1863 Boston mayoral election

The 1863 Boston mayoral election was held on December 14, and saw Frederic W. Lincoln Jr. reelected to a fifth overall term.

Nominations The Republican Party renominated Mayor Lincoln. Thomas P. Rich was nominated by the Democratic Party. Breakaway members of the Democratic Party formed the "Workingmen's" ticket and nominated Samuel R. Spinney.

Results

Results by ward Lincoln(Republican) Rich(Democratic) Spinney(Workingmen's) Others Top-2 margin(+/− if won by /) Cumulativevote Ward Vote % Vote % Vote % Vote % Vote % Vote 1st 354 45.38 348 44.62 78 10.00 0 0.00 + 6 + 0.77 780 2nd 649 74.94 172 19.86 45 5.20 0 0.00 + 477 + 55.08 866 3rd 243 45.59 260 48.78 21 3.94 0 0.00 − 17 − 3.19 533 4th 420 83.83 78 15.57 3 0.60 0 0.00 + 342 + 68.26 501 5th 520 83.20 91 14.56 13 2.08 1 0.16 + 429 + 68.64 625 6th 706 84.15 122 14.54 11 1.31 0 0.00 + 584 + 69.61 839 7th 188 40.43 275 59.14 2 0.43 0 0.00 − 87 − 18.71 465 8th 455 75.58 134 22.26 13 2.16 0 0.00 + 321 + 53.32 602 9th 480 81.49 83 14.09 26 4.41 0 0.00 + 397 + 77.81 589 10th 421 67.25 150 23.96 55 8.79 0 0.00 + 271 + 43.29 626 11th 1,145 64.22 235 16.58 33 2.33 4 0.28 + 910 + 64.22 1,417 12th 625 55.65 185 16.47 313 27.87 0 0.00 + 312 + 27.78 1,123 Total 6,206 69.22 2,142 23.89 613 6.84 5 0.06 + 4,064 + 45.33 8,966

See also List of mayors of Boston, Massachusetts

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