death_date children nationality birth_date residence term_end alma_mater death_place order term_start spouse image name occupation predecessor birth_place party office successor religion article_title
27 november 1953 francis anna , william a , robert russell , frederick s. , daniel edwin , american january 21 , 1872 61 , jamaica plain . roslindale allen street , boston . 26 arbor view 1906 st. marys school , 1886 boston , massachusetts acting 1905 ellen frances catherine caffrey mayor da whelton.png daniel a. whelton sheriff , alderman patrick a. collins boston , massachusetts democratic mayor of boston , massachusetts john f. fitzgerald roman catholic daniel a. whelton

daniel a. whelton

daniel aloysius whelton -lrb- january 21 , 1872 -- november 27 , 1953 -rrb- was an american political figure .
whelton was the first native-born irish-catholic mayor of boston , massachusetts and remains the youngest person to hold that political office .
born in boston to irish -lrb- county cork -rrb- natives daniel and ann curry whelton , he lived in boston 's west end at 69 billerica street , when he was five years old , whelton 's father died and he was raised by his mother , who worked as a pastry cook for the admiral commanding the charlestown navy yard .
whelton received his education at st. mary 's school , graduating in 1886 .
after whelton graduated from st. mary 's , whelton attended the evening high school for a few months .
it was while he lived in the west end that whelton became an associate of ward 8 democratic boss martin lomasney .
whelton became a member of lomasney 's hendricks club in the west end , where he began his political career by registering new voters .
whelton served on the common council in 1894 and 1895 , where he served on the finance committee .
whelton was the chairman of the board of aldermen in 1905 .
during the long illness of mayor patrick collins , whelton , chairman of the board of aldermen , served as acting mayor .
following the death of mayor collins , whelton , aged 33 , was sworn in as mayor of boston , a position he held from 15 september 1905 to 1 jan 1906 .
though a rival of john `` honey fitz '' fitzgerald , whelton was lifelong friends with patrick j. kennedy , paternal grandfather of president john f. kennedy , and served as a pallbearer at patrick kennedy 's funeral .
whelton was also a friend and associate of boston mayor james m. curley .
according to the boston globe of december 1 , 1953 , curley and another former boston mayor , john hynes , were pallbearers at whelton 's funeral , which was held at holy cross cathedral .
