Eugene Sawyer

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Eugene Sawyer was an American politician who briefly served as mayor of Chicago in the late 1980s following the death of Harold Washington.

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instanceOf human
mayor
politician
burialPlace Oak Woods Cemetery
causeOfDeath stroke
conflict Korean War
countryOfBirth United States of America
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1928-09-03
dateOfDeath 2008-01-19
educatedAt Alabama State University
electedAs alderman of Chicago's 6th Ward
employer Chicago City Council
Hinckley & Schmitt
endTime 1989-04-24
endTime (alderman of 6th Ward) 1987
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
familyName Sawyer
fieldOfStudy chemistry
genre urban politics
givenName Eugene
hasHonorificPrefix Mayor
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
militaryBranch United States Army
nativeLanguage English
notableEvent Chicago City Council vote selecting him as acting mayor in 1987
notableFor being the second African American mayor of Chicago
serving as acting mayor after the death of Harold Washington
notableWork Service as Mayor of Chicago
numberOfChildren 2
occupation politician
officeEndTime (Mayor of Chicago) 1989-04-24
officeStartTime (Mayor of Chicago) 1987-12-02
placeOfBirth Greensboro, Alabama
placeOfDeath Chicago
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
politicalAlignment liberal
positionHeld Mayor of Chicago
Member of the Chicago City Council
precededBy Harold Washington
religion Baptist
residence Chicago
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
spouse Bernice Sawyer
startTime 1987-12-02
startTime (alderman of 6th Ward) 1971
succeededBy Richard M. Daley (as Mayor of Chicago)
surface form: Richard M. Daley
workLocation Chicago City Hall

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Richard M. Daley (as Mayor of Chicago) precededBy Eugene Sawyer
subject surface form: Richard M. Daley