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Sharon Pratt (born January 30, 1944), formerly Sharon Pratt Dixon and Sharon Pratt Kelly, is an American attorney and politician who was the mayor of the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1995, the first mayor born in the District of Columbia since Richard Wallach who took office in 1861 and the first woman in that position.
Apr 18, 2007 · In 1990, in her first bid for public office, Sharon Pratt Dixon was elected mayor of Washington, D.C., following Marion S. Barry, Jr., whose term in office was marred by drug and corruption scandals. With her election Dixon became the first African American woman to serve as mayor of a major American city.
In November of 1990 Sharon Pratt Dixon of Washington, D.C., a lawyer and public utility executive, became the first black woman to be elected mayor of a major American city.
Step back to the world of Washington, DC politics in 1990, as Sharon Pratt Dixon emerged as a formidable candidate for the mayoral race following a political vacuum left by Marion Barry....
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Jul 26, 2007 · That same year, Pratt married Arrington Dixon, a Democratic Washington, D.C. City Councilman. Pratt was promoted to the Director of Consumer Affairs for the Potomac Electric Power Company in 1979 and then later to Vice President of Consumer Affairs in 1983.
From 1991 to 1994, the difficult job of running Washington, D.C., belonged to Mayor Sharon Pratt Dixon Kelly, a successful utilities attorney who had had no previous experience in city government. Kelly was voted mayor in the wake of Marion Barry's fall from political grace.
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Sep 16, 2023 · Step back to the world of Washington, DC politics in 1990, as Sharon Pratt Dixon emerged as a formidable candidate for the mayoral race following a political vacuum left by Marion Barry. A fresh...
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