LOCAL · MD · 1983-1987
Clarence "Du" Burns
Council President · Baltimore · Democrat · Maryland
On the record
First African-American Baltimore Council Pres + Mayor
Background
Clarence "Du" Burns (Democrat) was Maryland's Council President · Baltimore of Baltimore 1983–1987 (4 years). After: Mayor of Baltimore (1987-1987). Note: First African-American Baltimore Council Pres + Mayor. Same-year political environment (1983): Governor Harry Hughes.
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Others who held this office in Maryland
- Mary Pat Clarke (1987-1995)
- Walter S. Orlinsky (1971-1983)
- William Donald Schaefer (1967-1971)
- Thomas D'Alesandro III (1963-1967)
- Leon Abramson (1955-1963)