James Michael Curley was an American Democratic politician from Boston,Massachusetts. He served four terms as mayor of Boston from 1914 to 1955. Curley ran for mayor in every election for which he was legally qualified. He was twice convicted of criminal behavior and notably served time in prison during his last term as mayor. He also served a single term as governor of Massachusetts. He is remembered as one of the most colorful figures in Massachusetts politics.
Malcolm Edwin Nichols was a journalist and American politician. Nichols served as the Mayor of Boston in the late 1920s. He came from a Boston Brahmin family and is the most recent Republican to serve in that post.
William Francis Galvin is an American politician who serves as the 27th Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Joseph Aloysius Conry was an American politician who served as a United States representative from Massachusetts. Although he served only a single term,he received national attention for his reformist views. He remained a highly popular speaker and writer,despite losing an election to Congress in 1908. Before serving in Congress,he held municipal office in Boston.
The Massachusetts Democratic Party (MassDems) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in Massachusetts. It is chaired by Steve Kerrigan and is the dominant party in the state,controlling all nine of the state's U.S. House seats,both U.S. Senate seats,all six elected statewide offices including the governorship,and supermajorities in both houses of the state legislature.
Thomas Norton Hart was an American manufacturer,businessman,and politician from Massachusetts who served as mayor of Boston from 1889 to 1890 and from 1900 to 1902.
John Austin Keliher was a U.S. Democratic politician.
Joseph Francis O'Connell was an American lawyer,academic,and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Boston,Massachusetts from 1907 to 1911.
William Francis Murray was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts and the Postmaster of Boston.
William Sarsfield McNary was an American Democratic politician who served two terms as a U.S. Representative from Boston,Massachusetts,and exercised tremendous influence over the Massachusetts Democratic Party.
John Robert Murphy was a Massachusetts politician and attorney who served as the Commissioner of the Boston Fire Department,Chairman of the Boston Finance Commission and in both branches of the Massachusetts legislature.
John C. Carr was an American politician who served as Mayor of Medford,Massachusetts,Chairman of the Massachusetts Democratic Party,and City Manager of Medford.
James E. Agnew was an American politician who served as a Boston City Councilor,Massachusetts Fish and Game Commissioner,and Corporation Counsel of Boston.
The Boston mayoral election of 1907 was held on Tuesday,December 10,and saw Republican nominee George A. Hibbard defeat Democratic incumbent John F. Fitzgerald as well as Independence League nominee John A. Coulthurst. Ahead of the general election,primary elections for each party had taken place on Thursday,November 14,1907.
The Boston mayoral election of 1905 took place on Tuesday,December 12,1905. Democratic nominee John F. Fitzgerald defeated Republican nominee Louis A. Frothingham and four other contenders to win election to his first term as Mayor of Boston. Ahead of the general election,primary elections had been held on Thursday,November 16,1905.
The Boston mayoral election of 1866 saw the election of Republican Party nominee Otis Norcross.
Edward Joseph Donovan (1864–1908) was an American politician who served as Boston city clerk and Collector of Internal Revenue for Massachusetts.
John Mitchel Galvin (1850–1924) was an American politician who served as Boston City Clerk from 1891 to 1900. On November 3,1908 he was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives seat in Massachusetts's 10th congressional district,but lost to Joseph F. O'Connell by 4 votes.
William J. Galvin was an American politician who served on the Boston City Council and was the city's superintendent of markets.
James Donovan was an American politician who held a number offices in the city of Boston. He served as a member of common council,both houses of the Massachusetts General Court,and the Massachusetts Governor's Council,was superintendent of lamps and streets,and spent 16 years as city clerk.
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