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Richard G. Hatcher

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American politician (1933-2019)

United StatesPoliticiansLived 1933 to 2019 · aged 86
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Richard Gordon Hatcher was an American attorney and politician who served as the first African-American mayor of Gary, Indiana, for 20 years, from 1968 to 1988. S. city with more than 100,000 people. Hatcher also served as vice-chairman of the Democratic National Committee in the early 1980s.

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Campaign paraphernalia, 1967Campaign paraphernalia, 1967Hatcher in the Oval Office with President Jimmy Carter in 1978Hatcher in the Oval Office with President Jimmy Carter in 1978

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Richard Gordon Hatcher was an American attorney and politician who served as the first African-American mayor of Gary, Indiana, for 20 years, from 1968 to 1988. At the time of his first election on November 7, 1967, he and Carl Stokes were the first African Americans to be elected mayors of a U.S. city with more than 100,000 people. Hatcher also served as vice-chairman of the Democratic National Committee in the early 1980s.

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United States
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Politicians
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Politician
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deceased
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Lived 1933 to 2019 · aged 86
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