J. Frank Colbert

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 later worked in real estate.

Background

Colbert was born in Webster Parish in 1882 to John A. Colbert and his third wife, the former Sarah Eliza Taylor.[1]

Political career

Colbert served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1920 to 1925.[2] Colbert ran unsuccessfully in 1940 for the House seat formerly held by John N. Sandlin,[3] on whose staff Colbert had once worked.

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 had previously and later again served on the Webster Parish Police Jury.[4][5]

Henry George movement

Georgism,[6] in modern times also called Geoism,[7][8] and known historically as the single tax movement, is an economic ideology holding that persons (including corporations) should own the value that they produce themselves, while the economic rent derived from land—including from all natural resources, the commons, and urban locations—should belong equally to all members of society.[9][10][11] Developed from the writings of American economist and social reformer Henry George, the Georgist paradigm seeks solutions to social and ecological problems based on principles of land rights and public finance that attempt to integrate economic efficiency with social justice.[12][13] During the Great Depression, Colbert became involved in the Georgist movement and published an article about its single tax proposal.[14]

Mayoral service

Colbert won the primary for the mayor's office by 26 votes, 731 votes (50.9 percent) to 705 (49.1 percent).[15] Given Democratic dominance of the state, and disenfranchisement of most African Americans, who had supported Republicans, Colbert won the general election and served for two years. He did not seek a second two-year term as mayor in 1946.[16]

Death

Colbert died on May 20, 1949 at age 66.

References

  1. ↑ Respect for the Past; Confidence in the Future: Webster Parish Centennial, 1871-1971, Webster Parish Police Jury, pp. 14-16
  2. ↑ "Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2016: Webster Parish" (PDF). house.louisiana.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Kennon Will Meet Judge Drew in Runoff; Overton Brooks Leads Race", Minden Herald, September 13, 1940, p. 1
  4. ↑ "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
  5. ↑ Minden Herald, January 15, 1944
  6. ↑ "Biographical History of the Georgist Movement". Cooperativeindividualism.org/georgists. Archived from the original on July 15, 2009. Retrieved June 6, 2009.
  7. ↑ Foldvary, Fred. "Geoism Explained". The Progress Report. Archived from the original on March 17, 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  8. ↑ "Geoism Explained on Public Access TV by... Me (VIDEO)". HuffPost. 14 June 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2023. We talked about Geoism/Georgism
  9. ↑ "An Introduction to Georgist Philosophy & Activity". Council of Georgist Organizations. Archived from the original on 29 April 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  10. ↑ Heavey, Jerome F. (July 2003). "Comments on Warren Samuels' "Why the Georgist movement has not succeeded"". American Journal of Economics and Sociology. 62 (3): 593–599. doi:10.1111/1536-7150.00230. JSTOR 3487813. human beings have an inalienable right to the product of their own labor
  11. ↑ McNab, Jane. "How the reputation of Georgists turned minds against the idea of a land rent tax" (PDF). Business School, The University of Western Australia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  12. ↑ Gaffney, Mason; Harrison, Fred (1994). The Corruption of Economics. London: Shepheard-Walwyn. ISBN 978-0-85683-244-4. Archived from the original on 2018-11-05. Retrieved 2015-01-26.
  13. ↑ Hudson, Michael; Feder, Kris; and Miller, George James (1994). A Philosophy for a Fair Society Archived 2018-11-05 at the Wayback Machine. Shepheard-Walwyn, London. ISBN 978-0-85683-159-1.
  14. ↑ "J. Frank Colbert, "Taxation and Prosperity"". Cooperativeindividualism.org. Archived from the original on June 20, 2010. Retrieved June 7, 2009.
  15. ↑ "Official Returns Given for Minden Primary Election", Minden Herald, April 14, 1944, p. 1
  16. ↑ The Minden Herald, February 22, 1946, p. 1
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