1894 Boston mayoral election

The 1894 Boston mayoral election occurred on Tuesday, December 11, 1894. Republican nominee Edwin Upton Curtis defeated Democratic nominee Francis Peabody Jr., and two other contenders, to win election as Mayor of Boston.

This was the last Boston mayoral election for a one-year term; the city charter was changed in June 1895, increasing the mayoral term to two years.

Curtis was inaugurated on Monday, January 7, 1895.

Candidates

 * Edwin Upton Curtis (Republican), former City Clerk of Boston (1889–1890)
 * Phinehas P. Field (Populist)
 * Abijah Hall (Prohibition)
 * Francis Peabody Jr. (Democrat), attorney