Norris Poulson (23 July 1895-25 September 1982) was a member of the US House of Representatives (R-CA 13) from 3 January 1943 to 3 January 1945 (succeeding Charles Kramer and preceding Ned R. Healy) and from 3 January 1947 to 3 January 1953 (succeeding Healy and preceding Ernest K. Bramblett), and from CA-24 from 3 January to 11 June 1953 (preceding Glenard P. Lipscomb); he was also the Republican Mayor of Los Angeles from 1 July 1953 to 1 July 1961 (succeeding Fletcher Bowron and preceding Sam Yorty).
Biography[]
Norris Poulson was born in Baker City, Oregon in 1895, the son of a Danish immigrant. He moved to Los Angeles in 1923 and worked as a certified public accountant, and he served in the State Assembly from 1939 to 1943, in the US House of Representatives from 1943 to 1945 and from 1947 to 1953, and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1953 to 1961. During his tenure, he oversaw the construction of the Los Angeles International Airport, the expansion of the Port of Los Angeles, the removal of the Mexican community of Chavez Ravine to make way for the arrival of the Dodgers stadium, and retired to La Jolla on his re-election defeat in 1960. He died in 1982.