James Sudduth
| James Edward Sudduth, I | |
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| Mayor of Lake Charles, Louisiana | |
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In office 1965–1973 |
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| Preceded by | Alfred E. Roberts |
| Succeeded by | William Edwin "Bill" Boyer |
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In office 1989–1993 |
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| Preceded by | Edward S. "Ed" Watson |
| Succeeded by | Willie Mount |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
August 15, 1917 Tennessee, US |
| Died | September 11, 1995 (aged 78) Lake Charles, Louisiana |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic Party |
| Spouse(s) | Norma Marie Bertrand Sudduth |
| Children | At least 1 |
| Occupation | Government employee |
| Throughout non-consecutive terms as mayor of Lake Charles, James Sudduth is most remembered for the Sudduth Coliseum. | |
James Edward Sudduth, I, known as Jim Sudduth (August 15, 1917 – September 11, 1995), was a Democrat who served two stints as the mayor of Lake Charles in far southwestern Louisiana. The 7,400-seat Sudduth Coliseum, which opened in 1972, is named in his honor.
A Tennessee native, county unavailable. Sudduth was the city finance director and from 1965 to 1973 the mayor of Lake Charles. He stepped down with a year remaining in his term to take the director's position at the Port of Lake Charles. He was succeeded by council member William Edwin "Bill" Boyer (c. 1931–1999), a stepson of former Governor Sam Houston Jones and brother of Robert G. Jones, a former member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature.
In his second year as mayor in 1966, Sudduth was quizzed by Joseph B. Flanagan, a city council member regarding the existence of the city sewerage board. Flanagan questioned the extension of sewerage services outside the city limits when Sudduth authorized a convenience store on West McNeese Street to use the city main with payment for the attachment and thereafter an annual fee. Flanagan claimed that the sewerage board should have been consulted, but Sudduth countered that the board was no longer valid under a revised municipal charter. At any rate, the attachment cost the city nothing, Sudduth stressed. In 1967, the city council directed Sudduth to consider the purchase of used buses for the city's ten-vehicle fleet at a cost of as much as $26,000. That same year, Sudduth was asked why Lake Charles then had no African-American firefighters though it had some black police officers. He replied that while he had encouraged blacks to take the civil service exam, none had yet passed the screening.
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