Harry Britt
Harry Britt | |
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Britt in 1985 | |
| President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors | |
| In office 1989–1990 | |
| Preceded by | Nancy G. Walker |
| Succeeded by | Doris M. Ward |
| Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors | |
| In office January 9, 1979 – January 8, 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Harvey Milk |
| Succeeded by | Sue Bierman |
| Constituency | 1st district (1979–1981) At-large district (1981–1993) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 8, 1938 Port Arthur, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | June 24, 2020 (aged 82) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Other political affiliations | Democratic Socialists of America |
| Alma mater | |
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Harry Britt (June 8, 1938 – June 24, 2020) was an American politician and gay rights activist. Born in Texas, he worked as a Methodist pastor in Chicago as a young man and later moved to San Francisco. There, he worked with Harvey Milk until Milk's assassination in 1978. He was appointed to Milk's former seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, where he remained until 1993, and served as the board's president from 1989 to 1990. Britt was a Democrat and member of the Democratic Socialists of America. He ran for the United States House of Representatives in 1987 and for the California State Assembly in 2002, but was unsuccessful both times.