William Beavers
| William Beavers | |
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| Cook County Commissioner - 4th District | |
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In office 2006–2013 |
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| Constituency | 4th District |
| City of Chicago Alderman | |
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In office 1983–2006 |
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| Constituency | 7th Ward, Chicago |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 21, 1935 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Alma mater | Harold Washington College |
William M. Beavers (born February 21, 1935) is an African-American Democratic politician, former Chicago alderman and former County Commissioner for District 4 of Cook County, Illinois, which encompasses part of Chicago's South Side and southern suburbs. He is also a convicted federal felon.
Beavers was born and raised in Chicago's Kenwood/Oakland neighborhood, one of six children. Beavers' mother worked in retail and as a waitress. Beavers' father was a steel mill worker. Later, Beavers' father worked for a wrecking company and died in an accident on the job. Beavers was educated in the Chicago Public Schools and attended Harold Washington College. Beavers was a Chicago police officer for 21 years.
Beavers was an alderman of the 7th Ward (map) in Chicago's far south side. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the Chicago City Council from 1983 to 2006.
Beavers said he had read Linda Lovelace's autobiography Ordeal, and had visitied a topless beach and a nude beach, but had never visited a nudist camp, speaking on April 11, 2000 during testimony at a public hearing before the Finance Committee of the Chicago City Council on a proposed designation of a part of Walton Street in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood, the location of the first Playboy Club, as "Hugh Hefner Way" in honor of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner.
In 2006, Beavers reportedly engineered a complex deal concerning the retirement of Cook County Board President John Stroger, who suffered a stroke in March of that year. The deal called for Beavers to assume Stroger's County Commissioner seat, Stroger's son, Todd Stroger, to replace his father on the November 2006 ballot as County Board president, and for Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley to appoint Beavers' daughter and chief of staff, Darcel Beavers, to her father's 7th Ward seat.
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