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Eugene Sawyer Jr. (September 3, 1934 – January 19, 2008) was an American businessman, educator, and politician. Sawyer was selected by the Chicago City Council as the 53rd Mayor of Chicago, Illinois after the sudden death of then–mayor Harold Washington. Sawyer served for the remainder of the term, from December 2, 1987 until ...
Jan 29, 2003 · Eugene Sawyer was born in Alabama and moved to Chicago in 1957 to work as a lab technician. He became acting mayor in 1987 after the death of Harold Washington and later founded a natural gas company.
Jan 21, 2008 · Eugene Sawyer, an accidental mayor who bridged the gap between the Council Wars of Harold Washington’s tenure and Richard M. Daley’s decades-long political reign, died late Saturday night.
Jun 12, 2024 · Eugene Sawyer was the acting mayor of Chicago from 1987 to 1989, after being elected by the City Council. He was a former alderman, a chemist, and a tobacco businessman.
Former Chicago Mayor Eugene Sawyer, a soft-spoken leader who helped smooth a tumultuous City Council, died late Saturday night. He was 73. Known for his calm manner and ability to forge comprise,...
Jan 22, 2008 · Eugene Sawyer, 73, Chicago’s second African American mayor, who served briefly during a deeply divisive period in city politics in the late 1980s, died Saturday in the city’s Adventist...
Eugene Sawyer Jr. (September 3, 1934 – January 19, 2008) was an American businessman, educator, and politician. Sawyer was selected by the Chicago City Council as the 53rd Mayor of Chicago, Illinois after the sudden death of then–mayor Harold Washington.
