Paul Alexander | |
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Member of the Seattle City Council | |
In office 1956–1969 | |
Succeeded by | Liem Tuai |
Personal details | |
Born | Seattle, Washington | March 11, 1904
Died | May 6, 1969 Washington, D.C. | (aged 65)
Political party | Republican |
Residence | Seattle |
Occupation | newspaper publisher, Seattle City Councilmember |
Paul Jacob Alexander (March 11, 1904 – May 6, 1969) was a newspaper publisher and Seattle City Councilman.
Paul Jacob Alexander was born in Seattle, Washington on March 11, 1904, to Alfred and Lillian (Wooding) Alexander. [1] He graduated from Ballard High School and spent a semester at the University of Washington. He worked for The Seattle Times in the 1920s, and purchased the Rainier District Times, [2] a community newspaper in the Rainier Valley, in 1929. He sold the paper in 1965.
He ran unsuccessfully for the Seattle City Council in 1952 and 1954. [3] He was elected in 1956 and re-elected in 1960 and 1964. [4] He was a Republican, [5] and although he was a strong supporter of freedom of the press, he considered himself a conservative. In 1963, he succeeded in removing an emergency clause from Seattle's proposed open housing ordinance that would have allowed it to take effect without a public vote, [6] and in 1964 he ran for re-election as an opponent of open housing. [7]
As the chairman of the Council's Utilities Committee, he was attending a reception at the American Public Power Association in Washington, D.C. when he died of a heart attack. [4] Liem Tuai was appointed to fill his seat. [5]
He lived in Rainier Valley, a block from Lake Washington.
Paul Alexander | |
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Member of the Seattle City Council | |
In office 1956–1969 | |
Succeeded by | Liem Tuai |
Personal details | |
Born | Seattle, Washington | March 11, 1904
Died | May 6, 1969 Washington, D.C. | (aged 65)
Political party | Republican |
Residence | Seattle |
Occupation | newspaper publisher, Seattle City Councilmember |
Paul Jacob Alexander (March 11, 1904 – May 6, 1969) was a newspaper publisher and Seattle City Councilman.
Paul Jacob Alexander was born in Seattle, Washington on March 11, 1904, to Alfred and Lillian (Wooding) Alexander. [1] He graduated from Ballard High School and spent a semester at the University of Washington. He worked for The Seattle Times in the 1920s, and purchased the Rainier District Times, [2] a community newspaper in the Rainier Valley, in 1929. He sold the paper in 1965.
He ran unsuccessfully for the Seattle City Council in 1952 and 1954. [3] He was elected in 1956 and re-elected in 1960 and 1964. [4] He was a Republican, [5] and although he was a strong supporter of freedom of the press, he considered himself a conservative. In 1963, he succeeded in removing an emergency clause from Seattle's proposed open housing ordinance that would have allowed it to take effect without a public vote, [6] and in 1964 he ran for re-election as an opponent of open housing. [7]
As the chairman of the Council's Utilities Committee, he was attending a reception at the American Public Power Association in Washington, D.C. when he died of a heart attack. [4] Liem Tuai was appointed to fill his seat. [5]
He lived in Rainier Valley, a block from Lake Washington.