caption predecessor successor children birth_place religion party profession office birth_date term_start spouse order image article_title term_end birth_name
kurt l. schmoke clarence `` du '' burns william a. swisher martin o'malley stuart o. simms greg and katherine april 2013 baltimore , maryland christian democrat law school dean 46th mayor of baltimore 1 december 1949 december 1987 1983 dr. patricia schmoke -lrb- locks -rrb- state 's attorney for baltimore city file : schmoke.jpg kurt schmoke
 december 1999 1987 kurt lidell schmoke
kurt schmoke

kurt lidell schmoke -lrb- born december 1 , 1949 -rrb- is best known as the first elected african-american mayor of baltimore , maryland .
he is the current president of the university of baltimore -lrb- ub -rrb- , and former dean of the howard university school of law .
