1835 Boston mayoral election

1835 Boston mayoral election
December 14, 1835
 
Candidate Samuel Turell Armstrong John W. James
Party Whig
Popular vote 3,039 1,185
Percentage 67.64% 26.37%
Mayor before election

Theodore Lyman II

 Elected mayor

Samuel Turell Armstrong
Whig

The 1835 Boston mayoral election saw the election of Whig Party nominee Samuel Turell Armstrong. It was held on December 14, 1835.

Incumbent mayor Theodore Lyman II was not a candidate for reelection, declining to run. He had been given the Whig Party nomination, but declined to run, at which point Lieutenant Governor Samuel Turell Armstrong was nominated. Armstrong was regarded to be the major front-runner to win.

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