Word: mcnamara
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Thomas M. McNamara, florist and long-time councilor, was elected mayor of Cambridge yesterday, with the support of some of the C.C.A.-endorsed members of the City Council. Al Vellucci was chosen vice-mayor, and John J. Curry '19 re-appointed city manager...
...mayor made the grade on the first ballot after C.C.A.-endorsed Joseph A. DeGuglielmo '29 made a speech changing from abstention to a vote for McNamara. At this point, there were four abstentions, two votes for McNamara, two vote for ex-Mayor Edward J. Sullivan, and one vote for Councilor Charles A. Watson...
Another likely candidate for mayor is Councilor Thomas McNamara, who has received the pledge of Al Vellucci's vote on the first ballot. In the 1956 elections, McNamara abstained for two weeks before casting the fifth and deciding ballot for Sullivan...
Other CCA candidates re-elected were Edward A. Crane '35, Pearl K. Wise, and Joseph A. DeGuglielmo '29. Independents who won are Mayor Edward J. Sullivan, John D. Lynch, Alfred Vellucci, Thomas M. McNamara, and Charles A. Watson. Sullivan again ran far ahead of the other councilors...
There are two other incumbents running for the City Council--Charles A. Watson and Thomas McNamara--both of whom are real independents, in that they are neither tied to the Mayor nor to the CCA. Assuming that the CCA does not elect a majority of the Council, there is a good chance that either Watson or McNamara will receive the backing of the CCA minority for the mayoralty...