James E. Fitzpatrick

James E. Fitzpatrick (July 9, 1908 – February 28, 1967) was an American politician who served as the 32nd mayor of Burlington, Vermont.

Life

James E. Fitzpatrick was born in Burlington, Vermont, on July 9, 1908, to Thomas W. Fitzpatrick and Mary E. Malloy.^[3]

On January 4, 1946, he was given the Democratic nomination for Ward Four's alderman seat and was elected without opposition.^[4][5] He would continue to serve on the board for thirteen years and during that time was elected as president of the board of aldermen.^[6]

On February 3, 1959, he announced his candidacy for Burlington's mayoralty and was given the Democratic nomination on February 7.

On September 11, 1961, Fitzpatrick was appointed to Burlington's airport commission against the will of Mayor Bing and would continue to serve on the commission until his death.[12] On June 24, 1964, he won the endorsement of the Chittenden County Democratic Committee to succeed John J. Burns as postmaster of Burlington, but never took the civil service examine and on August 25, 1965, announced that he would not accept the congressional appointment to the postmaster office.^[13][14] In 1967 he talked about the possibility of him returning to the board of aldermen, but on February 28, 1967, he suffered a heart attack and died.^[15]

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