John Frederick Collins was an American lawyer who served as the mayor of Boston from 1960 to 1968. Collins was a lawyer who served in the Massachusetts Legislature from 1947 to 1955. He and his childr
Portrait of Collins in the 1960s
Collins (third from right) with then-congressman John F. Kennedy (fourth from right) and other members of the Massachusetts delegation at the 1952 Democratic National Convention
Collins with Massachusetts U.S. Senator Leverett Saltonstall (1945–1967). In 1966, Collins ran to succeed Saltonstall when Saltonstall retired but lost in the Democratic primary to former Massachusetts Governor Endicott Peabody (who in turn lost to Massachusetts Attorney General Edward Brooke).
Collins with Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth Kevin White (1961–1967). White would succeed Collins following the 1967 mayoral election.
The mayor of Boston is the head of the municipal government in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Boston has a mayor–council government. Boston's mayoral elections are nonpartisan, and elect a mayo
John F. Collins
…John Frederick Collins (July 20, 1919 – November 23, 1995) was an American lawyer who served as the mayor of Boston from 1960 to 1968. Collins was a lawyer who served in the Massachusetts Legislature from 1947 to 1955. He and his children caught polio during a 1955…
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