Kenneth Reeves
| Kenneth Reeves | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts | |
| In office 2006–2007 |
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| Preceded by | Michael A. Sullivan |
| Succeeded by | E. Denise Simmons |
| In office 1992–1995 |
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| Preceded by | Alice Wolf |
| Succeeded by | Sheila Russell |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1951 (age 72–73) |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | Harvard, University of Michigan Law School |
Kenneth "Ken" Reeves (born 1951) served as the mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, from 1992 to 1995 and again from 2006 to 2007. He is the first openly gay African-American man to have served as mayor of any city in the United States.[1] Cambridge's elections are non-partisan, but he identifies himself with the Democratic Party. Reeves is a graduate of Harvard College. While mayor, he was a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition,[2] an organization formed in 2006 and co-chaired by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston mayor Thomas Menino. He served as the Managing Attorney of the General Motors/United Auto Workers legal plan and as an attorney specializing in utility, insurance and banking regulations for the National Consumer Law Center in Boston. Reeves had also been in private practice as a principal in the law firm Singleton, Reeves, Bowzer and Huggins.
Reeves has stopped paying the annual fee to the Massachusetts Bar in 1998, and therefore is suspended from practicing law. He stated that he does not see the logic in paying the Bar while he is not actively practicing law.[3]
Reeves was succeeded as mayor in 2008 by E. Denise Simmons, who became the first openly lesbian African-American mayor in the United States.
See also
References
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- ↑ http://www.wickedlocal.com/cambridge/news/x1532153897/Reeves-booted-for-not-paying-legal-Bar-tab
External links
- City of Cambridge: Office of the Mayor Official Site
- Interview with P.O.V PBS
- Official Campaign Site
- Mayors Against Illegal Guns homepage
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts 1992 - 1995 |
Succeeded by Sheila Russell |
| Preceded by | Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts January 2, 2006 - 2007 |
Succeeded by E. Denise Simmons |
- 1951 births
- Living people
- African-American mayors
- African-American politicians
- American politicians of Jamaican descent
- Gay politicians
- Harvard University alumni
- LGBT African Americans
- LGBT mayors of places in the United States
- LGBT people from Massachusetts
- Massachusetts city council members
- Mayors of Cambridge, Massachusetts
- University of Michigan Law School alumni
