Clyde Fant
Politician
1905 – 1973
Who was Clyde Fant?
Clyde Edward Fant, Sr., was a 20-year Democratic mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana, having served from 1946 to 1954 and again from 1958 to 1970. Fant was cited as "Louisiana's Mayor of the Year" in 1953 by the Louisiana Municipal Association, which he headed for three consecutive years. In 1948, with fewer than two years of mayoral experience, he had been among four mayors in the United States invited to The Hague, Netherlands, for the annual conference of the World Conference of Mayors, an occasion which rendered him national recognition. Fant's success as Shreveport's mayor was attributed to his commitment to his city, his interpersonal skills, and the approval in his first term of a $9.6 million capital improvements bond issue that set the stage for municipal growth in the post-World War II era. Shreveport was the second most populous city in Louisiana until the 1970s, when Baton Rouge surpassed it to take the second ranking.
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- Born
- Oct 18, 1905
Linden - Also known as
- Clyde Fant, Sr.
- Mayor Clyde E. Fant, Sr.
- Spouses
- Religion
- Baptists
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- East Texas Baptist University
- Lived in
- Louisiana
- Shreveport
- Died
- Jul 6, 1973
Shreveport
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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