J. S. Slauson

Jonathan Sayre Slauson (1829–1905) was a land developer who founded the town of Azusa, California in 1887. He was elected to the Los Angeles Board of Education on December 5, 1904 for a two year term. However, Slauson resigned on September 23, 1905. His resignation was accepted a week later when Wilson Campbell Patterson was appointed as his successor. Slauson died shortly thereafter.

Slauson Avenue, a major thoroughfare in Los Angeles, is named after him.

References

Chronological Record of Los Angeles City Officials: 1850—1938, Compiled under Direction of Municipal Reference Library City Hall, Los Angeles March 1938 (Reprinted 1966)

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Name	Slauson, J. S.
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	1829
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Date of death	1905
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