Vintage James M. Curley Campaign Button

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Vintage James M. Curley Campaign Button Wonderful, vintage James M. Curley campaign button. I beleive this button was from his last political campaign. It has a very nice photo of James Michael. On the backside is a paper label with the words: A.H. ARMEN MANUF'G CO., 47 Hanover St. Boston. T is also an Union Bug on the paper label. Type: celluloid Colors: BK/W Measurement: 1 1/4" Condition: excellent CURLEY, James Michael , (1874 - 1958) CURLEY, James Michael, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Mass., November 20, 1874; attended the public schools of Boston; salesman for Logan, Johnston & Co., a bakers’ and confectioners’ supply firm; engaged in the real-estate and insurance business; member of the Boston common council in 1900-1902; served in the State house of representatives in 1902-1904; member of the Boston board of aldermen 1904-1910; member of the Boston City Council in 1910-1912; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second and Sixty-third Congresses and served from March 4, 1911, until his resignation, effective February 4, 1914, having been elected mayor of Boston, in which capacity he served from 1914 to 1918; unsuccessful candidate for re-election to mayor of Boston in 1917; unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for the United States House of Representatives in 1918; president of read more