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10/05/2024

Today we wish former DC Council Chairwoman Linda W. Cropp a Happy Birthday! Serving as a public school teacher for eight years in Ward 4, Linda Cropp first ran the DC Board of Education in 1979. While on the Board Cropp served as Vice Chair in 1984 and later Board President in 1989.

In 1988 Cropp unsuccessfully ran for Ward 4 Councilmember but was later elected in 1990 to serve as an At-Large member of the Council after Councilmember Betty Anne Kane announced she would not run for re-election.

In 1997 following the death of then Council Chair Dave Clarke, Cropp was named acting chair of the Council serving until 2007. To this date Cropp is the only woman to have served as Chairperson of the Council of the District of Columbia.

09/29/2024

Today we wish a Happy Birthday to former Ward 2 Councilmember and Council Chair John A. Wilson! Born in Baltimore and raised on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, Wilson began his journey in civil rights working in New York with Malcolm x and later landing at SNCC. He moved to DC in 1969 and was elected the first Ward 2 Councilmember in 1974. In 1990 Wilson was elected Chairman of the Council. Serving until his death in 1993. A year following his death, the District Building was renamed in his honor to the John A. Wilson Building.

09/26/2024

Today we wish former Ward 3 Councilmember and former teacher Jim Nathanson a Happy Birthday! Elected in 1986, Nathanson served on the council from 1987 to 1995. There he focused on education, public parks and city finance policy.

09/18/2024

Happy Birthday to former At-Large Councilmember David Grosso! Before being elected to the Council in 2012, Grosso served as a Committee clerk for Sharon Ambrose and as the Chief Counsel to Congresswoman Norton. He served on the Council from 2013 until 2021.

09/17/2024

Happy Birthday to Former Ward 1 Councilmember Frank Smith. Dr. Smith first got his start in activism through SNCC in Mississippi. Moving to DC in 1968, Dr. Smith was later elected to the Council in 1962.

After serving 16 years Dr. Smith transitioned to building the African American Civil War Memorial Museum.

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