Robert T. Tobin

Politician

1910 – 2007

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Who was Robert T. Tobin?

Robert Terry Tobin was an African-American educator who became the first member of his race to have served as mayor of Minden, a small city of about 13,000 residents and the seat of government of Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana. Mayor Tobin's ten-month tenure in 1989 occurred before the 2000 U.S. census confirmed Minden's status as a majority black locality.

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Born
Sep 10, 1910
Lucky
Also known as
  • Robert Tobin
  • Mayor Robert T. Tobin
Spouses
Religion
  • Baptists
Ethnicity
  • African American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Southern University and A&M College
  • Stanford University
Lived in
  • Minden
Died
Sep 13, 2007

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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