Alexander Penn Wooldridge

Lawyer, Deceased Person

1847 – 1930

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Who was Alexander Penn Wooldridge?

Alexander Penn Wooldridge, usually just A. P. Wooldridge, was a mayor of Austin, Texas from 1909 to 1919. Wooldridge Park and Wooldridge Elementary School are named after him.

Wooldridge served as mayor during the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918. At the height of the epidemic, the city passed an ordinance closing the state university, all public and private schools, and all churches for a period of 30 days.

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Born
1847
New Orleans
Profession
Education
  • University of Virginia
Lived in
  • Austin
Died
1930

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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