Lester Petrie

American politician
Lester Petrie
7th Mayor of City & County of Honolulu
In office
January 2, 1941 – January 2, 1949
Preceded byCharles Crane
Succeeded byJohn H. Wilson
Personal details
Born1878 (1878)
Died1956 (aged 77–78)
Political partyDemocratic

Lester Petrie (1878–1956) was an American politician and Mayor of Honolulu from 1941 to 1947, including when the city was attacked on December 7, 1941, by the Japanese military.[1]

References

  1. ^ Attack, United States Congress Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor (1946). Pearl Harbor Attack: Hearings Before the Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack, Congress of the United States, Seventy-ninth Congress, First [-second] Session, Pursuant to S. Con. Res. 27 . U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 828. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
Preceded by
Charles Crane
Mayor of Honolulu
1941–1947
Succeeded by
John H. Wilson
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