Boston Mayor James Michael Curley, dressed in his raccoon coat, handed out flowers during South Boston's traditional Evacuation Day parade on March 17, 1947.

Under the ordinary rules of politics, Boston’s Mayor James Michael Curley would have no more chance of re-election in November than of playing halfback for Harvard. At 74, after 50 years in ...

James Michael Curley, who served as Boston mayor, Massachusetts governor, and US representative for the state, also served terms behind bars in the Charles Street Jail while a Boston alderman in ...

Boston Mayor James Michael Curley. Photo: Alamy Stock Photo. ... Curley (1874-1958) was a legendary Boston political rogue, serving as mayor (four times), governor and congressman.

Of all U.S. politicians, Boston’s James Michael Curley is perhaps the strongest believer in the maxim that God helps those who help themselves. As onetime mayor of Boston he helped himself to ...

"It's just a political move. I'm being persecuted." The mellifluous voice was familiar. The 225-lb. body, superbly carried, the pouched eyes, the air of expensive splendor were ...

In 1979, I proposed to the Globe that the soil removed from the Alewife extension of the T be used to form the Curley River in memory of the noted mayor of Boston, James Michael Curley.