David Duvall Orr
43rd Mayor of Chicago
Party:
Democrat
Elected:
Served as interim Mayor (following the death of Harold Washington) from November 25 to December 2, 1987, when the City Council elected Eugene Sawyer as
Acting Mayor.
Inauguration:
November 25, 1987: Inaugural Address
Term of office:
1987
Birth:
October 4, 1944
Bloomington, IL
Personal:
1991 – Took office as Cook County Clerk, an office he still holds
Detailed biography can be found on his website
Sources:
Grossman, James R., Ann Durkin Keating, and Janice L. Reiff, editors. Encyclopedia of Chicago. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004.