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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...
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    attack. On December 2, 1987, the Chicago City Council appointed Alderman Eugene Sawyer as mayor until a special election for the remaining two years of the...
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    Johnson (2023–present) is the third elected African American mayor, Eugene Sawyer (1987–1989) having been selected by the council after Washington died...
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    Washington. He gained notoriety when he served as special assistant to Eugene Sawyer, who became mayor after Washington's death in 1987. Cokely was criticized...
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  • South Water Purification Plant to the Sawyer Water Purification Plant to honor the former Mayor Eugene Sawyer. The water filtration plant is located...
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    (after Byrne), and the third black person (after Harold Washington and Eugene Sawyer) to serve as mayor of Chicago. Lightfoot was born in Massillon, Ohio...
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    Council voted to appoint Eugene Sawyer to serve as mayor up until a special election in 1989. The vote was as follows: Eugene Sawyer: 29 (59.18%) Timothy...
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    Canadian parliamentarian Eugène Ruffy (1854–1919), Swiss politician Eugene Sawyer (1934–2008), American businessman and politician Eugène Terre'Blanche (1941–2010)...
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    Thomas "Tom" Sawyer (/ˈsɔːjər/) is the title character of the Mark Twain novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876). He appears in three other novels by...
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    Johnson is the fourth black person to serve as the city's mayor, as Eugene Sawyer had been appointed to serve following Washington's death in office but...
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