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...
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...
Douglas Dollarhide (1923-2008)
Douglas Dollarhide was the first African American mayor of the city of Compton, California, and a pioneer and role model...
Raphaël Élizé (1891-1945)
Raphaël Élizé was an early 20th century French politician and the first black mayor of a metropolitan town in France:...
Anthony Renard Foxx (1971- )
Anthony Foxx, the seventeenth United States Secretary of Transportation, was born April 30, 1971 in Charlotte, North Carolina, and raised...
Preston A. Daniels (1945- )
Preston Daniels, the first African American elected Mayor of Des Moines, Iowa, was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1945. Shortly...
Yvonne Jeffries Johnson (1942- )
Yvonne Jeffries Johnson, the first African American mayor of Greensboro, North Carolina, was born on October 26, 1942 in Greensboro...
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...
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...
