Fletcher Bowron

Fletcher Bowron
Mayor Bowron at a Cinco de Mayo celebration, 1952
35th Mayor of Los Angeles
In office
September 26, 1938 – July 1, 1953
Preceded byFrank L. Shaw
Succeeded byNorris Poulson
Personal details
Born(1887-08-13)August 13, 1887
Poway, California, U.S.
DiedSeptember 11, 1968(1968-09-11) (aged 81)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting placeInglewood Park Cemetery
Political partyRepublican
Spouses
Irene Martin
(m. 1922; died 1961)
Albine Norton
(m. 1961)
Children1
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Army
Years of service1917-1919
Unit14th Field Artillery
Military Intelligence
Battles/warsWorld War I

Fletcher Bowron (August 13, 1887 – September 11, 1968) was an American lawyer, judge, and politician. He was the 35th Mayor of Los Angeles from 1938 to 1953. A member of the Republican Party, he was at the time the city's longest-serving mayor and was the city's second longest-serving mayor overall after Tom Bradley, presiding over the war boom and very heavy population growth, and building freeways to handle them.