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Harold Washington Handbill

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Harold Washington Handbill/tiles/collection/3/34265.xml
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Date

1980

Dimensions

11 3/8 × 8 1/2 in. (28.9 × 21.6 cm)

Accession Number

2007.008.002

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

Harold Washington’s handbill promoting his first run for the House in 1980 urged Chicagoans to “send the very best . . . why settle for less?” His appeal—backed up by his long experience in city and state government—proved persuasive. Washington easily won election to two terms in the House. He cut his congressional career short, though, to become Chicago’s first African-American mayor in 1983.

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