1910 Boston mayoral election

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1910 Boston mayoral election

| country = Boston

| type = Presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1907 Boston mayoral election

| previous_year = 1907

| election_date = January 11, 1910

| next_election = 1914 Boston mayoral election

| next_year = 1914

| image1 = J.F. Fitzgerald LCCN2014714230 (3x4a).jpg

| candidate1 = John F. Fitzgerald

| party1 = Nonpartisan candidate

| popular_vote1 = 47,172

| percentage1 = 49.5%

| title = Mayor

| before_election = George A. Hibbard

| after_election = John F. Fitzgerald

| image2 = James Jackson Storrow II (1864–1926) c. 1910 (cropped).png

| candidate2 = James J. Storrow

| party2 = Nonpartisan candidate

| popular_vote2 = 45,757

| percentage2 = 48.0%

}}

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The Boston mayoral election of 1910 occurred on Tuesday, January 11, 1910. John F. Fitzgerald, who had been Mayor of Boston from 1906 to 1908, defeated incumbent George A. Hibbard and two other candidates.{{cite news |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/501417649 |title=FITZGERALD WINS BY 1415 |newspaper=The Boston Globe |page=1 |date=January 12, 1910 |access-date=March 16, 2018 |url-access=limited |via=pqarchiver.com}}

This was the first Boston mayoral election held under a new city charter,{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18338877/four_names_filed/ |title=Four Names Filed |newspaper=The Barre Daily Times |location=Barre, Vermont |date=December 18, 1909 |access-date=March 16, 2018 |via=newspapers.com}} which made the election nonpartisan, and increased the mayor's term from two years to four years.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18384700/new_boston_charter_is_the_worst_defeat/ |title=New Boston Charter is the Worst Defeat Ever Given Boss Rule |newspaper=The Marion Daily Mirror |location=Marion, Ohio |date=November 3, 1909 |access-date=March 17, 2018 |via=newspapers.com}} Due to November voting on the charter change, this election was held in January, with the term of the incumbent mayor extended into February.{{cite news |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/501387598 |title=QUESTIONS TO BE SETTLED BY BOSTON VOTERS AT STATE ELECTION |newspaper=The Boston Globe |page=10 |date=November 2, 1909 |access-date=March 17, 2018 |url-access=limited |via=pqarchiver.com}}

Fitzgerald was inaugurated on Monday, February 7.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18339093/new_mayor_of_boston/ |title=New Mayor of Boston |newspaper=Arkansas Democrat |location=Little Rock, Arkansas |date=February 7, 1910 |access-date=March 16, 2018 |via=newspapers.com}}