| 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% |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | James Michael Curley |
| After Election: | Malcolm Nichols |
| Candidate2: | Theodore A. Glynn |
| Party2: | Nonpartisan candidate |
| Popular Vote2: | 42,687 |
| Percentage2: | 23.4% |
| Image3: | Joseph H. O'Neil (1).jpg |
| 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% |
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.[1]
Many votes were split between three Democratic candidates (Glynn, O'Neil, Coakley), which was a factor in the election of Nichols, a Republican.[2] While municipal elections in Boston have been nonpartisan since 1910, Nichols is the most recent Republican to be elected Mayor of Boston as of .
In 1918, the Massachusetts state legislature had passed legislation making the Mayor of Boston ineligible to serve consecutive terms.[3] Thus, incumbent James Michael Curley was unable to run for re-election.
Nichols was inaugurated on Monday, January 4, 1926.[4]
| Candidates | General Election[6] | |
|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | |
| Malcolm Nichols | 64,492 | |
| Theodore A. Glynn | 42,687 | |
| Joseph H. O'Neil | 31,888 | |
| Daniel H. Coakley | 20,144 | |
| Thomas C. O'Brien | 9,443 | |
| John A. Keliher | 7,737 | |
| W. T. A. Fitzgerald | 3,188 | |
| Alonzo B. Cook | 1,771 | |
| Walter G. McGauley | 437 | |
| Charles L. Burrill | 276 | |
| all others | 2 | |