Mayor of Boston
Wightman first ran for the office of Mayor in 1859, in that contest he received 4,208 votes out of 11,421 cast, however he lost to Frederic W. Lincoln, Jr., who received 5,932 votes. In his second try Wightman was elected Boston's first Democratic Party Mayor on December 13, 1860. Wightman received 8,834 votes in his election bid vs. that of his closest competitor Republican Party candidate, former Alderman Moses Kimball, who received 5,674 votes. Wightman had been endorsed by both wings of the Democratic party and that of the Whigs.
On December 9, 1861 Wightman was reelected as Mayor receiving 6,765 votes vs. his closest competitor Edward Tobey, who received 5,795 votes (out of 12,565 votes cast).
Wightman again ran for reelection in 1862, Mayor Wightman was re-nominated by the People's Union Party on November 22, 1862, however on December 8, 1862, in this his second reelection bid, he lost to his predecessor Frederic W. Lincoln, Jr. Wightman received 5,287 votes to Lincoln's 6,352. Wightman's tenure as Boston's 17th Mayor ended on January 5, 1863 when Mayor Lincoln was sworn in as the 18th Mayor of the City of Boston.
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