Malcolm Nichols

Malcolm E. Nichols
Malcolm E. Nichols circa 1908
44th Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts
In office 1926–1930
Preceded by	James M. Curley
Succeeded by	James M. Curley
Member of the Massachusetts Senate For the Fifth Suffolk District
In office 1918–1919
Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives For the 10th Suffolk District Representing Ward 10 Boston {the Back Bay}
City of Boston Common Council
Personal details
Born	May 8, 1876 Portland, Maine
Died	February 7, 1951 (aged 74) Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts
Resting place	Forest Hills Cemetery
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Edith M. Williams (December 16, 1915, (died 1925)), Carrie M. Williams (1926)
Children	Clark S., Dexter, Marjorie
Residence	173 Centre Street, Boston, Massachusetts
Alma mater	Harvard College (class of 1899)
Religion	Swedenborgian

Malcolm E. Nichols (May 8, 1876 – February 7, 1951) was a journalist and a U.S. political figure. Nichols served as the mayor of Boston in the late 1920s. He was the last Boston Brahmin as well as the last Republican to serve in that post.

Mayor Nichols was the son of Edwin T. Nichols and Helen J. G. (Pingree) Nichols. He was married on December 16, 1915, to Edith M. Williams (died 1925). They had three children, sons Clark S. and Dexter, and daughter Marjorie. In 1926 he married Edith's twin sister Carrie Marjorie Williams. His son Clark acted as his best man and his son Dexter acted as the ring bearer.

Nichols was the Massachusetts State House reporter for The Boston Traveler covering both houses of the legislature, and later a political reporter for The Boston Post.

In addition to his newspaper work Nichols was a Port Collector of Internal Revenue, a lawyer, a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1907–09, where he was a member and clerk of the House Committee on Metropolitan affairs, a member of Massachusetts Senate, 1914, 1917–19, and Mayor of Boston, 1926–30 (defeated, 1933, 1937, 1941).

Nichols was a Swedenborgian and of English ancestry. He was a member of the Freemasons, Shriners, and Elks.

Mayor Nichols died of a heart attack, in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, February 7, 1951. He was interred in Forest Hills Cemetery in the Jamaica Plains section of Boston.