1925 Boston mayoral election

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 1925 Boston mayoral election

| country = Boston

| type = Presidential

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 1921 Boston mayoral election

| previous_year = 1921

| election_date = November 3, 1925

| next_election = 1929 Boston mayoral election

| next_year = 1929

| image1 = Malcolm E. Nichols former Mayor of Boston (2).png

| candidate1 = Malcolm Nichols

| party1 = Nonpartisan candidate

| popular_vote1 = 64,492

| percentage1 = 35.4%

| title = Mayor

| before_election = James Michael Curley

| after_election = Malcolm Nichols

| image2 = File:1906 Theodore A Glynn Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| candidate2 = Theodore A. Glynn

| party2 = Nonpartisan candidate

| popular_vote2 = 42,687

| percentage2 = 23.4%

| image3 = Joseph H. O'Neil (1).jpg

| candidate3 = Joseph H. O'Neil

| party3 = Nonpartisan candidate

| popular_vote3 = 31,888

| percentage3 = 17.5%

| image4 = File:1894 Daniel H Coakley Massachusetts House of Representatives.png

| candidate4 = Daniel H. Coakley

| party4 = Nonpartisan candidate

| popular_vote4 = 20,144

| percentage4 = 11.1%

| image5 = Thomas C. O'Brien (1).jpg

| candidate5 = Thomas C. O'Brien

| party5 = Nonpartisan candidate

| popular_vote5 = 9,443

| percentage5 = 5.2%

}}

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The Boston mayoral election of 1925 occurred on Tuesday, November 3, 1925. Malcolm Nichols, a former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and Massachusetts Senate, defeated nine other candidates to be elected mayor.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18280007/boston_elects_republican_mayor/ |title=Boston Elects Republican Mayor |agency=AP |newspaper=Salt Lake Telegram |location=Salt Lake City |date=November 4, 1925 |access-date=March 14, 2018 |via=newspapers.com}}

Many votes were split between three Democratic candidates (Glynn, O'Neil, Coakley), which was a factor in the election of Nichols, a Republican.{{cite news |url=https://secure.pqarchiver.com/boston-sub/doc/498658435.html |title=NICHOLS WINS RACE BY 22,307 |newspaper=The Boston Globe |last=Merrill |first=John |page=1 |date=November 4, 1925 |access-date=March 14, 2018 |url-access=limited |via=pqarchiver.com }}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} While municipal elections in Boston have been nonpartisan since 1910, Nichols is the most recent Republican to be elected Mayor of Boston as of {{CURRENTYEAR}}.

In 1918, the Massachusetts state legislature had passed legislation making the Mayor of Boston ineligible to serve consecutive terms.{{cite news |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/503359225 |title=REPORT BILL TO STOP CONSECUTIVE TERMS |newspaper=The Boston Globe |page=6 |date=February 26, 1918 |access-date=March 12, 2018 |url-access=limited |via=pqarchiver.com}} Thus, incumbent James Michael Curley was unable to run for re-election.

Nichols was inaugurated on Monday, January 4, 1926.{{cite news |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/498702084 |title=MAYOR NICHOLS INAUGURATED |newspaper=The Boston Globe |page=A1 |date=January 4, 1926 |access-date=March 16, 2018 |url-access=limited |via=pqarchiver.com }}