In the 1925 Boston Mayoral election, Republican, Nichols was elected when the democratic vote was split by three candidates; as of 2018 he is the most recent Republican to have been elected Mayor of Boston as the elections in Boston have been nonpartisan since 1910.
While municipal elections in Boston have been nonpartisan since 1910; as of 2018, Nichols is the most recent Republican to be elected Mayor of Boston. Many votes were split between three Democratic candidates (Glynn, O'Neil, Coakley), which was a factor in the election of Nichols, a Republican. 
