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{{Infobox Biography| subject_name =Alex Zelius| image_name =AZelius.jpg| image_size =225px| image_caption =| date_of_birth =[[May 20]], [[Image:AZeliusAd.png1859]]|rightplace_of_birth =Christiana, Norway|150pxdate_of_death =[[August 21]], [[1926]]| place_of_death =| occupation =Ship chandler and grocer| religion =| spouse =| parents =| children =| signature =Zelius-sig.PNG| signaturesize =150px}}'''Alex Erik Alexander Zelius''' was a ship chandler and grocer, as well as (for some time) the vice consul for both Norway, the Netherlandsand Russia.  Born in Christiana, Norway, he migrated to Quebec in 1869 and to Pensacola in 1885. Quickly entering the ship chandlery business, he owned two launches (the ''Alberta'' and the ''Florida'') used for loading larger ships in the Bay. In [[1908]] he stood for election as [[Pensacola Harbor Master]]but lost. He served as chairman of the [[City of Pensacola]]'s Board of Public Works under Mayor [[Charles H. Bliss]], and as a City Judge. He was a charter member of the [[Pensacola Yacht Club]] and of the Knight of Pythias Lodge. ==Electoral history=====[[Pensacola Harbor Master]], [[1908]]===''This election was held [[May 19]], [[1908]].'' {| class="wikitable"|-|'''<span style="color:blue;">DEM<span>'''|'''[[J. Ed Abercrombie]]'''|'''1,809'''|'''57.5%'''|-|'''<span style="color:blue;">DEM<span>'''|[[Alex Zelius]]|710|22.5%|-|'''<span style="color:blue;">DEM<span>'''|[[Frank A. Boghich]]|621|20%|} ==Other images==<gallery>Image:AZelius2.PNG|Circa 1899Image:AZeliusAd.png|Ad from the ''Pensacola Evening News'', [[1910]]</gallery> ==References=={{refbegin}}*Wentworth, T. T. Jr. ''They Were Here'' #8 (1966).*J. S. Glass, editor. ''The Southern Manufacturer'', Volume V, Number 3. New Orleans: June 1901.{{refend}}