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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Frank Barnett Blackburn
| image=
| image_size=
| caption=
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| office=12th [[Mayor]] (interim) of [[Bossier City]], [[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| term_start=September 1983
| term_end=1984
| preceded=[[Marvin Anding]]
| succeeded=Donald Edward Jones
| birth_place=Lamar County, [[Texas]]
| birth_date=February 11, 1944
| death_date=
| death_place=
| resting_place=
| alma_mater=
| residence=Bossier City, Louisiana
| spouse= Not first wife:<br>
Angela Rae Harris Blackburn (married 1982)
| children=Josh Barnett Blackburn<br>
Grandson William Paul Blackburn
| parents=
| occupation=[[Business]]man
| religion=
}}
'''Frank Barnett Blackburn''' (born February 11, 1944)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://voterportal.sos.la.gov/home.aspx?galogin=voter |title=Frank Blackburn, February 1944 |publisher=[[Louisiana Secretary of State]] |accessdate=December 28, 2014 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> is a former interim [[mayor]] of [[Bossier City]] in northwestern [[Louisiana]]. As one of the two at-large members of the Bossier City Council under the mayor-council form of government, Blackburn, a [[Democratic Party |Democrat]], became mayor in September 1983, upon the death in office of [[Marvin Anding]].
In August 19, 1971, Blackburn filed as a candidate for the Bossier Parish Police Jury, the parish governing body.<ref>''The Bossier Banner'', August 19, 1971, p. 4d.</ref> On March 15, 1980, he was elected to the city council in a special election to fill the at-large seat on the city council created by the election of [Robert Roy Adley to the Louisiana House of Representatives. In the council race, Blackburn defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate, David Harold Broussard (1947-1998).<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]]'', March 17, 1980, p. 2.</ref> He then won a full council term in 1981.
Blackburn was succeeded in the spring of 1984 by Donald Edward Jones, who in a heated [[special election]] defeated Marvin Anding's widow, Patricia Janelle Ball Anding (1935-2012).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leagle.com/decision/19861358482So2d876_11143.xml/GARRETT%20v.%20KNEASS|title=''Garrett v. Kneass''|date=March 21, 1986|publisher=leagle.com|accessdate=February 26, 2015}}</ref>
Blackburn has long been active in the Masonic lodge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mastermason.com/shreveportscottishrite/history.htm|title=The History of the Shreveport Scottish Rite Valley|publisher=mastermason.com|accessdate=February 26, 2015}}</ref> He is a native of Lamar County, [[Texas]]. Blackburn and his son, Josh Barnett Blackburn (born June 28, 1970), operate Blackburn Radiator Shop, which he established in Bossier City in 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manta.com/c/mmf95k3/blackburn-radiator-shop?ftoggle-frontend-prod-on=abTests.engagement.claim_drivers_d|title=Blackburn Radiator Shop|publisher=manta.com|accessdate=February 26, 2015}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Mayors]]
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| name=Frank Barnett Blackburn
| image=
| image_size=
| caption=
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| office=12th [[Mayor]] (interim) of [[Bossier City]], [[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| term_start=September 1983
| term_end=1984
| preceded=[[Marvin Anding]]
| succeeded=Donald Edward Jones
| birth_place=Lamar County, [[Texas]]
| birth_date=February 11, 1944
| death_date=
| death_place=
| resting_place=
| alma_mater=
| residence=Bossier City, Louisiana
| spouse= Not first wife:<br>
Angela Rae Harris Blackburn (married 1982)
| children=Josh Barnett Blackburn<br>
Grandson William Paul Blackburn
| parents=
| occupation=[[Business]]man
| religion=
}}
'''Frank Barnett Blackburn''' (born February 11, 1944)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://voterportal.sos.la.gov/home.aspx?galogin=voter |title=Frank Blackburn, February 1944 |publisher=[[Louisiana Secretary of State]] |accessdate=December 28, 2014 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> is a former interim [[mayor]] of [[Bossier City]] in northwestern [[Louisiana]]. As one of the two at-large members of the Bossier City Council under the mayor-council form of government, Blackburn, a [[Democratic Party |Democrat]], became mayor in September 1983, upon the death in office of [[Marvin Anding]].
In August 19, 1971, Blackburn filed as a candidate for the Bossier Parish Police Jury, the parish governing body.<ref>''The Bossier Banner'', August 19, 1971, p. 4d.</ref> On March 15, 1980, he was elected to the city council in a special election to fill the at-large seat on the city council created by the election of [Robert Roy Adley to the Louisiana House of Representatives. In the council race, Blackburn defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate, David Harold Broussard (1947-1998).<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]]'', March 17, 1980, p. 2.</ref> He then won a full council term in 1981.
Blackburn was succeeded in the spring of 1984 by Donald Edward Jones, who in a heated [[special election]] defeated Marvin Anding's widow, Patricia Janelle Ball Anding (1935-2012).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leagle.com/decision/19861358482So2d876_11143.xml/GARRETT%20v.%20KNEASS|title=''Garrett v. Kneass''|date=March 21, 1986|publisher=leagle.com|accessdate=February 26, 2015}}</ref>
Blackburn has long been active in the Masonic lodge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mastermason.com/shreveportscottishrite/history.htm|title=The History of the Shreveport Scottish Rite Valley|publisher=mastermason.com|accessdate=February 26, 2015}}</ref> He is a native of Lamar County, [[Texas]]. Blackburn and his son, Josh Barnett Blackburn (born June 28, 1970), operate Blackburn Radiator Shop, which he established in Bossier City in 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manta.com/c/mmf95k3/blackburn-radiator-shop?ftoggle-frontend-prod-on=abTests.engagement.claim_drivers_d|title=Blackburn Radiator Shop|publisher=manta.com|accessdate=February 26, 2015}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Blackburn, Frank}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Mayors]]
[[Category:Democrats]]