The Boston mayoral election of 1929 occurred on Tuesday, November 5, 1929. Former
Mayor of Boston
The mayor of Boston is the head of the municipal government in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Boston has a mayor–council government. Boston's mayoral elections are nonpartisan (as are all municipal elections in Boston), and elect a m ...
James Michael Curley
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 between 1914 and 1955. Curley ran for mayor in every election for which he ...
defeated two other candidates to be elected mayor for the third time.
In 1918, the
Massachusetts state legislature had passed legislation making the Mayor of Boston ineligible to serve consecutive terms. Thus, incumbent
Malcolm Nichols
Malcolm Edwin Nichols (May 8, 1876 – February 7, 1951) 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 ...
was unable to run for re-election.
Curley was sworn on Monday, January 6, 1930.
Candidates
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Daniel H. Coakley, disbarred attorney, unsuccessful candidate for Mayor of Boston in
November 1925.
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James Michael Curley
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 between 1914 and 1955. Curley ran for mayor in every election for which he ...
, member of the
United States House of Representatives
The United States House of Representatives is a chamber of the Bicameralism, bicameral United States Congress; it is the lower house, with the U.S. Senate being the upper house. Together, the House and Senate have the authority under Artic ...
from 1913 to 1914, Mayor of Boston from 1914 to 1918, 1922 to 1926.
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Frederick Mansfield
Frederick William Mansfield (March 26, 1877 – November 6, 1958) was an American politician who served as the mayor of Boston, Massachusetts.
Early life
Mansfield was born in East Boston, Massachusetts, March 26, 1877. Mansfield was the son of ...
,
Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts
The treasurer and receiver-general of Massachusetts is an elected constitutional officer in the executive branch of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Originally appointed under authority of the Monarchy of the United Kingdom, English Crown pursuan ...
from 1914 to 1915.
Results
See also
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List of mayors of Boston, Massachusetts
The mayor of Boston is the head of the municipal government in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Boston has a mayor–council government. Boston's mayoral elections are nonpartisan (as are all municipal elections in Boston), and elect a may ...
References
Further reading
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Boston mayoral
Boston
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1929
This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic ...
Non-partisan elections
1920s in Boston
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