Ed Karst
| Ed Karst | |
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| Mayor of Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana | |
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In office June 1969 – June 1973 |
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| Preceded by | William George Bowdon, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | John K. Snyder |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Charles Edward Karst September 18, 1931 New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana |
| Died | July 17, 1992 (aged 60) New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Resting place | Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic Party-turned-Republican-returned Democrat-turned "No Party" |
| Spouse(s) | Divorced from Judy Ward-Steinman Karst |
| Children |
Alexander Regard Karst |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
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(1) Karst won election as mayor of Alexandria in 1969 on a "reform" platform and vowed to clean City Hall from corruption in the administration of his predecessor. (2) The man whom Karst defeated for mayor in 1969 was the same individual who succeeded him in 1973, another controversial Alexandria mayor named John K. Snyder. (3) In a bizarre gubernatorial race in 1991, Karst threatened to murder justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court who had upheld his disbarment as an attorney. (4) In 1992, Karst was arrested and held on a $100,000 bond in the custody of the Orleans Parish Prison on two counts of public intimidation for having made threats on the lives of the judges of the state Supreme Court. |
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Alexander Regard Karst
Alicia Barrows Karst
(1) Karst won election as mayor of Alexandria in 1969 on a "reform" platform and vowed to clean City Hall from corruption in the administration of his predecessor.
(2) The man whom Karst defeated for mayor in 1969 was the same individual who succeeded him in 1973, another controversial Alexandria mayor named John K. Snyder.
(3) In a bizarre gubernatorial race in 1991, Karst threatened to murder justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court who had upheld his disbarment as an attorney.
Charles Edward Karst, known as Ed Karst (September 18, 1931 – July 17, 1992), was an attorney and politician remembered for his controversial tenure as the mayor (1969–1973) of Alexandria, the seat of Rapides parish and the largest city in central Louisiana. In 1991, Karst launched a bizarre "No Party" gubernatorial campaign in which he threatened if elected to fire the members of the Louisiana Supreme Court or, if defeated, as he was, to kill the justices, who had upheld his disbarment. At times, Karst was a member of both the Democratic and the Republican parties, but he ran for governor with the "No Party" label, as permitted in Louisiana.
The New Orleans-born Karst was the son of Charles Karst, Jr. (1890–1981). He was educated in the Roman Catholic Jesuit High School in New Orleans. He then attended Tulane University, and Loyola University New Orleans School of Law. He relocated to Alexandria to practice law during the 1960s.
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