Government-Local-Mayor

Melvin Carter (1979- )
Thirty-eight-year old politician Melvin Carter III was born in 1979 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He is the first African American to serve as...
April 1st, 2018

Sylvester Turner (1954-2025)
Politician and lawyer Sylvester Turner was born in the Acres Homes community in northwest Houston, Texas on September 27, 1954. He was elected mayor of...
March 11th, 2018

Douglas Dollarhide (1923-2008)
Douglas Dollarhide was the first African American mayor of the city of Compton, California, and a pioneer and role model...
August 4th, 2017

Raphaël Élizé (1891-1945)
Raphaël Élizé was an early 20th century French politician and the first black mayor of a metropolitan town in France:...
April 14th, 2015

Anthony Renard Foxx (1971- )
Anthony Foxx, the seventeenth United States Secretary of Transportation, was born April 30, 1971 in Charlotte, North Carolina, and raised...
April 17th, 2014

Preston A. Daniels (1945- )
Preston Daniels, the first African American elected Mayor of Des Moines, Iowa, was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1945. Shortly...
April 16th, 2014

Yvonne Jeffries Johnson (1942- )
Yvonne Jeffries Johnson, the first African American mayor of Greensboro, North Carolina, was born on October 26, 1942 in Greensboro...
September 24th, 2013

Virgil Spencer Clarkson (1932- )
Virgil Spencer Clarkson, five-term member of the City Council of Lacey, Washington, served for three terms as Mayor of the...
January 1st, 2013

Walter Edward Washington (1915-2003)
Walter Edward Washington, attorney and politician, was born in Dawson, Georgia, on April 15, 1915 to Willie Mae and William...
October 2nd, 2009