Leon Bogues
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Life
Leon Bogues was born in Harlem, the son of Jamaican migrants Frank Millholand Bogues and Rosa Louise Bogues née McLaren. He attended Howard University, and graduated from Long Island University. Then he became a probation officer attached to the New York Supreme Court (1st D.). He married Dorothy, and they had two children. He is also the nephew of Sydney Bogues.
He entered politics as a Democrat, and was appointed by Borough President Percy Sutton to the Manhattan Community Board No. 7. In 1978, he became the board's chairman.
On February 12, 1980, he was elected to the New York State Senate, to fill the vacancy caused by the appointment of Carl McCall to the U.S. Mission to the U.N.[1] Bogues was re-elected three times, and remained in the State Senate until his death in 1985, sitting in the 183rd, 184th, 185th and 186th New York State Legislatures. His district comprised parts of Harlem and the Upper West Side.
He died on August 6, 1985, at his home on West 95th Street in Manhattan, of lung cancer.[2]
References
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- ↑ W. Side Community Board Head Wins Vote for State Senate Seat in the New York Times on February 13, 1980 (subscription required)
- ↑ LEON BOGUES, STATE SENATOR, DIES AT HIS MANHATTAN HOME in the New York Times on August 8, 1985
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Further reading
- Paterson, David "Black, Blind, & In Charge: A Story of Visionary Leadership and Overcoming Adversity."Skyhorse Publishing. New York, New York, 2020
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- 1927 births
- 1985 deaths
- Howard University alumni
- Long Island University alumni
- Democratic Party New York (state) state senators
- African-American state legislators in New York (state)
- Deaths from lung cancer in New York (state)
- 20th-century African-American politicians
- 20th-century members of the New York State Legislature