From the archives: Photos of Jim Throgmorton, former Iowa City mayor

Iowa City Councilor Bruce Teague, second from left, listens to a speaker alongside Jim Throgmorton, mayor of Iowa City, during a municipal equality index scorecard launch event with the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC), Tuesday, Nov., 19, 2019, at City Hall in Iowa City, Iowa. Teague is the first openly gay man of color to serve on council.

Jim Throgmorton, mayor of Iowa City, speaks during the "Town-Gown Climate Accord" hosted by the Iowa City Climate Strikers, Friday, Oct., 4, 2019, at the intersection of Dubuque Street and Iowa Avenue in downtown Iowa City, Iowa.

Iowa City Mayor Jim Throgmorton speaks at the Iowa City Latino Festival on the Pedestrian Mall in downtown Iowa City on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019.

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack, D-Iowa, and Jim Throgmorton, mayor of Iowa City, listen to David M. Miles, an assistant professor of physics and astronomy, while he speaks about a thermal-vacuum chamber (at left) during a tour at Van Allen Hall, Friday, Aug. 30, 2019, on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City, Iowa.

Democratic presidential candidate Bill de Blasio, Mayor of New York City, talks with Jim Throgmorton, Mayor of Iowa City, while they tour businesses, Wednesday, July 3, 2019, along Washington Street in downtown Iowa City, Iowa.

Iowa City city councilor Jim Throgmorton secures his bike onto a bus outside the Coralville Public Library during the annual bike, bus and car race on Monday, May 4, 2015. The race, which runs between Coralville and Iowa City's public libraries, encourages residents to use other forms of transportation, such as bikes and buses, which may not be much more time consuming than driving a car. David Scrivner / Iowa City Press-Citizen

Iowa City Mayor Jim Throgmorton congratulates Iowa's Mollie Drenth during the awards ceremony at the NCAA Gymnastics Regionals at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on Saturday, April 2, 2016.

Iowa City Council members Jim Throgmorton, left, Rick Dobyns, center left, Susan Mims, center right, and Michelle Payne, right, cut and served two cakes that said “Happy Birthday Iowa City” on the last day of the city’s three-day 175th anniversary celebration at the Iowa City Public Library on Sunday, Dec. 7.

Jim Throgmorton during a city council meeting in January 2014.

Iowa City Councilor Jim Throgmorton recently visited Prauge, Czech Republic, another UNESCO City of Literature.

Iowa City Council candidates Jim Throgmorton, from left, John Thomas, Rockne Cole and Pauline Taylor celebrate during a Core Four watch party at Sanctuary on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015.

Iowa City Council candidate Jim Throgmorton thanks friends and family during a Core Four watch party at Sanctuary on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2015.

Kingsley Botchway, left, and Jim Throgmorton, center, are sworn in as mayor pro tem and mayor respectively during an Iowa City Council meeting Monday.

Iowa City Mayor Jim Throgmorton listens to community members speak regarding the effects of the Rose Oaks redevelopment during a city council meeting on Tuesday, April 5, 2016.

Iowa City Mayor Jim Throgmorton attends at a candlelight vigil organized by the University of Iowa Women's Resource and Action Center at the pedestrian mall on Monday, June 13, 2016.

Iowa City Mayor Jim Throgmorton thanks guests and sponsors at the Farm to Street Dinner on Linn Street on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016. The sold-out event offered guests meals prepared by local chefs with food from area producers. Proceeds will benefit farm to school initiatives.

Iowa City Mayor Jim Throgmorton poses for a photo at City Hall on Friday, Dec. 16, 2016.

Iowa City Mayor Jim Throgmorton poses for a photo at City Hall on Friday, Dec. 16, 2016.

Iowa City Mayor Jim Throgmorton, Press-Citizen 2016 Person of the Year.

Iowa City Mayor Jim Throgmorton speaks to protsers on the pedestrian mall for a rally against President Trump's travel ban on Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017.

Hoover Elementary Principal Dennis Harnack, from left, Longfellow Elementary Principal Chris Pisarik and Iowa City Mayor Jim Throgmorton take part in a ribbon cutting ceremony at Hoover Elementary on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.

Iowa Sen. Nate Boulton, right, talks with Iowa City Mayor Jim Throgmorton, left, during the Iowa City Federation of Labor's Labor Day picnic on Monday, Sept. 4, 2017.

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (left) talks with Iowa City Mayor Jim Throgmorton during a ground breaking ceremony for the Greater Iowa City Area Home Builders Association on Thursday, June 28, 2018. The build is being completed by eastern Iowa high school students who will gain college credit from their work on the project.

Mayor Jim Throgmorton is seen on Tuesday, July 17, 2018, at City Hall in Iowa City, Iowa.

City Councilor Pauline Taylor (left) and Mayor Jim Throgmorton are seen during a meeting on Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, at City Hall in Iowa City, Iowa.

Iowa City Mayor Jim Throgmorton shakes hands with Mary Teague, Bruce Teague's mother, on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, at Billy's High Hat Diner on Iowa Avenue in Iowa City.

Iowa City Mayor Jim Throgmorton, John Thomas and Pauline Taylor congratulate Bruce Teague on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, at Billy's High Hat Diner on Iowa Avenue in Iowa City.

Iowa City Mayor Jim Throgmorton speaks before a swearing in ceremony for Iowa City councilor Bruce Teague on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018, at the Church of Nazarene on Wade Street in Iowa City.

Iowa City Mayor Jim Throgmorton speaks during a council meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018, at City Hall in Iowa City.

Mayors Jim Throgmorton, of Iowa City, John Lundell, of Coralville, and Terry Donahue of North Liberty, shake hands after signing the "Economic Development Communication Protocol" agreement on Friday, Jan. 11, 2019, at MERGE in downtown Iowa City, Iowa.

Mayors Jim Throgmorton, of Iowa City, John Lundell, of Coralville, and Terry Donahue of North Liberty, talk after signing a communication agreement on Friday, Jan. 11, 2019, at MERGE in downtown Iowa City, Iowa.

Iowa City Mayor Jim Throgmorton, right, speaks prior to public comment on Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019, in Iowa City, Iowa.