| Election Name: | 1894 Boston mayoral election |
| Country: | Boston |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1893 Boston mayoral election |
| Previous Year: | 1893 |
| Election Date: | December 11, 1894 |
| Next Election: | 1895 Boston mayoral election |
| Next Year: | 1895 |
| Image1: | Edwin Upton Curtis (1861–1922) (2).png |
| Candidate1: | Edwin Upton Curtis |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 34,982 |
| Percentage1: | 51.0% |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Nathan Matthews Jr. |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Edwin Upton Curtis |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Candidate2: | Francis Peabody Jr. |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 32,425 |
| Percentage2: | 47.3% |
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.[1]
This was the last Boston mayoral election for a one-year term; the city charter was changed in June 1895,[2] increasing the mayoral term to two years.
Curtis was inaugurated on Monday, January 7, 1895.[3]
| Candidates | General Election[7] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | |||
| R | Edwin Upton Curtis | 34,982 | ||
| D | Francis Peabody Jr. | 32,425 | ||
| P | Phinehas P. Field | 868 | ||
| PRO | Abijah Hall | 305 | ||
| all others | 8 | |||