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Charles Francis Hurley 54th Governor of Massachusetts In office
January 7, 1937 – January 5, 1939Lieutenant Francis E. Kelly Preceded by James M. Curley Succeeded by Leverett A. Saltonstall Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts In office
January, 1931 – January, 1937Preceded by John W. Haigis Succeeded by William E. Hurley Personal details Born November 24, 1893
Boston, MassachusettsDied March 24, 1946 (aged 52)
Boston, MassachusettsPolitical party Democratic Charles Francis Hurley (November 24, 1893 – March 24, 1946) was the 54th Governor of the U.S. state of Massachusetts.
1937-1939 Governor Charles Hurley's administration increased the regulation of labor practices and emphasized individual rights. Hurley was born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He attended public schools and graduated from Boston College before serving in the Navy during the First World War. He was the first person to serve three terms as Massachusetts' Treasurer and the first to step from that role directly to the governorship.
During Governor Hurley's administration the Fair Trades Laws were passed which regulated the use of private police in strikes, imposed a minimum wage for women and children, and further regulated industrial work. He vetoed a law to require teachers to take loyalty oaths and raised the ire of Georgia's Governor Eurith D. Rivers by refusing to extradite James Cunningham who had escaped from a Georgia chain gang thirteen years earlier. Hurley also approved a fifth form of municipal government in Massachusetts, called Plan E. This allowed for an appointed city manager and a city council drawn from a proportional representation of the vote, rather than a collection of majority elected precinct candidates.
Hurley was denied reelection when former Governor James Michael Curley won the 1939 Democratic gubernatorial nomination.
Today, the Charles F. Hurley Building in Boston's Government Center complex is named after him.
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Political offices Preceded by
James Michael CurleyGovernor of Massachusetts
1937–1939Succeeded by
Leverett SaltonstallPreceded by
John W. HaigisTreasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts
1931 –1937Succeeded by
William E. HurleyCategories:- 1893 births
- 1943 deaths
- Boston College alumni
- Governors of Massachusetts
- American people of Irish descent
- State treasurers of Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Democrats
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