Malcolm Nichols

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Malcolm Nichols
In office
1926 – 1930
Preceded by James M. Curley
Succeeded by James M. Curley
Born May 8, 1876
Portland, Maine
Died February 7, 1951 (aged 74)
Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts
Political party Republican
Spouse Edith M. Williams

Malcolm Nichols (May 8, 1876 - February 7, 1951; born in Portland, Maine) was a U.S. political figure. He served as the mayor of Boston in the 1920s.

He was the son of Edwin T. Nichols and Helen J. G. (Pingree) Nichols. He was married on December 16, 1915, to Edith M. Williams (died 1925).

Nichols was a newspaper reporter, lawyer, a member of the Massachusetts state house of representatives, 1907-09, a member of Massachusetts state senate, 1914, 1917-19, a mayor of Boston, 1926-30 (defeated, 1933, 1937, 1941).

He was a Swedenborgian and of English ancestry. He was a member of the Freemasons, Shriners, and Elks.

Mayor Nichols died of a heart attack, in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, February 7, 1951.

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Preceded by
James Michael Curley		 Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
1926-1930		 Succeeded by
James Michael Curley
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