What is Eugene Sawyer?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Eugene Sawyer |image = Eugene Sawyer (2041465864 2bc2900d9a m).jpg |birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|9|3}} |birth_place = [[Greensboro, Alabama|Greensboro]], [[Alabama]] |death_date = {{death date and age|2008|1|19|1934|9|3}} |death_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] |resting_place=[[Oak Woods Cemetery]] [[Chicago, Illinois]] |office = Mayor of Chicago |order= 53rd |term_start = December 2, 1987 |term_end = April 24, 1989 |predecessor = [[David Duvall Orr]] |successor = [[Richard M. Daley]] |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |alma_mater = [[Alabama State University]] |religion = |spouse = |children = |website = }} '''Eugene Sawyer''' (September 3, 1934 &ndash; January 19, 2008) was an [[Americans|American]] businessman and politician. He was the Mayor of [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]] from 1987 to 1989. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was the second African American to be mayor of Chicago. Sawyer was born on September 3, 1934 in [[Greensboro, Alabama]]. He studied at [[Alabama State University]]. Sawyer died on January 19, 2008 in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] from a [[stroke]], aged 73.<ref>{{citation |title=Former Mayor Eugene Sawyer Dies |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |date=2008-01-20 |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-080120swayer-obit-story,0,2893144.story?coll=chi_breaking |accessdate=2012-12-01 |archive-date=2008-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080123115844/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-080120swayer-obit-story,0,2893144.story?coll=chi_breaking |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE4D9143EF930A35751C1A961948260&scp=1&sq=Eugene+Sawyer&st=nyt ''New York Times article] {{Chicago Mayors}} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sawyer, Eugene}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:2008 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from stroke]] [[Category:Burials at Oak Woods Cemetery]] [[Category:Mayors of Chicago]] [[Category:Politicians