"Magnificent" Pol Passes | New Haven Independent
Back home, Bill Jones hitched his star to Henry “Hank” Parker, the city’s first viable black mayoral candidate, who first ran in 1969. That year Jones joined a slate of aldermanic candidates on Parker’s slate. Parker lost the election. (He went on to become the state’s first black treasurer.) But seven members of the aldermanic slate, including Jones, won. They were dubbed “the Magnificent Seven.”
He served on the board for six years. Then he was the running mate of Frank Logue, who ran for mayor against the Barbieri machine in 1975 and won. The machine returned to power in 1979 with the election of Biagio DiLieto, who later picked Jones as his director of organizational development.
Back home, Bill Jones hitched his star to Henry “Hank” Parker, the city’s first viable black mayoral candidate, who first ran in 1969. That year Jones joined a slate of aldermanic candidates on Parker’s slate. Parker lost the election. (He went on to become the state’s first black treasurer.) But seven members of the aldermanic slate, including Jones, won. They were dubbed “the Magnificent Seven.”
He served on the board for six years. Then he was the running mate of Frank Logue, who ran for mayor against the Barbieri machine in 1975 and won. The machine returned to power in 1979 with the election of Biagio DiLieto, who later picked Jones as his director of organizational development.
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