Gus Savage

Augustus Alexander "Gus" Savage (born October 30, 1925 in Detroit , Michigan , † October 31, 2015 in Olympia Fields , Illinois ) was an American politician . Between 1981 and 1993 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Gus Savage attended the public schools in Chicago and then until 1943 the local Wendell Phillips High School . During the Second World War he served in the US Army between 1943 and 1946 . After the war he continued his education at Roosevelt College until 1952 . In 1952 and 1953 he studied law at the Chicago-Kent College of Law . Between 1954 and 1979 he worked as a journalist. He was a publisher and editor of various newspapers. Savage was particularly committed to the African American population. For example, he was a member of a citizens' group that had set itself the goal of electing an African American as mayor of Chicago.

Savage became a member of the Democratic Party . In 1970 he ran unsuccessfully for the US House of Representatives. In the 1980 congressional election , however, he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the second constituency of Illinois , where he succeeded Morgan F. Murphy on January 3, 1981 . After five re-elections, he was able to complete six legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 1993 .

In 1992 he was no longer nominated for re-election by his party. Most recently he lived in Chicago.

Gus Savage died the day after his 90th birthday in Olympia Fields, about 25 miles from Chicago.

Web links

Gus Savage in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
Gus Savage in the nndb (English)

Individual evidence

↑ Tina Sfondeles: Former US Rep. Gus Savage, a trailblazer marred by controversies, dead at 90. ( Memento of the original from November 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: chicago.suntimes.com . Chicago Sun-Times , October 31, 2015, accessed November 1, 2015. @1@ 2

personal data
SURNAME	Savage, Gus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Savage, Augustus Alexander (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	October 30, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH	Detroit , Michigan , United States
DATE OF DEATH	October 31, 2015
Place of death	Olympia Fields , Illinois , United States

[1] Tina Sfondeles: Former US Rep. Gus Savage, a trailblazer marred by controversies, dead at 90. ( Memento of the original from November 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: chicago.suntimes.com . Chicago Sun-Times , October 31, 2015, accessed November 1, 2015. @1@ 2