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1851 Boston mayoral election information


1851 Boston mayoral election
← 1850 Dec. 8, 1851 (1st vote)
Dec. 17, 1851 (2nd vote)
Dec. 24, 1851 (3rd vote)
1852 →
 
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%

Mayor before election

John P. Bigelow
Whig

Elected Mayor

Benjamin Seaver
Whig

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.

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