 Lorraine H. Morton
(Evanston’s longest serving mayor) In 1993, Lorraine Hairston Morton (December 8, 1918 – September 8, 2018) ran for mayor of Evanston under the campaign slogan "Morton for Mayor," which accompanied images of trains and lists of people who were "on board" with her campaign.After a run-off election against Ann Rainey, alderman of Evanston's Eighth Ward, Morton was elected Evanston's first African-American and first Democratic mayor.Morton was in office for sixteen years (until 2009), becoming Evanston's longest-serving mayor.