Clyde Fant
| Clyde Edward Fant, Sr. | |
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| Mayor of Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA | |
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In office 1946–1954 |
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| Preceded by | Sam Caldwell |
| Succeeded by | James C. Gardner |
| Mayor of Shreveport | |
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In office 1958–1970 |
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| Preceded by | James C. Gardner |
| Succeeded by | Calhoun Allen |
| Shreveport Public Utilities Commissioner | |
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In office 1944–1946 |
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| Preceded by | James Reilly |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 18, 1905 Linden, Cass County, Texas, USA |
| Died | July 6, 1973 (aged 67) Shreveport, Louisiana |
| Resting place | Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Moos Fant (1909-2009) |
| Children |
Clyde Fant, Jr. (born 1934) |
| Alma mater | East Texas Baptist University |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Religion | Southern Baptist |
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(1) In the first of his five nonconsecutive terms as mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana, Fant was among four mayors from the United States invited to The Hague, Netherlands, in 1948 for the World Conference of Mayors, an occasion which rendered him national attention. (2) During his long mayoral tenure, Fant had been expected to run for governor or lieutenant governor, but he never did so. |
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Clyde Fant, Jr. (born 1934)
(1) In the first of his five nonconsecutive terms as mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana, Fant was among four mayors from the United States invited to The Hague, Netherlands, in 1948 for the World Conference of Mayors, an occasion which rendered him national attention.
Clyde Edward Fant, Sr. (October 18, 1905 – July 6, 1973), 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.
Clyde Fant was a native of Linden in Cass County, Texas. He was one of six children of Mr. and Mrs. John Preston Fant. John Fant was a cotton gin owner and a one-time Texas state legislator. Clyde Fant graduated in 1925 from the former Marshall (Texas) College, now East Texas Baptist University. He taught school for a year in Blocker, a since abandoned community near Marshall, the county seat of Harrison County. He then worked for a lumber company in East Texas and was thereafter associated with Southwestern Gas and Electric Company. He was an executive with Interstate Electric Company, with seven years of service with the firm, when he was transferred to Shreveport.
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