Tom Colten
Politician
1922 – 2004
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Who was Tom Colten?
Arthur Thomas Colten, known as Tom Colten, was a Louisiana newspaperman and politician from the 1950s to the 1990s who rose from a small-town mayoralty position to head his state's Department of Transportation and Development under three governors from both parties. Colten was also active in the slow process of establishing a viable Republican Party in his adopted state.
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- Born
- Oct 21, 1922
Detroit - Also known as
- Mayor Tom Colten
- Spouses
- Religion
- Presbyterianism
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- DePauw University
- Lived in
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Frankfort
- Minden
- Died
- Dec 6, 2004
Frankfort
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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