Hugh Cunningham Curran (January 20, 1924 – February 10, 2006) was an American politician, lawyer, and jurist who was Mayor of Bridgeport from 1965 to 1971.
He was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the son of Mary Elizabeth and Hugh Aloysius Curran.
[2] He became the Bridgeport City Attorney in 1957, and then ran for mayor, succeeding incumbent Samuel Tedesco in 1965.
[3] He ran for and won two more terms, but on his fourth try lost to Republican Nicholas Panuzio, by a 9-vote margin.
In 1974, he became a Superior court judge for the state of Connecticut, serving for twelve years.