George W. Hardy Jr. | |
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Hardy in his early years
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Mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana, Caddo Parish Louisiana, USA |
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In office 1932–1934 |
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Preceded by | John McWilliams Ford (interim) |
Succeeded by | Sam Caldwell |
Judge of the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal | |
In office 1943 – July 15, 1967 |
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Personal details | |
Born |
George Washington Hardy Jr. January 15, 1900 Corsicana, Navarro County Texas, USA |
Died | July 15, 1967 Shreveport, Louisiana |
(aged 67)
Nationality | American |
Political party | Democratic Party |
Spouse(s) | Mary Holbrook Hardy |
Relations | Charles B. Peatross (nephew) |
Children |
John Holbrook Hardy |
Parents | George Sr. and Llewella Garlick Hardy |
Residence | Shreveport, Louisiana |
Alma mater |
Former Shreveport High School |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Religion | Christian Church |
Military service | |
Service/branch | United States Army |
Battles/wars | World War I |
John Holbrook Hardy
Former Shreveport High School
Virginia Military Institute
George Washington Hardy Jr. (January 15, 1900 – July 15, 1967) was a lawyer from Shreveport, Louisiana, who served as mayor from 1932 to 1934 and as a judge of the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal from 1943 until his death in office.
Hardy was born in Corsicana in Navarro County southeast of Dallas, Texas, to George Hardy Sr. (1859–1947) and the former Llewella "Lula" Garlick (1866–1937). He moved to Shreveport when he was seven years of age. Hardy graduated in 1917 from the former Shreveport High School. He thereafter attended Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia, from which he graduated in 1920 after a hiatus for service in the United States Army during World War I. He studied for two years at Louisiana State University Law Center in the capital city of Baton Rouge and was admitted in 1922 to the Louisiana Bar Association. He was chairman of the Edward Douglass White Memorial Commission.
Hardy and his wife, the former Mary Eleanor Holbrook (born c. 1902), had two sons, John Holbrook Hardy (born 1928), of Shreveport and George W. Hardy, III (born 1932), of Baton Rouge. He had a sister, Greenwood Hardy Brinkmann (1892–1986), the wife of Francis Charles Brinkmann Jr. (1890–1967), of Shreveport. One of Judge Hardy's nephews, Charles Brinkmann Peatross, was a Shreveport city attorney and city council member who like his uncle later served on the circuit court of appeal.