Samuel McGhee

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Samuel McGhee ( May 1940 - April 8, 2020 in New Jersey ) was an American politician .

Life

McGhee worked as a history teacher in high school and was dean of admission for student admissions at New Jersey City University for 32 years .

In 1984 McGhee applied unsuccessfully to the Democratic Primary to be a candidate for the election to the Board of chosen freeholders of Union County . In 1986 he was elected to the Hillside Township Committee , the community council of Hillside , New Jersey. In 1988, McGhee was elected Mayor of Hillside. McGhee was the first African-American incumbent in the history of the township . He was then elected mayor two more times. He was also a member of the Union County Improvement Authority and chairman of the board of trustees of the Newark- based radio broadcaster WBGO .

In April 2020, McGhee died at the age of 79 during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States of complications from an infection with SARS-CoV-2 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 'Be Still Mondays' Begin in Newark to Combat COVID-19 , April 20, 2020, www.njisj.org
  2. ↑ a b c Former Hillside Mayor and Former WBGO Board of Trustees Chair Sam McGhee Dies at 79 , April 10, 2020, www.wbgo.org
  3. ↑ Sam McGhee, former Hillside mayor, dies of coronavirus-related illness , April 9, 2020, New Jersey Globe
personal data
SURNAME McGhee, Samuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 1940
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 2020
Place of death New Jersey