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Voters elect Allan Pomeroy as mayor of the City of Seattle on March 4, 1952.
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On March 4, 1952, voters elect Allan Pomeroy as mayor of the City of Seattle.

Pursuant to the Freeholders' Charter of 1946, the mayor's term of office was changed from two years to four years. Elections were held on the Tuesday following the first Monday in March. The vote counts were as follows:

  • Allan Pomeroy - 79,706
  • William F. Devin - 76,922


Allan Pomeroy, 1952
Courtesy Seattle Municipal Archives


 

Sources:

Seattle City Clerk, "Mayors of the City of Seattle," (www.ci.seattle.wa.us/seattle/leg/clerk/mayors.htm).

By David Wilma, November 27, 2000
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