James Michael Curley (1874–1958), American congressman, mayor of Boston, and governor of Massachusetts
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He was best known for the songs "Some Coward Closed the Old Howard," a humorous paean to Boston's famous vaudeville house The Old Howard, and "Vote Early and Often for Curley," a reelection campaign song for Boston Mayor James Michael Curley.
The person most mentioned in association with the Jamaicaway today is probably James Michael Curley, the Irish American Mayor of Boston whose former house was long easy to spot, even after Curley's death, by the shamrock design incised in its shutters.
Burke began his political involvement in 1934 when he assisted James Michael Curley during his successful run for Governor of Massachusetts.
A song on the album Let's Face It by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, inspired by James Michael Curley