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'''Harry Bernard Silver''' (January 19, 1922<ref>Harry Silver, 100 - Alexandria | Free Public Reputation Profile (mylife.com), accessed April 18, 2022.</ref> &ndash; April 8, 2022) was a [[business]]man and a former 16-year member of the  city council in his adopted city of [[Alexandria, Louisiana| Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]]. He did not begin his political service until 2005, when he was eighty-three years of age. A [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], he represented District 4 on the Alexandria City Council until 2021, having stepped down at the age of ninety-nine. He is believed to have been the oldest public official in the [[United States]] and possibly the world.<ref name=lamarwhite>{{cite web|url=https://www.bayoubrief.com/2022/04/11/harry-b-silver-1922-2022-cenlas-most-celebrated-civic-champion-dies-at-100/|title=Harry B. Silver (1922-2022), CenLa’s Most Celebrated Civic Champion Dies at 100|author=Lamar White, Jr.|date=April 11, 2022|accessdate=april 18, 2022}}</ref>

'''Harry Bernard Silver''' (January 19, 1922<ref>Harry Silver, 100 - Alexandria | Free Public Reputation Profile (mylife.com), accessed April 18, 2022.</ref> &ndash; April 8, 2022) was a [[business]]man and a former 16-year member of the  city council in his adopted city of [[Alexandria, Louisiana| Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]]. He did not begin his political service until 2005, when he was eighty-three years of age. A [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], he represented District 4 on the Alexandria City Council until 2021, having stepped down at the age of ninety-nine. He is believed to have been the oldest public official in the [[United States]] and possibly the world.<ref name=lamarwhite>{{cite web|url=https://www.bayoubrief.com/2022/04/11/harry-b-silver-1922-2022-cenlas-most-celebrated-civic-champion-dies-at-100/|title=Harry B. Silver (1922-2022), CenLa’s Most Celebrated Civic Champion Dies at 100|author=Lamar White, Jr.|date=April 11, 2022|accessdate=april 18, 2022}}</ref>

After an initial appointment to the city ouncil, Silver ran in 2006 as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] and won the race with 56 percent of the ballots cast. In 2010, as a Democrat, Silver won a second term with 77 percent of the vote. In 2014, he defeated two challengers with 58 percent of the vote. In his last election in 2018, he ran without opposition.<ref name=lamarwhite/>

After an initial appointment to fill a vacancy on the city council, Silver ran in 2006 as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] and won the race with 56 percent of the ballots cast. In 2010, as a Democrat, Silver won a second term with 77 percent of the vote. In 2014, he defeated two challengers with 58 percent of the vote. In his last election in 2018, he ran without opposition.<ref name=lamarwhite/>

==Biography==

==Biography==