Eugene Sawyer - Former mayor of Chicago.

A black man, named Eugene Sawyer, sits in the Mayor's office.

Eugene Sawyer By almost any measure he seems the perfect candidate for the times, a moderate black schooled in the political art of compromise.

Eugene Sawyer, 73, American politician, Mayor of Chicago (1987-1989), strokes.

Eugene Sawyer announced his bid in a radio studio because he did not want to risk being booed, political insiders said.

Daley succeeded Eugene Sawyer as mayor, and in 1990 Stone returned to the Democratic Party.

In the primary, Mr. Jackson supported the black Democratic incumbent, Eugene Sawyer.

Eugene Sawyer once sat on the vaunted fifth floor at City Hall.

In the tumult of Chicago politics, Eugene Sawyer has been considered the calm voice of reason that could appeal to the city's many opposing factions.

His successor, Eugene Sawyer, did not come here either.