Quincy is a coastal U.S. city in Norfolk County,Massachusetts. It is the largest city in the county and a part of Metropolitan Boston as one of Boston's immediate southern suburbs. Its population in 2020 was 101,636,making it the seventh-largest city in the state. Known as the "City of Presidents",Quincy is the birthplace of two U.S. presidents—John Adams and his son John Quincy Adams—as well as John Hancock,a President of the Continental Congress and the first signer of the Declaration of Independence,as well as being the first and third Governor of Massachusetts.
James Michael Curley was an American Democratic politician from Boston,Massachusetts. He served four terms as mayor of Boston. He also served a single term as governor of Massachusetts,characterized by one biographer as "a disaster mitigated only by moments of farce" for its free spending and corruption. He also served two terms,separated by 30 years,in the United States Congress. He had also,in his early career,served on both the Boston Common Council and Boston Board of Aldermen,as well as in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Michael was a frequent candidate for other state and national offices. He was twice convicted of criminal behavior and notably served time in prison during his last term as mayor. He is remembered as one of the most colorful figures in Massachusetts politics.
The Boston Brahmins or Boston elite are members of Boston's traditional upper class. They are often associated with Harvard University;Anglicanism;upper-class clubs such as the Somerset in Boston,the Knickerbocker in New York City,the Metropolitan in Washington,D.C.,and the Pacific-Union Club in San Francisco;and traditional Anglo-American customs and clothing. Descendants of the earliest English colonists are typically considered to be the most representative of the Boston Brahmins. They are considered White Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASPs).
Maurice Joseph Tobin was an American politician serving as Mayor of Boston,Massachusetts,the Governor of Massachusetts,and United States Secretary of Labor. He was a member of the Democratic Party and a liberal that supported the New Deal and Fair Deal programs,and was outspoken in his support for labor unions. However,he had little success battling against the conservative majorities in the Massachusetts legislature,and the U.S. Congress.
Leverett A. Saltonstall was an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts. He served three two-year terms as the 55th Governor of Massachusetts,and for more than twenty years as a United States senator (1945–1967). Saltonstall was internationalist in foreign policy and moderate on domestic policy,serving as a well-liked mediating force in the Republican Party. He was the only member of the Republican Senate leadership to vote for the censure of Joseph McCarthy.
Frederick William Mansfield was an American politician and 46th mayor of Boston,Massachusetts.
Josiah Quincy III was an American educator and political figure. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1805–1813),mayor of Boston (1823–1828),and President of Harvard University (1829–1845). The historic Quincy Market in downtown Boston is named in his honor.
Maura A. Hennigan is an American politician who currently serves as the Clerk Magistrate of Suffolk County,Massachusetts,Superior Court Criminal/Business Division. She is a former member of the Boston City Council and was a mayoral candidate in 2005. From 1987 to 1993,she was known as Maura Hennigan Casey.
John E. Kerrigan was the acting Mayor of Boston in 1945 after then-Mayor Maurice J. Tobin became Governor of Massachusetts.
Michael Anthony Sullivan is an American politician,lawyer,and civil servant serving as the Clerk of Courts for Middlesex County,Massachusetts. Sullivan also served two terms as mayor of Cambridge,Massachusetts.
Quincy Medical Center was a 124-year-old teaching hospital located in Quincy,Massachusetts. It was operated by Steward Health Care System the largest fully integrated community care organization in New England.
John E. Hurley was an American politician who served as a Massachusetts State Representative,and the Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts.
John F. Keenan,is a member of the Massachusetts State Senate for the Norfolk and Plymouth district.
Christopher Nicholas Speranzo is an American lawyer and politician from Massachusetts.
Kirsten L. Hughes is an American political figure,singer,and attorney who is the clerk magistrate of Stoughton District Court. She was the Chair of the Massachusetts Republican Party from 2013 to 2019 and a member of the Quincy,Massachusetts City Council from 2012 to 2020.
James Richard McIntyre was an American attorney and politician who served as Mayor of Quincy,Massachusetts,and as a member of the Massachusetts General Court.
Henry Lee Shattuck was an American attorney,philanthropist,and politician from Massachusetts.
The Boston mayoral election of 1937 occurred on Tuesday,November 2,1937. Boston School Committee member Maurice J. Tobin defeated five other candidates,including former mayors James Michael Curley and Malcolm Nichols.
Eugene C. Hultman was an American political figure who held numerous positions in state and local government in Massachusetts,including Chairman of the Metropolitan District Commission,Commissioner of the Boston Police,Fire,and Building Departments,and member of the Massachusetts General Court.
John Patrick Connolly was an American politician who served as clerk of the Suffolk Superior Court of Civil Business from 1936 to 1939. He was convicted of bribery in 1941 for receiving kickbacks from court employees. He later returned to elected office as a Boston City Councilor
