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Jane Byrne
Jane Byrne 1934-, American politician, b. Chicago as Margaret Jane Burke. She was Chicago's consumer sales commissioner (1968-77) under Mayor Richard Daley before she became the first woman to win election (1979) as mayor of the city. During Byrne's single term, the city faced severe financial pr... Read more
John Vliet Lindsay
John Vliet Lindsay , 1921-2000, American politician, mayor of New York City (1966-73), b. New York City. He practiced law and then served (1955-57) as executive assistant to Attorney General Herbert Brownell. A liberal Republican, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1958 and was r... Read more
Ken Livingstone
Ken Livingstone 1945-, British politician. Elected to the Greater London Council (GLC) in 1973 as a Labour member, he became GLC leader in 1981. His use of the local office to promote leftist policies earned him the nickname "Red Ken" and was a major factor in Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher ... Read more
Neustria
Neustria , western portion of the kingdom of the Franks in the 6th, 7th, and 8th cent., during the rule of the Merovingians . It comprised the Seine and Loire country and the region to the north; its principal towns were Soissons and Paris. The realm originated with the several partitions of the ... Read more
Richard J. Daley
Richard J. Daley Richard J. Daley (1902-1976) was the Democratic mayor of Chicago from 1955 to 1976 and the last of the nation's big city bosses. The most powerful mayor in Chicago's history, Richard J. Daley, was born in a working class neighborhood on May 15, 1902, the only son of Michael ... Read more
William Hale Thompson
William Hale Thompson 1869-1944, American politician, b. Boston. His family moved to Chicago when he was nine years old, and there he later entered politics as an alderman (1900-1902). He became commissioner of Cook co. (1902-4) and served (1915-23, 1927-31) three terms as mayor of Chicago. A flamb... Read more
alcalde
alcalde [Span., from Arab.,=the judge], Spanish official title, in existence at least from the 11th cent. Since the late 19th cent. it has been used for the mayor of a town or village who also acts as justice of the peace. Originally, however, it designated a judge whose scope of jurisdiction varie... Read more
David N. Dinkins
David N. Dinkins 1927-, African-American political leader, b. Trenton, N.J. After graduating (1956) from Brooklyn Law School, he went into private law practice. Active in Democratic politics in New York City, he held the office of Manhattan borough president from 1986 to 1989. In 1989 he became the... Read more
Herstal
Herstal , Fr. Héristal, commune (1991 pop. 36,451), Liège prov., E Belgium, on the Meuse River, an industrial suburb of Liège. Herstal is the center of Belgium's armaments industry. Other manufactures include motor vehicles, aircraft engines, and electrical equipment. The city... Read more
Alain Juppé
Alain Juppé , 1945-, French politician, b. Les Landes. A member of the Gaullist Rally for the Republic (RPR), he entered the Inspection des Finances in 1972. A protegé of Jacques Chirac , he was in charge of the Paris city budget during Chirac's mayoralty and later followed his mentor... Read more

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mayors
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History mayors have been familiar urban officials in England...their chief official. The more important mayors were treated with great respect, and processed...called lords mayor. Until the 19th cent. mayors exercised considerable power by both charter...
Posadnik
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...developed ( posadnichestvo ) consisting of six mayors, one for each of the five districts...office rotated among Novgorodian borough mayors. In 1416 and 1417 the term was reduced to six months, while the number of borough mayors increased to eighteen. In 1423 the borough...
SIC 9111 Executive Offices
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...those held and directly controlled by mayors, governors, city managers, county supervisors...released by the United States Conference of Mayors and Global Insight, local metropolitan...governments. The United States Conference of Mayors was organized to improve municipal government...
Carl B. Stokes
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...education. In 1970, the National League of Cities, comprised of mayors and county officials from across the country, voted Stokes...election is also in Leonard I. Ruchelman, ed., Big City Mayors (1969). A good background study is Chuck Stone, Black Political...
Neustria
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...I . After Dagobert the kings sank to insignificance, while the mayors of the palace rose in power. In 687, Pepin of Heristal , mayor...the Carolingians , continued to rule the two realms, first as mayors and after 751 as kings.
Saltykov-Shchedrin, Mikhail Yevgrafovich
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...The Golovlyov Family ) (1875 — 1880). History is an account of despotic mayors' rule of a fictitious town Glupov (Foolsville). The mayors can be distinguished from each other only by the degree of their incompetence and ill will...
Kevin H. White
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...1967. In 1967 White was a sample of the new breed of urban mayors: extremely liberal, impartial, concerned with equity, and...administration of Boston. The Biographical Dictionary of American Mayors, 1820-1980, edited by M.G. Holli and Peter d'A. Jones...
Feudalism
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...local governance. All-purpose agents of the lords, such as mayors in the villages and towns, not only collected the lord's...with the cooperation of the most notable residents. Above the mayors there were intermediate agents such as provosts, then higher...
Novgorod, Archbishop of
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...fifty to sixty members, including the sitting lord mayor and chiliarch (commander of troops), former lord mayors, and current mayors of the five boroughs. The meetings took place within the archbishop's quarters, and later in the archbishop...
Cologne
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...corporations elected representatives to the council, and two mayors were elected for staggered terms. This constitutional system...corrupt city councillors, and arrested and executed the two mayors. The new council reaffirmed the constitution of 1396 (Verbundbrief...

Dictionary entries related to "Mayors"

mayors
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History mayors The word ( major =‘greater’) was used in the post...Municipal reform since 1835 has allowed the multiplication of towns with mayors and lords mayor but has diminished their real power: they have become simply...
Municipal Government
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...elected aldermen, colonial governors generally appointed powerful mayors to run municipalities. By the mid-1700s, resident concerns...independence, national democratic trends brought more directly elected mayors and other political reforms. While state governments dominated...
Dongan Charters
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...similar to that of New York City. The royal governor appointed mayors in both New York and Albany. New York City's privileges as...council members to people who paid rent. The direct election of mayors was instituted in 1833. BIBLIOGRAPHY Kammen, Michael. Colonial...
Merovingians
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...Dagobert I in 638, power passed from the kings to the ‘mayors of the palace’. The mayor of the palace was originally...command the army in the king's absence. The most notable mayors of the palace were Pepin (ruled 687–714), CHARLES...
Proclamations
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...impartial toward the belligerent powers" locked in a struggle over the French Revolution. While presidents, governors, and even mayors have always issued proclamations, most of these fall into the categories of trivial and even frivolous. They tout local products...
Socialist Party of America
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...gained 6 percent of the vote; and some twelve hundred Socialists were elected to public office, including seventy-nine mayors. The party's growth stopped after 1912, but the following years can be characterized as a time of consolidation rather than...
War on Poverty
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...that local Community Action Agencies were operating as centers to organize political movements in opposition to the incumbent mayors and city council members. In 1967, Representative Edith Green (D-Oregon) helped to save the Community Action Program by...
Cleveland
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Poles, Czechs, and Hungarians. In the early twentieth century, Cleveland earned a reputation for progressive government as mayors Tom Johnson and Newton Baker battled for municipal ownership of public utilities. By the 1920s, a ring of suburban municipalities...
Injunctions, Labor
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...proceedings circumvented more than just local juries. An injunction suit could be used to over-ride the judgments of local mayors, sheriffs, and police chiefs, whom courts as well as employers constantly accused of siding with strikers. Thus, in the...
Passports
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...earliest surviving passport issued by U.S. diplomatic officials dates to 1788. Until 1856, officials such as governors and mayors, as well as the U.S. Department of State, issued passports. After 1856, however, issuance was confined to the Department...

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MAYORS' GET-TOGETHER ULTIMATELY BENEFITS EVERYONE.(EDITORIAL)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI); 6/13/2002; 700+ words ; ...meetings of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. These meetings took place in June of...meetings provided a rare opportunity for mayors to do two things: First, we were able...meetings of the U.S. Conference of Mayors over the years, I was able to be involved...
Mayors Proactive in Curbing Greenhouse Emissions
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 6/22/2007; 700+ words ; ...ENVIRONMENTAL EDITORS Contact: Lina Garcia, Mayors Climate Protection Center, +1-202...usmayors.org, for U.S. Conference of Mayors LOS ANGELES, June 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire...According to a new survey released by the Mayors Climate Protection Center during The U...
Mayors Call for $4 Billion in Energy and Environmental Block Grant at 75th Winter Meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 1/25/2007; 700+ words ; ...org, both of U.S. Conference of Mayors WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the nation's mayors called for $4 billion in an Energy...cities combat global warming. The mayors also launched a major campaign to...
Mayors Conclude Summit Calling for Federal Partnerships on Climate Protection
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 11/2/2007; 700+ words ; To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Lina Garcia of Mayors Climate Protection Center, +1-202- 861-6735...gov Final Day of Summit: New York & Los Angeles Mayors Key Speakers; Mayors Testify Before House Committee on Global Warming...
Mayors to Meet at Harvard; New Mayors to Receive Leadership Training from Old Mayors, Advice on How to Govern in Era of New Challenges
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 11/12/2001; 683 words ; ...Wed. Nov. 14 at 6 p.m. Newly elected mayors of big cities across the country will gather...will feature the 16 participating newly elected mayors, as well as five current big city mayors. -- WHAT: Press conference - Newly elected...
Mayors Pass Three Emergency Resolutions as They Wrap Up 73rd WinterMeeting of the United States Conference of Mayors
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 1/19/2005; 700+ words ; ...19 /U.S. Newswire/ -- -- Ridge Addresses Mayors for the Last Time as Secretary of Homeland Security, HUD Secretary Jackson Addresses Mayors' Concern About CDBG -- Mayors wrapped up the 73rd Winter Meeting of the U...
Mayors Sound Alarm on Rising Fuel Costs and Energy Crisis; U.S. Conference of Mayors to Host National Summit
Newspaper article from: U.S. Newswire; 5/8/2006; 700+ words ; News Advisory: -- Mayors Sound Alarm on Rising Fuel Costs and Energy Crisis -- U.S. Conference of Mayors to Host National Summit On Energy and...America, The United States Conference of Mayors (USCM), led by Conference President...
MAYORS MULL MARCH IN WASHINGTON AS WAY TO SPOTLIGHT HOMELESS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/21/1988; ; 700+ words ; WASHINGTON - A group of US mayors is considering a march down the streets of...proposed yesterday during a US Conference of Mayors session headed by Mayor Flynn. The march was advocated by mayors as one of several ways to bring the issues...
MAYORS AGAINST ILLEGAL GUNS COALITION GROWS TO MORE THAN 100 MAYORS NATIONWIDE
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 10/5/2006; 700+ words ; ...months after attending a landmark summit of mayors united against the plague of illegal guns...country, Yonkers Mayor Phil Amicone joined Mayors Michael Bloomberg (New York City) and...today to announce the expansion of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns coalition to 109...
MAYORS TACKLE HOUSING SAN FRANCISCO, BOSTON LEADERS ARE PRIME MOVERS BEHIND EFFORT MAYORS BRING THEIR SMILES.(FRONT)
Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI); 6/14/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...interview. But that may be about to change. Mayors from around the country gathered for the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting will be strategizing ways to push...president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. He organized a forum last May in Washington...