| Election Name: | 1828 Boston mayoral election |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1827 Boston mayoral election |
| Previous Year: | 1827 |
| Election Date: | Dec. 8, 1828 (1st vote) Dec. 15, 1928 (2nd vote) Dec. 22, 1928 (3rd vote) |
| Next Election: | 1829 Boston mayoral election |
| Next Year: | 1829 |
| 1Blank: | First vote |
| 2Blank: | Second vote |
| 3Blank: | Third vote |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Josiah Quincy III |
| Before Party: | Federalist Party |
| After Election: | Harrison Gray Otis |
| After Party: | Federalist Party |
The 1828 Boston mayoral election saw the election of Harrison Gray Otis. The election required three votes, because no candidate secured the required majority in the first two votes. After failing in the first two votes, incumbent mayor Josiah Quincy III declined to run in the third round.
Running in the second round were Josiah Quincy III, Thomas C. Amory, Harrison Gray Otis, and Charles Wells.[1]
Quincy and Amory declined to run again in the third vote.[2]
Receiving a majority of the vote, Otis was elected mayor.[3]
| Josiah Quincy III (incumbent) ! | Thomas C. Armory | Caleb Eddy | Charles Wells | Scattering | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st vote | style=text-align:center | undisclosed share of write-in vote | style=text-align:center | 47.97% | style=text-align:center | 31.46% | style=text-align:center | 20.58% | |||
| 2nd vote | style=text-align:center | 26.65% | style=text-align:center | 48.75% | style=text-align:center | 26.65% | style=text-align:center | 18.45% | style=text-align:center | 2.15% | |
| 3rd vote | style=text-align:center | 65.51% | style=text-align:center | 28.22% | style=text-align:center | 6.27% |