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Jefferson Franklin Colbert, known as J. Frank Colbert (May 28, 1882 – May 20, 1949), was a Democratic politician and Georgist. He served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1920 to 1925〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2016: Webster Parish )〕 and from 1944 to 1946 as the mayor of the small city of Minden, the seat of government of Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana. ==Background== Colbert was born in Webster Parish to John A. Colbert and his third wife, the former Sarah Eliza Taylor. The senior Colbert was from 1892 to 1896 the Webster Parish clerk of court, an elected position.〔''Respect for the Past; Confidence in the Future: Webster Parish Centennial, 1871-1971'', Webster Parish Police Jury, pp. 14-16〕 Colbert attended Louisiana Tech University in Ruston. He was editor of the defunct ''The Minden Democrat'' newspaper and another former publication, ''The Signal-Tribune'', forerunner of the current ''Minden Press-Herald''. At the time of his death, he was engaged in the real estate business.〔''The Webster Tribune'', March 22, 1949, p. 1〕 In 1908, Colbert and city council member Connell Fort, subsequently a Minden mayor, co-managed the successful gubernatorial campaign in Webster Parish of Jared Y. Sanders, Sr., of Franklin in St. Mary Parish in south Louisiana. After his election, Sanders named Fort the conservation agent for northwestern Louisiana.〔"Connell Fort Dies Saturday Night at His Residence Here: Was Great Civic Worker and Builder of This City," ''Webster Signal-Tribune'', March 5, 1937, pp. 1, 6〕 From 1912 to 1920 and 1936 to 1940, Colbert served in the former Ward 4 as a member of the elected Webster Parish Police Jury, the governing body akin to the county commission in other states.〔 Colbert was elected to the legislature in 1920 and 1924 but resigned during his second term when Governor Henry Fuqua appointed him to the Louisiana Tax Commission, a position that he continued under Governors Oramel H. Simpson and Huey P. Long, Jr. Colbert was also a former chairman of the Minden Democratic Executive Committee, the panel which handled the filings of candidacy. For a time, he was the chief aide to U.S. Representative John N. Sandlin of Minden.〔''Minden Herald'', January 15, 1944〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「J. Frank Colbert」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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