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Carl Brewer (politician)
Carl Brewer (March 8, 1957June 12, 2020) was an American politician who served as the 100th mayor of Wichita, Kansas, and was the city's first elected black mayor. He was elected to the mayoralty in 2007 and reelected in 2011. He was a member of the Democratic Party and ran for the party's gubernatorial nomination in 2018. Early life and education Carl Brewer was born on March 8, 1957, in Wichita, Kansas. In 1975, he graduated from North High School and briefly attended Friends University. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in criminal justice from Southern University. From 1977 to 1998, he served in the Kansas Army National Guard and retired as a captain. In 1980, Brewer married Cathy Brewer and the couple had four children. Career From 2001 to 2007, Brewer served in the Wichita city council from District 1. In 2004, he ran in a special election to replace state senator Rip Gooch, but was defeated by Donald Betts. In 2007, he was elected mayor of Wichita becoming the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Mayors Of Wichita, Kansas
List of Mayors Following is a list of mayors of the American city of Wichita, Kansas. # Edwin Bird Allen (1871–1872) # James G. Hope (1873–1874) #George E. Harris (1875) # James G. Hope (1876–1877) # William Greiffenstein (1878) # Sol H. Kohn (1879) # William Greiffenstein (1879–1884) # Benajah W. Aldrich (1885–1886) #Joseph P. Allen (1887–1888) # George W. Clement (1889–1890) # John B. Carey (1891–1892) # Lindley Murray Cox (1893–1896) # Finlay Ross (1897–1900) # Benjamin Franklin McLean (1901–1904) # Finlay Ross (1905–1906) # John H. Graham (1907–1908) # Charles Lock Davidson (1909–1910) # William Walter Minick (1911–1912) #William Jasper Babb (1913–1914) # Orsemus Hills Bentley (1915–1916) # Lewis William Clapp (1917–1919) # John Lee Powell (1919–1920) # Wallace C. Kemp (1921–1922) #George Henry Hamilton (1922) #William Coffin Coleman (1922–1923) # Benjamin Franklin McLean (1923–1924) #Frank Leslie Dunn (1924–1925) # Ben F. Copley (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
