John Hynes

John Hynes

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name =John B. Hynes


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order =49th
office =Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
term_start =1950
term_end =1960
predecessor =James M. Curley
successor =John F. Collins
birth_date =1897
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death_date =1970
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party =Democrat
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alma_mater =Suffolk University Law School
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John B. Hynes (1897-1970), a Massachusetts politician, was mayor of Boston 1950-1960.

John Hynes was a graduate of Suffolk University Law School. He was city clerk of Boston under James Michael Curley during Curley's 1946 - 1950 term. When Curley was serving five months in prison in 1947 for official misconduct, Hynes served as acting mayor. Angry about Curley's off-hand but disparaging comments about Hynes' performance as acting mayor, Hynes decided to challenge Curley in the 1949 election and defeated him. Because of a change to the mayoral election system, the next election was held in 1951 and Hynes again defeated Curley. Hynes defeated Curley a third time in 1955 and went on to serve as mayor until 1960.

During his tenure as mayor, he oversaw the opening of the Central Artery elevated highway through the city's waterfront district, as well as the opening of the Freedom Trail, which traces many of Boston's Revolutionary War era landmarks. He was responsible for founding the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA), which laid the foundation for developments in Boston in the 1950s and beyond. Hynes and his successors, John Collins and Kevin White, are most responsible for the modernization of the city of Boston. The Hynes Convention Center, located in the Back Bay section of Boston, is named for him. His son, Jack Hynes, is a longtime Boston news anchor.

References

* Beatty, Jack, "The Rascal King: The Life and Times of James Michael Curley, 1874-1958." ,1992.
* Krieger, Alex, David Cobb & Amy Turner, editors, "Mapping Boston". Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1999.

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