Thomas L. J. D'Alesandro III

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Thomas D'Alesandro III (b. 1929) is a former Democratic mayor of Baltimore.

D'Alesandro is the brother of Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, and son of former Baltimore Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr.. His father was mayor from 1947 to 1959.

In 1967, at age 38, after having served five years as president of the city council, D'Alesandro ran for mayor and defeated G.O.P. moderate Arthur W. Sherwood, 138,938 to 28,528. He declined to run for a second term in 1971 and moved on to the business world.

Preceded by
Theodore R. McKeldin
Mayor of Baltimore
1967–1971
Succeeded by
William Donald Schaefer