% 		 George G. Hall
712
0.77% 		 James A. Watson
457
0.49% 		  Others (W)
14
0.02% 		 Michael D. Fitzgerald (W)
9
0.01%
Sep 15, 1905 Appointment
 Daniel A. Whelton
1
100.00%
Dec 15, 1903 General Election
 Patrick A. Collins(I)
48,745
63.02% 		 George N. Swallow
22,369
28.92% 		 George W. Galvin
5,205
6.73% 		 William H. Carroll
1,018
1.32% 		  Others (W)
14
0.02%
Dec 10, 1901 General Election
 Patrick A. Collins
52,035
60.08% 		 Thomas N. Hart(I)
33,196
38.33% 		 John W. Sherman
957
1.10% 		 Herman W. A. Raasch
426
0.49% 		  Others (W)
1
0.00%
Dec 12, 1899 General Election
 Thomas N. Hart
40,838
50.21% 		 Patrick A. Collins
38,557
47.40% 		 James F. Stevens
978
1.20% 		 John W. Sherman
967
1.19% 		  Others (W)
1
0.00%
Dec 21, 1897 General Election
 Josiah Quincy(I)
39,984
50.13% 		 Edwin U. Curtis
35,947
45.07% 		 Thomas Riley
3,000
3.76% 		 David Goldstein
825
1.03% 		  Others (W)
7
0.01%
Dec 10, 1895 General Election
 Josiah Quincy
40,300
52.51% 		 Edwin U. Curtis(I)
35,864
46.73% 		 Frank Parsons
585
0.76% 		  Others (W)
2
0.00%
Dec 11, 1894 General Election
 Edwin U. Curtis
34,982
51.00% 		 Francis Peabody
32,425
47.28% 		 Phinehas P. Field
868
1.27% 		 Abijah Hall
305
0.44% 		  Others (W)
8
0.01%
Dec 12, 1893 General Election
 Nathan Matthews, Jr.(I)
36,354
53.28% 		 Thomas N. Hart
31,255
45.81% 		 Alonzo A. Miner
617
0.90% 		  Scattering
2
0.00%
Dec 13, 1892 General Election
 Nathan Matthews, Jr.(I)
39,986
59.98% 		 Homer Rogers
26,671
40.01% 		  Scattering
10
0.01%
Dec 15, 1891 General Election
 Nathan Matthews, Jr.(I)
34,708
63.08% 		 Horace G. Allen
19,532
35.50% 		 Samuel B. Shapleigh
778
1.41%
Dec 09, 1890 General Election
 Nathan Matthews, Jr.
32,210
59.37% 		 Moody Merrill
19,957
36.78% 		 Samuel B. Shapleigh
2,043
3.77% 		  Scattering
44
0.08%
Dec 10, 1889 General Election
 Thomas N. Hart(I)
31,133
54.74% 		 Owen A. Galvin
25,673
45.14% 		  Scattering
71
0.12%
Dec 11, 1888 General Election
 Thomas N. Hart
32,712
51.48% 		 Hugh O'Brien(I)
30,836
48.52%
Dec 13, 1887 General Election
 Hugh O'Brien(I)
26,636
51.41% 		 Thomas N. Hart
25,179
48.59%
Dec 14, 1886 General Election
 Hugh O'Brien(I)
23,426
51.30% 		 Thomas N. Hart
18,686
40.92% 		 George E. McNeill
3,555
7.78%
Dec 15, 1885 General Election
 Hugh O'Brien(I)
26,690
59.73% 		 John M. Clark
17,992
40.27%
Dec 09, 1884 General Election
 Hugh O'Brien
27,494
53.22% 		 Augustus P. Martin(I)
24,168
46.78%
Dec 11, 1883 General Election
 Augustus P. Martin
27,494
51.44% 		 Hugh O'Brien
25,950
48.56%
Dec 12, 1882 General Election
 Albert Palmer
21,713
52.59% 		 Samuel A. Green(I)
19,575
47.41%
Dec 13, 1881 General Election
 Samuel A. Green
20,429
50.86% 		 Albert Palmer
19,724
49.10% 		  Scattering
14
0.03%
Dec 14, 1880 General Election
 Frederick O. Prince(I)
21,112
50.68% 		 Solomon B. Stebbins
20,531
49.29% 		  Scattering
11
0.03%
Dec 09, 1879 General Election
 Frederick O. Prince(I)
18,697
52.59% 		 Solomon B. Stebbins
16,083
45.23% 		 Davis J. King
399
1.12% 		 John J. McDavitt
355
1.00% 		  Scattering
21
0.06%
Dec 10, 1878 General Election
 Frederick O. Prince
19,676
51.59% 		 Charles R. Codman
18,003
47.20% 		 Davis J. King
440
1.15% 		  Scattering
22
0.06%
Dec 11, 1877 General Election
 Henry L. Pierce
25,090
52.28% 		 Frederick O. Prince(I)
22,892
47.70% 		  Scattering
6
0.01%
Dec 12, 1876 General Election
 Frederick O. Prince
16,562
54.01% 		 Nathaniel J. Bradlee
13,782
44.95% 		 George Buttrick
266
0.87% 		  Scattering
53
0.17%
Dec 14, 1875 General Election
 Samuel C. Cobb(I)
14,932
55.05% 		 Halsey J. Boardman
12,178
44.90% 		  Scattering
14
0.05%
Dec 15, 1874 General Election
 Samuel C. Cobb(I)
17,874
95.42% 		 Francis B. Hayes
835
4.46% 		  Scattering
22
0.12%
Dec 09, 1873 General Election
 Samuel C. Cobb
19,187
97.00% 		 Henry D. Cushing
572
2.89% 		  Scattering
22
0.11%
Nov 29, 1873 Appointment
 Leonard R. Cutter
1
100.00%
Dec 10, 1872 General Election
 Henry L. Pierce
8,877
50.11% 		 William Gaston(I)
8,798
49.66% 		  Scattering
41
0.23%
Dec 04, 1871 General Election
 William Gaston(I)
9,838
61.19% 		 Newton Talbot
6,231
38.75% 		  Scattering
9
0.06%
Dec 12, 1870 General Election
 William Gaston
10,836
57.64% 		 George O. Carpenter
7,836
41.68% 		  Scattering
127
0.68%
Dec 13, 1869 General Election
 Nathaniel B. Shurtleff(I)
13,054
70.80% 		 George P. Baldwin
4,790
25.98% 		 George H. Johnston
338
1.83% 		 Nathaniel E. Chase
206
1.12% 		  Scattering
50
0.27%
Dec 14, 1868 General Election
 Nathaniel B. Shurtleff(I)
11,005
54.14% 		 Moses Kimball
9,156
45.05% 		 Isaac W. May
143
0.70% 		  Scattering
22
0.11%
Dec 09, 1867 General Election
 Nathaniel B. Shurtleff
8,383
51.53% 		 Otis Norcross(I)
7,867
48.36% 		  Scattering
18
0.11%
Dec 10, 1866 General Election
 Otis Norcross
5,662
54.18% 		 Nathaniel B. Shurtleff
4,755
45.50% 		  Scattering
33
0.32%
Dec 11, 1865 General Election
 Frederic W. Lincoln(I)
5,806
61.10% 		 Nathaniel B. Shurtleff
3,690
38.83% 		  Scattering
6
0.06%
Dec 12, 1864 General Election
 Frederic W. Lincoln(I)
6,877
71.41% 		 Thomas C. Amory
2,732
28.37% 		  Scattering
21
0.22%
Dec 14, 1863 General Election
 Frederic W. Lincoln(I)
6,206
69.26% 		 Thomas P. Rich
2,142
23.90% 		 Samuel R. Spinney
613
6.84%
Dec 08, 1862 General Election
 Frederic W. Lincoln
6,352
54.47% 		 Joseph M. Wightman(I)
5,287
45.34% 		  Scattering
22
0.19%
Dec 09, 1861 General Election
 Joseph M. Wightman(I)
6,765
53.84% 		 Edward S. Tobey
5,795
46.12% 		  Scattering
5
0.04%
Dec 10, 1860 General Election
 Joseph M. Wightman
8,834
60.43% 		 Moses Kimball
5,674
38.81% 		  Scattering
111
0.76%
Dec 12, 1859 General Election
 Frederic W. Lincoln(I)
5,950
52.10% 		 Joseph M. Wightman
4,827
42.26% 		 Julius A. Palmer
628
5.50% 		  Scattering
16
0.14%
Dec 13, 1858 General Election
 Frederic W. Lincoln(I)
6,298
52.65% 		 Moses Kimball
4,449
37.20% 		 Julius A. Palmer
1,007
8.42% 		 Jerome V. C. Smith
183
1.53% 		  Scattering
24
0.20%
Dec 14, 1857 General Election
 Frederic W. Lincoln
8,110
65.81% 		 Charles B. Hall
4,193
34.03% 		  Scattering
20
0.16%
Dec 08, 1856 General Election
 Alexander H. Rice(I)
8,714
80.92% 		 Jonathan Preston
2,025
18.80% 		  Scattering
30
0.28%
Dec 10, 1855 General Election
 Alexander H. Rice
7,401
57.60% 		 Nathaniel B. Shurtleff
5,390
41.95% 		  Scattering
59
0.46%
Dec 11, 1854 General Election
 Jerome V. C. Smith(I)
6,429
55.50% 		 George B. Upton
4,409
38.06% 		 Isaac Adams
703
6.07% 		  Scattering
42
0.36%
Jan 09, 1854 General Election
 Jerome V. C. Smith
6,840
56.59% 		 John H. Wilkins
3,171
26.23% 		 James Whiting
1,730
14.31% 		 Aaron Hobart
282
2.33% 		  Scattering
65
0.54%
Dec 13, 1852 General Election
 Benjamin Seaver(I)
6,018
50.27% 		 Jerome V. C. Smith
5,021
41.94% 		 Joseph Smith
899
7.51% 		  Scattering
34
0.28%
Dec 24, 1851 General Election
 Benjamin Seaver
3,990
50.03% 		 Jerome V. C. Smith
2,736
34.30% 		 Adam W. Thaxter
1,024
12.84% 		 Henry B. Rogers (W)
188
2.36% 		  Scattering (W)
38
0.48%
Dec 09, 1850 General Election
 John P. Bigelow(I)
5,473
63.45% 		 Charles Amory
1,169
13.55% 		 Charles B. Goodrich
1,094
12.68% 		 Benjamin B. Mussey
822
9.53% 		  Blank/Scattering
68
0.79%
Dec 10, 1849 General Election
 John P. Bigelow(I)
4,543
80.68% 		 Joseph Hall
705
12.52% 		 Bradford Sumner
349
6.20% 		  Blank/Scattering
34
0.60%
Dec 13, 1848 General Election
 John P. Bigelow
5,150
66.03% 		 John W. James
1,143
14.65% 		 Bradford Sumner
929
11.91% 		 Jerome V. C. Smith
417
5.35% 		 Edward Brooks
132
1.69% 		  Blank/Scattering
29
0.37%
Dec 13, 1847 General Election
 Josiah Quincy, Jr.(I)
4,756
55.57% 		 William Parker
1,547
18.08% 		 Charles B. Goodrich
1,319
15.41% 		 Ninian C. Betton
866
10.12% 		  Blank/Scattering
70
0.82%
Dec 14, 1846 General Election
 Josiah Quincy, Jr.(I)
3,846
64.62% 		 Charles B. Goodrich
1,319
22.16% 		 Ninian C. Betton
735
12.35% 		  Scattering
52
0.87%
Dec 08, 1845 General Election
 Josiah Quincy, Jr.
5,333
63.25% 		 William S. Damrell
1,647
19.54% 		 John T. Heard
1,354
16.06% 		  Scattering
97
1.15%
Nov 22, 1845 Acting
 Benson Leavitt
1
100.00%
Feb 21, 1845 General Election
 Thomas A. Davis
4,865
50.93% 		 William Parker
4,366
45.70% 		  Scattering
322
3.37%
Jan 06, 1845 Acting
 William Parker
1
100.00%
Dec 11, 1843 General Election
 Martin Brimmer(I)
4,874
66.82% 		 George Savage
2,237
30.67% 		  Scattering
183
2.51%
Dec 12, 1842 General Election
 Martin Brimmer
5,084
61.86% 		 Bradford Sumner
2,340
28.47% 		  Scattering
795
9.67%
Dec 13, 1841 General Election
 Jonathan Chapman(I)
4,698
52.00% 		 Nathaniel Greene
3,545
39.24% 		  Scattering
791
8.76%
Dec 14, 1840 General Election
 Jonathan Chapman(I)
5,224
66.52% 		 Charles Gordon Greene
2,606
33.18% 		  Scattering
23
0.29%
Dec 10, 1839 General Election
 Jonathan Chapman
4,352
58.27% 		 Bradford Sumner
3,047
40.80% 		  Scattering
70
0.94%
Dec 10, 1838 General Election
 Samuel A. Eliot(I)
3,766
59.90% 		 Caleb Eddy
2,341
37.24% 		  Scattering
180
2.86%
Dec 11, 1837 General Election
 Samuel A. Eliot(I)
3,475
55.57% 		  Scattering
1,651
26.40% 		 Amasa Walker
1,127
18.02%
Dec 12, 1836 General Election
 Samuel A. Eliot
3,238
56.98% 		 John W. James
1,667
29.33% 		  Scattering
778
13.69%
Dec 14, 1835 General Election
 Samuel T. Armstrong
3,039
67.64% 		 John W. James
1,185
26.37% 		  Scattering
269
5.99%
Dec 08, 1834 General Election
 Theodore Lyman II(I)
4,261
96.75% 		  Scattering
143
3.25%
Dec 09, 1833 General Election
 Theodore Lyman II
3,734
59.83% 		 William Sullivan
2,009
32.19% 		  Scattering
498
7.98%
Dec 10, 1832 General Election
 Charles Wells(I)
2,918
78.86% 		 Samuel Wells
469
12.68% 		  Scattering
313
8.46%
Dec 22, 1831 General Election
 Charles Wells
3,316
55.94% 		 Theodore Lyman II
2,389
40.30% 		  Scattering
223
3.76%
Dec 13, 1830 General Election
 Harrison Gray Otis(I)
2,828
96.68% 		  Scattering
97
3.32%
Dec 14, 1829 General Election
 Harrison Gray Otis(I)
1,844
93.79% 		  Scattering
122
6.21%
Dec 22, 1828 General Election
 Harrison Gray Otis
2,978
65.51% 		 Caleb Eddy
1,283
28.22% 		  Scattering
285
6.27%
Dec 10, 1827 General Election
 Josiah Quincy, III(I)
2,189
83.26% 		 Amos Binney
340
12.93% 		  Scattering
100
3.80%
Dec 11, 1826 General Election
 Josiah Quincy, III(I)
3,163
62.76% 		 George Blake
1,750
34.72% 		  Scattering
127
2.52%
Dec 12, 1825 General Election
 Josiah Quincy, III(I)
1,202
86.16% 		  Scattering
193
13.84%
Apr 11, 1825 General Election
 Josiah Quincy, III(I)
1,836
97.09% 		  Scattering
55
2.91%
Apr 12, 1824 General Election
 Josiah Quincy, III(I)
3,867
97.90% 		  Scattering
83
2.10%
Apr 14, 1823 General Election
 Josiah Quincy, III
2,504
52.55% 		 George Blake
2,179
45.73% 		  Scattering
82
1.72%
Apr 16, 1822 General Election
 John Phillips
2,499
94.30% 		  Scattering
151
5.70%

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