The Boston mayoral election of 1933 occurred on Tuesday, November 7, 1933. Former

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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 ...

defeated five other candidates to be elected

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. In 1918, the Massachusetts state legislature had passed legislation making the Mayor of Boston ineligible to serve consecutive terms. Thus, incumbent

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 ...

was unable to run for re-election. Mansfield was inaugurated on Monday, January 1, 1934.

Candidates

* William J. Foley, District Attorney of Suffolk County since 1927 *

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from 1914 to 1915 *

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 ...

, Mayor of Boston from 1926 to 1930 * Joseph F. O'Connell, member of the

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from 1907 to 1911 * Henry Parkman Jr., member of the

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since 1929, member of the

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from 1925 to 1929 *Michael H. Sullivan, municipal court judge and former chairman of the Boston Finance Commission

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