Twenty-two candidates are elected to the Boston City Council.
November 8, 1949
They are Julius Ansel, John Beades, Walter Bryan, Michael Cantwell, Perlie Dyar Chase, James Coffey, Milton Cook, Anthony Farin, Thomas Hannon, William Hurley, Michael Kinsella, Edmund Lane, George Lanigan, Thomas Linehan, Thomas McCormack, Robert Ramsey, Vincent Shanley, Francis Tracey, Philip Tracy, John Wenzler, John Yerxa, and Daniel Sullivan. Linehan resigns on June 15, 1950 and is replaced by John McColgan. Sullivan’s election is set aside due to voting irregularities and he is replaced by Lawrence Banks on August 6, 1951.