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James Michael Curley (20 de noviembre de 1874 – † 12 de noviembre de 1958) fue un político estadounidense demócrata en Massachusetts durante cuatro mandatos,​ y .Durante dos legislaturas fue miembro de la Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos.Personaje popular en Boston, en particular entre los irlandeses.Durante su cuarto y último mandato como alcalde de Boston, por un delito grave fue ingresado en la cárcel de Danbury. جيمس مايكل كيرلي (بالإنجليزية: James Michael Curley)‏ (20 نوفمبر 1874-12 نوفمبر 1958) سياسي أمريكي ينتمي إلى الحزب الديمقراطي من بوسطن، ماساتشوستس. أحد أكثر الشخصيات بروزًا في السياسة في ولاية ماساتشوستس في النصف الأول من القرن العشرين، خدم كيرلي أربع دورات بمنصب عمدة ديمقراطي لبوسطن، ماساتشوستس، وشمل جزء من إحداها فترة تواجده في السجن. خدم أيضًا دورة واحدة كحاكم لولاية ماساتشوستس، ووصفها أحد كتاب السيرة بأنها «كارثة خففتها فقط لحظات من المهزلة»، نظرًا للإنفاق المطلق والفساد. James Michael Curley (* 20. November 1874 in Boston, Massachusetts; † 12. November 1958 ebenda) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und von 1935 bis 1937 Gouverneur des Bundesstaates Massachusetts. Er war außerdem zweimal Abgeordneter im US-Repräsentantenhaus sowie Bürgermeister von Boston. James Michael Curley (20 novembre 1874 - 12 novembre 1958) est un homme politique américain. * Portail de Boston * Portail du Massachusetts * Portail de la politique aux États-Unis 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. He also served a single term as governor of Massachusetts, characterized by one biographer as "a disaster mitigated only by moments of farce" for its free spending and corruption. He also served two terms, separated by 30 years, in the United States Congress. He had also, in his early career, served on both the Boston Common Council and Boston Board of Aldermen, as well as in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Michael was a frequent candidate for other state and national offices. He was twice convicted of criminal behavior and notably served time in prison during his last term as mayor. He is remembered as one of th James Michael Curley, född 20 november 1874 i Boston, Massachusetts, död 12 november 1958 i Boston, var en amerikansk demokratisk politiker. Han var ledamot av USA:s representanthus 1911–1914 och 1943–1947, Bostons borgmästare 1914–1918, 1922–1926, 1930–1934 samt 1946–1950 och dessutom Massachusetts guvernör 1935–1937.
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James Michael Curley, född 20 november 1874 i Boston, Massachusetts, död 12 november 1958 i Boston, var en amerikansk demokratisk politiker. Han var ledamot av USA:s representanthus 1911–1914 och 1943–1947, Bostons borgmästare 1914–1918, 1922–1926, 1930–1934 samt 1946–1950 och dessutom Massachusetts guvernör 1935–1937. Curley tillträdde 1911 som kongressledamot och avgick 1914 för att tillträda som borgmästare, ett ämbete som han innehade i sammanlagt fyra fyraåriga ämbetsperioder. Han var även verksam som bankdirektör. År 1935 efterträdde han Joseph B. Ely som guvernör och efterträddes 1937 av Charles F. Hurley. Som kongressledamot tillträdde han på nytt 1943 och efterträddes 1947 av John F. Kennedy. Curley dömdes 1947 av och tillbringade fem månader i fängelse under sin sista ämbetsperiod som Bostons borgmästare. Senare benådades han av presidenten. Curley, en beryktad politisk boss av irländsk härkomst, kallades i folkmun The Rascal King. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones låt The Rascal King handlar om honom. James Michael Curley (20 de noviembre de 1874 – † 12 de noviembre de 1958) fue un político estadounidense demócrata en Massachusetts durante cuatro mandatos,​ y .Durante dos legislaturas fue miembro de la Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos.Personaje popular en Boston, en particular entre los irlandeses.Durante su cuarto y último mandato como alcalde de Boston, por un delito grave fue ingresado en la cárcel de Danbury. James Michael Curley (20 novembre 1874 - 12 novembre 1958) est un homme politique américain. * Portail de Boston * Portail du Massachusetts * Portail de la politique aux États-Unis James Michael Curley (* 20. November 1874 in Boston, Massachusetts; † 12. November 1958 ebenda) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker und von 1935 bis 1937 Gouverneur des Bundesstaates Massachusetts. Er war außerdem zweimal Abgeordneter im US-Repräsentantenhaus sowie Bürgermeister von Boston. جيمس مايكل كيرلي (بالإنجليزية: James Michael Curley)‏ (20 نوفمبر 1874-12 نوفمبر 1958) سياسي أمريكي ينتمي إلى الحزب الديمقراطي من بوسطن، ماساتشوستس. أحد أكثر الشخصيات بروزًا في السياسة في ولاية ماساتشوستس في النصف الأول من القرن العشرين، خدم كيرلي أربع دورات بمنصب عمدة ديمقراطي لبوسطن، ماساتشوستس، وشمل جزء من إحداها فترة تواجده في السجن. خدم أيضًا دورة واحدة كحاكم لولاية ماساتشوستس، ووصفها أحد كتاب السيرة بأنها «كارثة خففتها فقط لحظات من المهزلة»، نظرًا للإنفاق المطلق والفساد. تمتع كيرلي بشعبية كبيرة بين الأمريكيين في الطبقة العاملة الرومانية الكاثوليكية من أصل آيرلندي في بوسطن، إذ نشأ بينهم ونشط في سياسة الدوائر الانتخابية. خلال فترة الكساد الكبير، وسّع مستشفى مدينة بوسطن، ونظام النقل العام في المدينة (تُدعى الآن هيئة نقل خليج ماساتشوستس)، وموّل مشاريع لتحسين الطرق والجسور، وحسّن الأحياء بالشواطئ ودورات المياه والملاعب والحدائق والمدارس العامة والمكتبات، وذلك خلال فترة من جمع الرشاوي ورفع الضرائب. أصبح كيرلي قوة بارزة ومثيرة للخلاف أحيانًا في الحزب الديموقراطي في الولاية، إذ تنافس على السلطة مع القيادة البيضاء الأنجلو سكسونية البروتستانتية على الصعيدين المحلي والولائي، ومع رؤساء مقاطعات بوسطن. خدم دورتين في كونغرس الولايات المتحدة، وكان مرشحًا بشكل اعتيادي لمجموعة متنوعة من المناصب المحلية والولائية لمدة نصف قرن. أُدين مرتين لارتكاب الجرائم، وقضى وقتًا ملحوظًا في السجن بسبب إدانته بارتكاب جناية مرتبطة بفسادٍ سابق خلال فترة ولايته الأخيرة كعمدة. 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. He also served a single term as governor of Massachusetts, characterized by one biographer as "a disaster mitigated only by moments of farce" for its free spending and corruption. He also served two terms, separated by 30 years, in the United States Congress. He had also, in his early career, served on both the Boston Common Council and Boston Board of Aldermen, as well as in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Michael was a frequent candidate for other state and national offices. He was twice convicted of criminal behavior and notably served time in prison during his last term as mayor. He is remembered as one of the most colorful figures in Massachusetts politics. Curley was immensely popular with his fellow working-class Roman Catholic Irish Americans. During the Great Depression, he enlarged Boston City Hospital, expanded the city's public transit system, funded projects to improve roads and bridges, and improved the neighborhoods with beaches and bathhouses, playgrounds and parks, public schools and libraries, all the while collecting graft and raising taxes. He was a leading and at times divisive force in the Massachusetts Democratic Party, challenging Boston's ward bosses and the party's White Anglo-Saxon Protestant leadership at the local and state level. His political tactics, which tended to drive businesses and economically successful people from the city, damaging the local economy, have become a source of study for economists and political scientists.
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