1849 Boston mayoral election

The 1849 Boston mayoral election saw the reelection of incumbent Whig mayor John P. Bigelow. It was held on December 10, 1849.^[1]

Candidates

John P. Bigelow (Whig Party), incumbent mayor^[2]^[3]
Joseph Hall (Democratic Party),^[3] former member of the United States House of Representatives from Maine and former measurer of the Boston Custom House
Bradford Sumner (Free Soil Party),^[3] candidate for mayor in 1839, 1842, and 1848, candidate for U.S. House of Representatives in 1838 and 1839

1849 Boston mayoral election^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	John P. Bigelow (incumbent)	4,543	80.68
	Democratic	Joseph Hall	705	12.52
	Free Soil	Bradford Sumner	349	6.20
	Scattering	Other	34	0.60
Total votes			5,631	100

^ ^a ^b A Catalogue of the City Councils of Boston, 1822-1908, Roxbury, 1846-1867, Charlestown, 1847-1873 and of the Selectmen of Boston, 1634-1822: Also of Various Other Town and Municipal Officers. City of Boston Printing Department. 1909. p. 51. Retrieved April 7, 2023.
^ "The Lancaster Examiner 12 Dec 1849, page 2". The Lancaster Examiner. December 12, 1849. Retrieved April 17, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Municipal Election". Newspapers.com. Boston Evening Transcript. December 11, 1849. Retrieved April 17, 2023.