Gus SAVAGE, Congress, IL (1925)

SAVAGE Gus , a Representative from Illinois; born in Detroit, Mich., October 30, 1925; attended the public schools of Chicago; graduated from Wendell Phillips High School, Chicago, Ill., 1943; B.A., Roosevelt College, Chicago, Ill., 1951; United States Army, 1943-1946; graduate work, Roosevelt College, 1952; attended Chicago-Kent College of Law, Chicago, Ill., 1952-1953; worked as a journalist, 1954-1979, and was editor and publisher, Citizen Community Newspapers, 1965-1979; a founder and chief strategist of black political independent movement in Midwest; campaign manager, Midwest League of Negro Voters, 1960; chairman, Protest at the Polls, 1963; chairman, Southend Voters Conference, Chicago, 1960; chairman, Committee for a Black Mayor, Chicago, 1976; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Ninety-first Congress in 1970; elected as a Democrat to the Ninety-seventh and to the five succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981-January 3, 1993); unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the One Hundred Third Congress in 1992; died on October 31, 2015, in Chicago, Ill.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present