During his tenure he named the first Hispanic police chief, the first African American fire chief and the first Hispanic Clerk and Recorder.
He won reelection twice, serving a total of twelve years. In 1991, Webb became the first African American mayor of Denver. In 1987, he was elected as the Denver City Auditor. Then in 1981, Colorado Governor Richard Lamm appointed Webb to his cabinet as Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. In 1977, he was selected by President James Carter to serve as regional director of the U.S. Webb’s public service career began in 1972 when he was elected to the Colorado House of Representatives.
He came to Denver at a very early age and before entering politics he was a forklift operator. Wellington Webb was born in Chicago in 1941.
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