Joseph B. Ely

Joseph Ely
circa 1930–34
52nd Governor of Massachusetts
In office January 8, 1931 – January 3, 1935
Lieutenant	William S. Youngman Gaspar G. Bacon
Preceded by	Frank G. Allen
Succeeded by	James Michael Curley
Personal details
Born	(1881-02-22)February 22, 1881 Westfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	June 13, 1956(1956-06-13) (aged 75) Westfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party	Democratic

Joseph Buell Ely (February 22, 1881 – June 13, 1956) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Massachusetts. As a conservative Democrat, Ely was active in party politics from the late 1910s, helping to build, in conjunction with David I. Walsh, the Democratic coalition that would gain an enduring political ascendancy in the state. From 1931 to 1935, he served as the 52nd Governor of Massachusetts. He was opposed to the federal expansion of the New Deal, and was a prominent intra-party voice in opposition to the policies of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In 1944 he made a brief unsuccessful bid for the Democratic presidential nomination.