J. Frank Colbert

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Preceded byJohn Calhoun Brown, mayor pro-tem
Succeeded byJohn T. David
Preceded byJ. D. Taylor
Succeeded byAt large:

J. H. Nelson
M. D. Wren

H. J. Heflin
J. Frank Colbert
Mayor of Minden, Louisiana
In office
July 3, 1944  July 1, 1946
Preceded byJohn Calhoun Brown, mayor pro-tem
Succeeded byJohn T. David
Member of Webster Parish Police Jury
In office
1912–1920
Preceded byJ. D. Taylor
Succeeded byAt large:

J. H. Nelson
M. D. Wren

H. J. Heflin
In office
1936–1940
Preceded byWalton Fort
Succeeded byW. Matt Lowe
Louisiana State Representative from Webster Parish
In office
1920–1925
Preceded byJames Peter Kent
Succeeded byJ. S. Bacon
Personal details
Born(1882-05-28)May 28, 1882
Webster Parish, Louisiana
DiedMay 20, 1949(1949-05-20) (aged 66)
Minden, Louisiana
PartyDemocratic Party
SpouseNever married
OccupationPolitician; newspaperman; businessman
Faded Colbert family tombstone at Minden Cemetery in Minden, Louisiana

Jefferson Franklin Colbert, known as J. Frank Colbert (May 28, 1882 May 20, 1949), was a Democratic politician and Georgist based in Webster Parish, Louisiana. He served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1920 to 1925.[1] he had previously and later again served on the Webster Parish Police Jury. During the Great Depression, he became involved in the Georgist movement and published an article about its single tax proposal.

Colbert also served from 1944 to 1946 as the mayor of the small city of Minden, the seat of government of Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana. He later worked in real estate.

Colbert was born in Webster Parish in 1882 to John A. Colbert and his third wife, the former Sarah Eliza Taylor.[2]

Political career

Henry Georg movement

Mayoral service

Death

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