James Michael Curley was an American Democratic politician from Boston, Massachusetts. He served four terms as mayor of Boston; from 1914 to 1955, he ran for mayor in every election for which he was legally qualified. 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 is remembered as one of the most colorful figures in Massachusetts politics.
John Bernard Hynes, was an American politician who served as the mayor of Boston from 1950 to 1960.
Peter I. Blute is a former American politician who served as a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives. He served two terms, between January 3, 1993, and January 3, 1997, representing Massachusetts' 3rd congressional district. As of 2023, Blute and colleague Peter G. Torkildsen remain the last Republicans elected to serve in the United States House delegation from Massachusetts.
Thomas Michael Menino was an American politician who served as the mayor of Boston, from 1993 to 2014. He was the city's longest-serving mayor. He was elected mayor in 1993 after first serving three months in the position of "acting mayor" following the resignation of his predecessor Raymond Flynn. Before serving as mayor, Menino was a member of Boston City Council and had been elected president of the City Council in 1993.
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.
Melvin Herbert King was an American politician, community organizer, and educator. In 1973, King was elected as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Suffolk district, a post he held until early 1983. King was the runner-up in the 1983 Boston mayoral election, against Raymond Flynn.
The Boston City Council is the legislative branch of government for the city of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is made up of 13 members: 9 district representatives and 4 at-large members. Councillors are elected to two-year terms and there is no limit on the number of terms an individual can serve. Boston uses a strong-mayor form of government in which the city council acts as a check against the power of the executive branch, the mayor. The council is responsible for approving the city budget; monitoring, creating, and abolishing city agencies; making land use decisions; and approving, amending, or rejecting other legislative proposals.
Christopher A. Iannella was a member of the Boston City Council in Boston, Massachusetts, for 33 years, spanning the late 1950s until his death. He also served eight one-year terms as City Council president.
The Boston mayoral election of 1983 occurred on Tuesday, November 15, 1983, between City Councillor Raymond Flynn and former State Representative Mel King. Flynn was elected to his first term, and inaugurated on Monday, January 2, 1984.
The Boston mayoral election of 1967 occurred on Tuesday, November 7, 1967, between Secretary of the Commonwealth Kevin White and Boston School Committee member Louise Day Hicks. White was elected to his first term, and inaugurated on Monday, January 1, 1968.
Patrick F. McDonough was a Connemara, Ireland-born American police officer, attorney, and politician who served as a member of the Boston City Council from 1956–64, 1966–70, and 1972–82. He was the Council President in 1958, 1961, 1973, and 1981.
Walter Edward Lawrence was an American politician and city manager who served as a member of Massachusetts House of Representatives and as Mayor of Medford.
Sister Ann Fox is a Roman Catholic sister, social activist and expert in educational enrichment. She is co-founder and previous executive director of the Paraclete Foundation. She teamed with Barry T. Hynes to create the Paraclete Foundation to provide educational enrichment for at-risk children in South Boston. The Paraclete Foundation, along with South Boston mothers known as the Stella Maris Group created the Paraclete Academy in 1997. The academy is housed in the former St. Augustine's convent. The Paraclete Academy focuses on elementary and early middle school aged, at-risk children. The Paraclete Academy provides after school enrichment programs in the South Boston community that aims to erase the education disparity between inner city children and their more affluent peers. By Sister Ann's retirement as executive director in 2012, nearly 1,000 local children had participated in the Paraclete Academy's programs and over 70 young college graduates had volunteered as full-time teachers in residence.
Arthur Henry Tobin is an American lawyer and politician from Quincy, Massachusetts who currently serves as clerk magistrate of the Quincy District Court.
The Boston mayoral election of 1949 occurred on Tuesday, November 8, 1949, between incumbent Mayor of Boston James Michael Curley, city clerk and former acting mayor John B. Hynes, and three other candidates. Hynes was elected to his first term.
William Arthur Reilly was an American political figure from Boston who served as the city's deputy mayor and fire commissioner and was member of the school committee and finance commission.
John B. Kelly was an American politician who served as a member of the Boston City Council from 1937 to 1947 and was the council president from 1946 to 1947.
Elections are currently held every four years to elect the mayor of Springfield, Massachusetts.
Beginning shortly after the city's incorporation as a city in 1846, elections have been held in the mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire. The following article provides information on the elections for mayor in the city during the 20th century.
Laurence Harold Banks was an American politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and on the Boston City Council. He was the first African-American elected to the Boston City Council.
