Fitch Robertson (February 12, 1896 – March 5, 1956) was Mayor of

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, United States, from 1943 to 1947. He was born February 12, 1896, in

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. Robertson was a graduate of the

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. He served during

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in a U.S. Army engineering battalion. He came to Berkeley in 1929. He married Myla Kenworthy, with whom he had four children. A member of the

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Berkeley Elks Lodge # 1002. After the City Manager announced his intention to resign as of January 15, 1947, the Berkeley City Council chose Mayor Robertson to replace him which it did on January 20. The Vice Mayor, 80-year-old

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then assumed the office of Mayor to finish out Robertson's term, thus becoming Berkeley's first female mayor. Robertson died at his

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home on March 5, 1956.

References

* ''Berkeley Gazette'', March 6, 1956
''The Voter''
newsletter of the

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of Berkeley, Albany and Emeryville, December 2003-January 2004 issue 1896 births Politicians from Pueblo, Colorado Colorado School of Mines alumni United States Army personnel of World War I Mayors of Berkeley, California 1956 deaths 20th-century mayors of places in California {{California-mayor-stub