Fitch Robertson (February 12, 1896 – March 5, 1956) was Mayor of Berkeley, California, United States, from 1943 to 1947. He was born February 12, 1896, in Pueblo, Colorado. Robertson was a graduate of the Colorado School of Mines. He served during World War I 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 BPOE 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

Carrie Hoyt Carrie L. Hoyt (1866–1950) was the mayor of Berkeley, California, from January 20 to circa May 1947. She is notable for having been Berkeley's first female mayor. Hoyt was born Carrie Knoles in Petersburg, Illinois, on October 24, 1866. Her fath ...

then assumed the office of Mayor to finish out Robertson's term, thus becoming Berkeley's first female mayor. Robertson died at his Walnut Creek, California home on March 5, 1956.

References

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

League of Women Voters The League of Women Voters (LWV or the League) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan political organization in the United States. Founded in 1920, its ongoing major activities include registering voters, providing voter information, and advocating for vot ...

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 American politicians {{California-mayor-stub