Washington, Walter E., 1915-2003

LC control no.	n 50082206
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Washington, Walter E., 1915-2003 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Biography/History note	Walter Edward Washington (b. April 15, 1915, Dawson, Georgia-d. October 27, 2003, Washington, D.C.), civil servant and politician, was appointed as chief executive of Washington, D.C. in 1967, by President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Located	Washington (D.C.)
Birth date	1915-04-15
Death date	2003-10-27
Place of birth	Dawson (Ga.)
Place of death	Washington (D.C.)
Profession or occupation	Mayors
Found in	U.S. Cong. S. Committee on the District of Columbia. Nominations of D.C. Commissioner ... 1967 Washington post, Oct. 27, 2003 (Walter Washington; d. Oct. 27, 2003, Howard University Hospital; age 88; former mayor of District of Columbia) Wikipedia.org, Nov. 14, 2016 (Walter Edward Washington; b. April 15, 1915, Dawson, Georgia; d. October 27, 2003, Washington, D.C.; American civil servant and politician. After a career in public housing in Washington, DC and New York City, he was appointed as chief executive of Washington, D.C. in 1967. He served as the first and only Mayor-Commissioner from 1967 to 1974. He was the last mayor of Washington to be appointed by the President; Congress had passed a law granting home-rule to the capital, while reserving some authorities. In 1974 Washington was elected as the first mayor of the District of Columbia, serving from 1975 to 1979) New York Times via Google search, Nov. 14, 2016: obituary, Oct. 28, 2003 (Walter E. Washington, who in 1975 became the first elected mayor of Washington in more than a century, died yesterday at Howard University Hospital in Washington; Walter Edward Washington was born on April 15, 1915, in Dawson, Ga.; appointed head of Washington's government by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967, making him the first black chief executive of a major American city)