Harry Britt

Harry Britt
President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors
In office 1989–1990
Preceded by	Nancy G. Walker
Succeeded by	Doris M. Ward
Member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from the 5th district
In office January 1979 – January 1993
Preceded by	Harvey Milk
Succeeded by	Sue Bierman
Personal details
Born	(1938-06-08)June 8, 1938 Port Arthur, Texas, U.S.
Died	June 24, 2020(2020-06-24) (aged 82) San Francisco, California, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	Duke University Southern Methodist University University of Chicago

Harry Britt (June 8, 1938 – June 24, 2020) was an American politician and gay rights activist. Born in Texas, he worked as a Methodist pastor in Chicago as a young man and later moved to San Francisco. There, he worked with Harvey Milk until Milk's assassination in 1978. He was appointed to his seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, where he remained until 1993, and served as the board's president from 1989 to 1990. Britt was a Democrat and member of the Democratic Socialists of America. He ran for the United States House of Representatives in 1987 and for the California State Assembly in 2002, but was unsuccessful both times.