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James Michael Curley (1874-1958).
After serving in various municipal offices and one term in the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1902-1903), he was elected to the U.S. Congress (1911-1914). He served three terms as Mayor of Boston (1914-1918, 1922-1926 and 1930-1934), was reelected to Congress (1943-1945) and then again served one more term as Mayor of Boston from 1945-1949.
Mayor Curley was convicted of mail fraud in 1947, but was pardoned by President Harry Truman after serving just five months of his prison term.
Books written about him include “The Rascal King,” by Jack Beatty, and “I’d Do It Again,” an autobiography by James Michael Curley.
