HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - Susan Hammer
OR:
Susan Hammer on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

Susan Walker Hammer (December 21, 1938 – March 7, 2020) was an American politician and member of the
Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to: *Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to: Active parties Africa *Botswana Democratic Party *Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea *Gabonese Democratic Party *Demo ...
, who served as the mayor of
San Jose, California San Jose, officially San José (; ; ), is a major city in the U.S. state of California that is the cultural, financial, and political center of Silicon Valley and largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2020 popul ...
, from 1991 to 1999. She was voted best local politician six times. Previous to serving as mayor, she represented
San Jose City Council The San Jose City Council, officially San José City Council, is the legislature of the government of the City of San Jose, California. As the Mayor of San Jose, Sam Liccardo casts the 11th vote on matters before the council and acts as chair ...
District Three, which encompassed the downtown area of the city, from 1983 to 1991. Hammer was born in
Altadena, California Altadena () ("Alta", Spanish for "Upper", and "dena" from Pasadena) is an unincorporated area and census-designated place in the Verdugo Mountains region of Los Angeles County, California, approximately 14 miles (23 km) from the downto ...
, on December 21, 1938. She attended the
University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...
. She was married to San Jose attorney Philip Hammer, and had three children and six grandchildren. She was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in her later years, and it progressed rapidly over the last several months of her life, leading to her death on March 7, 2020.


See also

*
1990 San Jose mayoral election The 1990 San Jose mayoral election was held to elect the mayor of San Jose, California. It saw an initial election held on June 5, 1990, followed by a runoff election on November 3, 1990 after no candidate managed to obtain a majority in the in ...
*
1994 San Jose mayoral election The 1994 San Jose mayoral election was held on June 7, 1994 to elect the mayor of San Jose, California. It saw the reelection of Susan Hammer. Because Hammer won an outright majority in the initial round of the election, no runoff election need ...


References

Mayors of San Jose, California 1938 births 2020 deaths People from Altadena, California California Democrats University of California, Berkeley alumni Women mayors of places in California 21st-century American women {{California-mayor-stub