Sam Caldwell
Samuel Shepherd Caldwell | |
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Mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana | |
In office 1934–1946 | |
Preceded by | George W. Hardy, Jr. |
Succeeded by | Clyde Fant |
Personal details | |
Born | (1892-11-04)November 4, 1892 Mooringsport, Louisiana, US |
Died | August 14, 1953(1953-08-14) (aged 60) Shreveport, Louisiana |
Political party | Democratic Party |
Spouse | Anna Pauline Owen Caldwell (married 1914-1953, his death) |
Children | Betty Ann Caldwell Morgan Burke |
Residence(s) | Shreveport, Louisiana |
Alma mater | Louisiana Tech University |
Occupation | Oilman |
Samuel Shepherd Caldwell (November 4, 1892 – August 14, 1953), was a Louisiana oilman and politician who served as mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana, from 1934 to 1946.[1]
Caldwell was an unusually staunch segregationist even for the era in the Deep South. In 1943, Caldwell chose to turn down $67,000 in federal funds for a new medical center because it would have required hiring 12 blacks out of every 100 workers.[2] (Shreveport was 37% African American in the 1940 census.)[3] "We are not going to be bribed by federal funds," Caldwell explained, "to accept the negro as our political or social equal"; federal officials would not "cram the negro down our throats."[2]
References
- ^ John Andrew Prime (July 26, 2015). "Our History: Former mayor's impact recalled". The Shreveport Times. Retrieved July 27, 2015.
- ^ a b Fairclough, Adam (2008). Race & Democracy: The Civil Rights Struggle in Louisiana, 1915-1972. University of Georgia Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-8203-3114-0. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- ^ "Louisiana, 1940 U.S. Census" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
Preceded by George W. Hardy, Jr. | Mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana 1934–1946 | Succeeded by Clyde Fant |
Preceded by Lee Emmett Thomas (1927) No LMA from 1928 to 1936 | President of the Louisiana Municipal Association 1937–1939 | Succeeded by J. Maxim Roy |
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- Previous mayors not listed
- Reuben Neil McKellar (1896–1900)
- Benjamin Holzman (1900–1902)
- Andrew Querbes (1902–1906)
- Ernest Ralph Berstein (1906–1908)
- Samuel Augustus Dickson (1908–1910)
- John H. Eastman (1910–1914)
- Samuel Augustus Dickson (1914–1916)
- Robert Hodges Ward (1916–1918)
- John McWilliams Ford (1918–1922)
- Lee Emmett Thomas (1922–1930)
- J. G. Palmer (1930–1932)
- John McWilliams Ford (1932, interim)
- George W. Hardy Jr. (1932–1934)
- Sam Caldwell (1934–1946)
- Clyde Fant (1946–1954)
- James C. Gardner (1954–1958)
- Clyde Fant (1958–1970)
- Calhoun Allen (1970–1978)
- Bill Hanna (1978–1982)
- John Brennan Hussey (1982–1990)
- Hazel Beard (1990–1994) (R)
- Bo Williams (1994–1998) (R)
- Keith Hightower (1998–2006)
- Cedric Glover (2006–2014)
- Ollie Tyler (2014–2018)
- Adrian Perkins (2018–2022)
- Tom Arceneaux (2022–present)
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