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James Michael Curley (November 20, 1874 – November 12, 1958) 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.
J ames Michael Curley gained a reputation as being the ‘Robin Hood’ mayor of Boston. Dominating Boston politics for half a century, his dazzling political career still leaves Bostonians in...
Apr 14, 2005 · Son of an immigrant laborer, champion of the Irish underclass, Mr. Curley was already staking out the epic boundaries of a career in urban politics that would take him to the mayor’ office four times (in four different decades) and twice to prison.
He followed with another tenure as mayor of Boston (1947–50) but spent five months of his term in federal prison following a conviction for mail fraud. President Harry S. Truman secured his release and later (1950) granted him a full pardon, but Curley—who had foiled an attempt by Republicans to have him replaced while he was in prison ...
Nov 17, 2021 · For the first half of this century and beyond, James Michael Curley was the most flamboyant and durable figure on Boston’s political scene. Mayor off and on for a total of sixteen years, he spent four terms in Congress and two in jail, and for two depression years he was governor of Massachusetts.
Dec 29, 1992 · In 1947, while mayor again, he served five months of an 18-month jail sentence for mail fraud. Curley's remarkable story is told in "The Rascal King: The Life and Times of James Michael...
While he finished his term as governor in prison, Curley’s city clerk served as acting mayor, ABC News reported. But five months into his sentence, President Harry Truman commuted Curley’s ...
