George Hibbard is elected mayor of Boston.

Hibbard (R), with 38,112 votes, defeats John Fitzgerald (D), with 35,935, and John Coulthurst (I), with 17.6% of the vote. Turnout is 91,160 or 82% of registered voters. Hibbard is backed by Martin Lomasney, and his election after a bitter campaign marked the collapse of the Yankee-Irish coalition that began with the election of Hugh O’Brien. The former Boston postmaster, Hibbard reduces the municipal workforce by removing patronage hires, cuts the cost of street maintenance in half, and reduces the city’s deficit – all of which makes him very unpopular and lead to his losing his bid for reelection.