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unusual facts about Mayor of Boston



Jamaicaway

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.

Mel King

In 1983, when the incumbent Mayor of Boston, Kevin White, withdrew from contention after 16 years in office, Mel King ran for mayor against Raymond Flynn.

Rosaria Salerno

She was a candidate for Mayor of Boston in 1993, finishing in fourth place with 17.54% of the vote.


see also

Augustus Martin

Augustus Pearl Martin (1835-1902), Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts, and American Civil War artillery officer

Frederick Prince

Frederick O. Prince (1818–1899), American lawyer, politician, and mayor of Boston, Massachusetts

James Curley

James Michael Curley (1874–1958), American congressman, mayor of Boston, and governor of Massachusetts

Jerome Smith

Jerome V. C. Smith (1800–1879), American mayor of Boston, Massachusetts

New Philharmonia Orchestra of Massachusetts

The 2007-2008 season concluded with a benefit concert at the Kennedy Library attended by the mayor of Boston, Thomas Menino, honoring the orchestra's partnership with John Hancock financial services.

Otis family

Harrison Gray Otis (1765-1848), U.S. Senator from Massachusetts; Third Mayor of Boston; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts; Massachusetts District Attorney; Son of Samuel Allyne Otis.

Peter Francis Tague

Tague was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Boston in 1917, but was reelected to the Sixty-seventh and Sixty-eighth Congresses, serving from October 23, 1919, to March 3, 1925.

Walter Muir Whitehill

On July 11, 1976, he spoke at the Old State House in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II, the Mayor of Boston, the Governor of Massachusetts, and a large audience.