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Charles Hayes | |
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| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromIllinois's1st district | |
| In office August 23, 1983 – January 3, 1993 | |
| Preceded by | Harold Washington |
| Succeeded by | Bobby Rush |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Charles Arthur Hayes February 17, 1918 Cairo, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | April 8, 1997(1997-04-08) (aged 79) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
Charles Arthur Hayes (February 17, 1918 – April 8, 1997) was an American politician who served as a member of theUnited States House of Representatives, representingIllinois's 1st congressional district, from 1983 to 1993.
Hayes was born inCairo, Illinois, and graduated from Cairo's Sumner High School in 1935. He was atrade unionist from 1938 to 1983 and served as vice president of theUnited Food and Commercial Workers Union.[1]
Hayes was a resident of Chicago for most of his adult life. Hayes was also a prolific union man for 45 years. In the 1950s, he raised funds forMartin Luther King Jr.'svoter registration drive in the South. He was a civil rights leader who worked closely with King in theSouthern Christian Leadership Conference during the 1960s. Later, he was one of major labor leaders arrested during the 1980s anti-apartheid protests that eventually won the freedom ofNelson Mandela. Congressman Hayes was theCBTU's first executive vice president, serving until 1986.
Hayes was elected as aDemocrat to the98th United States Congress by a special election held on August 23, 1983, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofHarold Washington, who had been elected mayor ofChicago. While a representative, Hayes was on the Committee on Education and Labor and Small Business Committee. He was most noted for pieces of legislation to encourage school dropouts to re-enter and complete their education.
His candidacy for renomination in 1992 to the103rd United States Congress was unsuccessful, as he was defeated in the Democratic primary byBobby Rush, partly due to theHouse banking scandal.
Hayes was also one of the founding members ofRainbow/PUSH, along withJesse Jackson.
Hayes died from complications oflung cancer at the age of 79. Then-CongressmanJesse Jackson Jr. spoke at Hayes' funeral.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Bobby L. Rush | 54,231 | 42.20 | |
| Democratic | Charles A. Hayes (incumbent) | 50,191 | 39.06 | |
| Democratic | Anna R. Langford | 14,094 | 10.96 | |
| Democratic | Roosevelt Thomas | 4,256 | 3.31 | |
| Democratic | Allen Smith | 3,486 | 2.71 | |
| Democratic | Smith Wiiams | 2,219 | 1.72 | |
| Write-in | 13 | 0.01 | ||
| Total votes | 128,490 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Charles A. Hayes (incumbent) | 100,890 | 93.77 | −2.28% | |
| Republican | Babette Peyton | 6,708 | 6.23 | +2.28% | |
| Total votes | 107,598 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Charles A. Hayes (incumbent) | 83,098 | 92.56 | |
| Democratic | Gilbert S. Marchman | 6,676 | 7.44 | |
| Total votes | 89,774 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Charles A. Hayes (incumbent) | 164,125 | 96.05 | −0.35% | |
| Republican | Stephen J. Evans | 6,753 | 3.95 | +0.35% | |
| Total votes | 170,878 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Charles A. Hayes (incumbent) | 97,168 | 87.46 | |
| Democratic | Inez M. Gardner | 13,930 | 12.54 | |
| Total votes | 111,098 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Charles A. Hayes (incumbent) | 122,376 | 96.40 | +0.76% | |
| Republican | Joseph C. Faulkner | 4,572 | 3.60 | N/A | |
| Total votes | 126,948 | 100.0 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Charles A. Hayes (incumbent) | 79,356 | 92.59 | |
| Democratic | Melverlene Clark | 6,363 | 7.41 | |
| Total votes | 85,899 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Charles A. Hayes (incumbent) | 177,438 | 95.64 | |
| Socialist Workers | Eddie L. Warren | 8,086 | 4.36 | |
| Write-in | 10 | 0.01 | ||
| Total votes | 185,534 | 100.0 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Charles A. Hayes (incumbent) | 93,123 | 83.29 | |
| Democratic | Sheila Jones | 18,685 | 16.71 | |
| Write-in | 3 | 0.00 | ||
| Total votes | 111,811 | 100.0 | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromIllinois's 1st congressional district 1983-1993 | Succeeded by |
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