Английская Википедия:George A. Hibbard

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George Albee Hibbard (October 27, 1864 – May 29, 1910)[1] was an American political figure who served as the mayor of Boston from 1908 to 1910.

Early years

Hibbard was born in Boston in 1864,[2] graduated from Harvard University in 1880, and passed the bar in 1885.[3]

Career

Hibbard became Postmaster of Boston in 1899.[3] In the December 1907 mayoral election, Hibbard ran as a Republican against incumbent and Democratic candidate John F. Fitzgerald. Hibbard defeated Fitzgerald, 38,112 votes to 35,935; a third candidate, John Coulthurst, a Democrat running as the Independence League candidate, had 15,811 votes. Hibbard served as mayor from January 1908 to February 1910.

Historian Peter Jones argues that Hibbard was not a true reformer. His triumph in the mayoral election was a result of Fitzgerald's blunders. It was a transient reaction to the Democratic Party's high spending. Hibbard, during his two years as mayor, made drastic cuts, releasing nearly a thousand city workers, halving street maintenance expenses, and decreasing the city's debt. He also established a permanent Finance Committee appointed by the governor to act as a counterweight to the local Democrats. Nonetheless, his actions earned him numerous enemies, and the reform coalition refused to endorse him for reelection. Despite this, the ailing mayor ran anyway, spurred on by Fitzgerald who wanted to divide the vote. In the January 1910 election, out of the 95,000 votes cast, Fitzgerald won with 47,177, reformer James Storrow received 45,775, and Hibbard obtained a mere 1,614 votes.[4]

Four months later Hibbard died in his home of tuberculosis.[5]

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  1. ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
  2. ↑ Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег <ref>; для сносок epitome не указан текст
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  4. ↑ Melvin G. Holli, and Peter d'A. Jones, eds. Biographical dictionary of American mayors, 1820-1980 ( Greenwood Press, 1981) p. 162.
  5. ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
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