Ann J. Land

Ann J. Land
Member of the Philadelphia City Council from the 4th District
In office October 30, 1980 – January 7, 1992
Preceded by	George Schwartz
Succeeded by	Michael Nutter
Personal details
Born	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died	March 9, 2010 Sea Isle City
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	John Land
Profession	Politician, Librarian, Community-relations Specialist

Ann J. Chambers Land was a member of the Philadelphia City Council and a member of the Democratic Party.

Land was a native North Philadelphia, where she attended John W. Hallahan Catholic Girls High School. After graduating from High School in 1950, she was an office worker, and later became a librarian for the Pennsylvania Senate.

She was an active campaigner for John F. Kennedy, and later became a member of the Philadelphia's Democratic Committee. In the late 1970s, she was elected leader of the 38th Ward.

In 1980, she won a special election to the Philadelphia City Council, after incumbent George Schwartz resigned in the wake of the Abscam scandal. She was re-elected 1983, and in 1987, she won a second full-term by defeating challenger Michael Nutter.

In 1991, Nutter again challenged Land, and this time was successful. Nutter would go on to wage a successful campaign for Mayor in 2007.

After her defeat, Land was a community-relations specialist with Philadelphia Gas Works.

Land married her husband, John, in 1954. He was a beverage distributor with a business in West Philadelphia. The couple had five children.

She died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in March 2010 at her home in Sea Isle City, New Jersey.

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