The news that Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the jailed Russian oil tycoon, would run for parliament although in jail reminded me of James Michael Curley. He was elected Congressman, Boston City Council member, Mayor of Boston and Governor of Massachusetts. In 1947 he was convicted of mail fraud as a result of his taking a Civil Service test for a consituent. He wound up serving five months in Danbury while Mayor.
Ah, the days of the colorful politician!
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