Sidney Barthelemy
| Sidney Barthelemy | |
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| 58th Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana | |
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In office May 5, 1986 – May 2, 1994 |
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| Preceded by | Ernest Morial |
| Succeeded by | Marc Morial |
| Councilmember at Large, City Council of New Orleans | |
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In office 1978–1986 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph V. DiRosa |
| Succeeded by | Dorothy Mae Taylor |
| Member of the Louisiana State Senate from District 4 | |
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In office 1974–1978 |
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| Preceded by | Adrian Guy Duplantier, Sr. |
| Succeeded by | Henry Braden |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 17, 1942 New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Sidney John Barthelemy (born March 17, 1942) is a former American political figure. The second African American to hold the New Orleans Mayoral chair, he was a member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1974 to 1978 and a member at-large of the New Orleans City Council from 1978 to 1986. He served as Democratic mayor of New Orleans from 1986 to 1994.
Barthelemy was born on March 17, 1942 in New Orleans, LA and was the third of six children in a Creole family. He grew up in the Seventh Ward, and attended Corpus Christi Elementary School and St. Augustine High School (New Orleans). From 1960 to 1963, in preparation for entering the priesthood, he studied at Epiphany Apostolic Junior College in Newburgh, New York, and then entered St. Joseph Seminary in Washington, D.C., where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy and pursued graduate study in Theology. While in seminary, he worked summers as a laborer in a stevedoring company.
In 1967, having made the decision not to enter the priesthood, Barthelemy returned to New Orleans and became an administrative assistant in the office of Total Community Action. In 1968, Barthelemy married Michaele Thibideau. From 1969 to 1972 he was director of the Parent Child Center of Family Health, Inc. During these years he also completed a Master of Social Work degree at Tulane University in New Orleans, worked part-time for the Urban League of Greater New Orleans and assisted with various political campaigns, joining COUP, a political organization based in the 7th Ward of New Orleans.
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