31.   He evicted most hereditary peers from the House of Lords, created regional governments for Scotland and Wales and gave London its first mayor.

32.   His election as the first black mayor of a major and largely white city reflected a significant change in local politics in America.

33.   If elected, she would be the first lesbian mayor of a major U.S. city.

34.   If elected, Ammiano would be the first gay mayor.

35.   In appreciation for accounting services rendered, he is then made the first mayor of the newly created city of Veracruz.

36.   In Hartford, a Democratic candidate who could become the first Latino mayor of a capital city in New England faces a former city councilman.

37.   In another contest, Johnny Dupree, a Democrat, became the first African-American mayor of Hattiesburg.

38.   Maynard Jackson was the first black mayor of a big Southern city.

39.   More instructive to the new Republican, however, La Guardia was also the first mayor to nurture a media image as the peripatetic champion of his city.

40.   Memphis is now an African-American majority city with its first black mayor.