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 by	Frank L. Shaw
Succeeded by	Norris Poulson
Personal details
Born	(1887-08-13)August 13, 1887 Poway, California, U.S.
Died	September 11, 1968(1968-09-11) (aged 81) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Resting place	Inglewood Park Cemetery
Political party	Republican
Spouses	Irene Martin ​ ​ (m. 1922; died 1961)​ Albine Norton ​ (m. 1961)​
Children	1
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1917-1919
Unit	14th Field Artillery Military Intelligence
Battles/wars	World 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.