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Ed J. Davenport (1899–1953) and Harriett Davenport, a married couple, were both members of the Los Angeles, California, City Council; the wife succeeding her husband in the position after he died in 1953. It was the first of two such spousal turnovers in the history of the city. Harriett Davenport was the third woman council member in the city's history and the first to be appointed by the council. ==Biographies== Ed Davenport was born February 9, 1899, in Pittsburgh or McKeesport, Pennsylvania, the son of John Wesley Davenport of Fort Hamilton, New York.〔(Ed Davenport's Los Angeles Public Library reference file No. 1 )〕〔 He studied business administration at the University of Pittsburgh and law at Southwestern University. In his working life, he was in the advertising business in Upstate New York from 1920 to 1926 and then was general manager of a department store in Utica, New York, from 1926 to 1929. He then became advertising and public relations manager for Frank Knox, the general manager of Hearst Publications, from 1929 to 1932, after which he moved to California and started his own agency.〔 Harriett Goodmanson, who was born in Victoria, British Columbia, was brought to the United States when she was less than a year old and became a U.S. citizen through the citizenship of her father. She attended high school in Bellingham, Washington, the University of Washington and the University of California, Berkeley. She taught high school for four years in Chehalis, Washington.〔("Davenport Widow Gets Council Seat,"''Los Angeles Times,'' September 2, 1953, page 1 )〕〔("13 Interviewed for Council Post," ''Los Angeles Times,'' July 11, 1953, page 2 )〕 Ed and Harriett were married in August 1935 in Seattle, Washington. They had no children.〔 Ed Davenport died in his sleep on June 24. 1953, at the age of 54. In addition to his wife, he left his mother, Margaret Davenport of McKeesport, Pennsylvania, and five siblings, Annamae Osterman, Alice Clarke, Catherine Bast and Harry Davenport, all of McKeesport, and Sister Mary Catherine, a Catholic nun of Ebensburg, Pennsylvania. He was interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ed J. Davenport and Harriett Davenport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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