Scott L. King

Scott L. King was mayor of Gary, Indiana from 1996 to 2006, when he resigned. He was Gary's first white mayor since the election of Richard Hatcher in 1967. A member of the Democratic Party for most of his time in office, King left the party to become an independent in 2005, shortly before his resignation. He was briefly succeeded by Deputy Mayor Dozier T. Allen as acting mayor, and subsequently by Rudy Clay.

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