Leon Franklin Bogues (November 8, 1927 – August 6, 1985) was an American politician from New York.
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Bogues was born on November 8, 1927,[1] in Harlem, the son of Jamaican migrants Frank Millholand Bogues and Rosa Louise Bogues née McLaren. He attended Howard University, and graduated from Long Island University. Then he became a probation officer attached to the New York Supreme Court (1st D.). He married Dorothy, and they had two children.
He entered politics as a Democrat, and was appointed by Borough President Percy Sutton to the Manhattan Community Board No. 7. In 1978, he became the board's chairman.
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