Malcolm Nichols

Malcolm E. Nichols
Nichols c. 1908
Mayor of Boston
In office
January 4, 1926 – January 6, 1930
Preceded byJames Michael Curley
Succeeded byJames Michael Curley
Member of the Massachusetts Senate
from the Fifth Suffolk District
In office
1918–1919
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
from the Tenth Suffolk District
In office
1907–1909
Personal details
BornMay 8, 1876
Portland, Maine
DiedFebruary 7, 1951 (aged 74)
Jamaica Plain, Boston
Resting placeForest Hills Cemetery
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Edith M. Williams
Carrie M. Williams
ChildrenClark S., Dexter, Marjorie
Residence(s)173 Centre Street, Boston
Alma materHarvard College
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Malcolm Edwin Nichols (May 8, 1876 – February 7, 1951) was a journalist and American politician. Nichols served as the Mayor of Boston in the late 1920s. He came from a Boston Brahmin family and is the most recent Republican to serve in that post.

  1. ^ Who's who in State Politics, 1908, Boston, MA: Practical Politics, 1908, p. 265
  2. ^ Harvard College Class of 1899 List of Addresses, Occupations, Marriages, Births, and Deaths, Cambridge, MA: Harvard College Class of 1899, June 1905, p. 21
  3. ^ "MAYOR NICHOLS INAUGURATED". The Boston Globe. January 4, 1926. p. A1. Retrieved March 16, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.
  4. ^ "CURLEY INAUGURATION WILL BE HELD TODAY". The Boston Globe. January 6, 1930. p. 1. Retrieved March 16, 2018 – via pqarchiver.com.
  5. ^ Acts and Resolves Passed by the General Court, Boston, MA: Secretary of the Commonwealth, 1918, p. 554