Boston mayoral election, 1929

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The Boston mayoral election of 1929 occurred on Tuesday, November 5, 1929. Former Mayor of Boston James Michael Curley defeated two other candidates to be elected mayor for the third time. [1]

Mayor of Boston

The Mayor of Boston is the head of the municipal government in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston has a mayor-council system of government. Boston's mayoral elections are non-partisan, and elect a mayor to a four-year term; there are no term limits. The mayor's office is in Boston City Hall, in Government Center.

James Michael Curley American politician

James Michael Curley was an American Democratic Party politician from Boston, Massachusetts. One of the most colorful figures in Massachusetts politics in the first half of the 20th century, Curley served four terms as Democratic Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, including part of one while in prison. 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.

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In 1918, the Massachusetts state legislature had passed legislation making the Mayor of Boston ineligible to serve consecutive terms. [2] Thus, incumbent Malcolm Nichols was unable to run for re-election.

Massachusetts General Court legislature of Massachusetts

The Massachusetts General Court is the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The name "General Court" is a hold-over from the earliest days of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, when the colonial assembly, in addition to making laws, sat as a judicial court of appeals. Before the adoption of the state constitution in 1780, it was called the Great and General Court, but the official title was shortened by John Adams, author of the state constitution. It is a bicameral body. The upper house is the Massachusetts Senate which is composed of 40 members. The lower body, the Massachusetts House of Representatives, has 160 members. It meets in the Massachusetts State House on Beacon Hill in Boston.

Malcolm Nichols American mayor of Boston

Malcolm Edwin Nichols was a journalist and a U.S. political figure. Nichols served as the Mayor of Boston in the late 1920s. He came from a Boston Brahmin family and was the most recent Republican to serve in that post.

Curley was inaugurated on Monday, January 6, 1930. [3]

Candidates

Daniel Henry Coakley was an American political figure and lawyer. As an attorney, he took part in numerous badger game extortion schemes. He was disbarred in 1922 for deceit, malpractice, and gross misconduct. He later was elected to the Massachusetts Governor's Council, where he secured a pardon for mobster Raymond L. S. Patriarca. He was impeached in 1941 for using his position and influence to secure pardons in exchange for financial gain.

United States House of Representatives lower house of the United States Congress

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Results

CandidatesGeneral Election [4]
Votes%
James Michael Curley 117,08454.1%
Frederick Mansfield 96,62644.6%
Daniel H. Coakley 2,8001.3%
all others30.0%

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References

  1. ↑ "Boston Elects Curley Mayor for Third Time". Chicago Tribune . AP. November 6, 1929. p. 3. Retrieved March 10, 2018– via newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "REPORT BILL TO STOP CONSECUTIVE TERMS" . The Boston Globe . February 26, 1918. p. 6. Retrieved March 12, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.
  3. ↑ "CURLEY INAUGURATION WILL BE HELD TODAY" . The Boston Globe . January 6, 1930. p. 1. Retrieved March 16, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.
  4. ↑ Annual Report of the Election Department. City of Boston. 1929. p. 37 – via archive.org.

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