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'''Jacob Welch Cameron''', known as '''Jake W. Cameron''' (April 17, 1913 – September 30, 1999),<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114256420|title=Jacob Welch "Jake" Cameron|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=October 1, 1999|accessdate=January 2, 2015}}</ref> was a [[business]]man who served as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] from 1957 to 1961 as the eighth [[mayor]] of [[Bossier City]], [[Louisiana]].
'''Jacob Welch Cameron''', known as '''Jake W. Cameron''' (April 17, 1913 – September 30, 1999),<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114256420|title=Jacob Welch "Jake" Cameron|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=October 1, 1999|accessdate=January 2, 2015}}</ref> was a [[business]]man who served as a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] from 1957 to 1961 as the eighth [[mayor]] of [[Bossier City]], [[Louisiana]].
Cameron correctly predicted that Bossier City would grow "by leaps and bounds" in population as well as attracting business and investment.<ref name=sportj/>
Cameron correctly predicted that Bossier City would grow "by leaps and bounds" in population as well as attracting business and investment.<ref name=sportj/>
In June 1960, Cameron joined Clyde Edward Fant of Shreveport at a reception at Shreveport Regional Airport called to honor disabled veterans from World War II and to seek the reopening of the Disabled American Veterans service center at the Overton Brooks Veterans Administration Hospital in Shreveport. The event drew large media coverage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/2390666/|title=Riser, DuFour go to DAV Meeting in Shreveport|publisher=''The Ruston Daily Leader''|date=June 2, 1960|pages=6|accessdate=January 21, 2015}}</ref>
In June 1960, Cameron joined Clyde Edward Fant of Shreveport at a reception at Shreveport Regional Airport called to honor disabled veterans from World War II and to seek the reopening of the Disabled American Veterans service center at the Overton Brooks Veterans Administration Hospital in Shreveport. The event drew large media coverage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/2390666/|title=Riser, DuFour go to DAV Meeting in Shreveport|publisher=''The Ruston Daily Leader''|date=June 2, 1960|pages=6|accessdate=January 21, 2015}}</ref>
Cameron was unseated as mayor on April 8, 1961, after one term, by his fellow Democrat George Leon Nattin, Sr. (1918-2002), who like McCranie and Cameron was a former municipal police chief. Nattin polled 3,204 votes (67 percent) to Cameron's 1,571 ballots (33 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1649774/|title=City Voters Across State Name Leaders|publisher=''Lake Charles American Press''|date=April 10, 1961|page=22|accessdate=January 17, 2015}}</ref>
Cameron was unseated as mayor on April 8, 1961, after one term, by his fellow Democrat George Leon Nattin, Sr. (1918-2002), who like McCranie and Cameron was a former municipal police chief. Nattin polled 3,204 votes (67 percent) to Cameron's 1,571 ballots (33 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1649774/|title=City Voters Across State Name Leaders|publisher=''Lake Charles American Press''|date=April 10, 1961|page=22|accessdate=January 17, 2015}}</ref>
Thereafter, Cameron was a member of the elected Bossier Parish School Board. He was a [[deacon]] and [[Sunday school]] teacher at the First Baptist Church of Bossier City, pastored for three decades by [[Fred Lowery]].<ref name=bio/> He was a trustee of his alma mater, Louisiana College, having served alongside Claude Kirkpatrick and [[J. D. Grey]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1429062/|title=State Baptists Open Convention|publisher=''Lake Charles American-Press''|date=January 18, 1962|page=39|accessdate=January 17, 2015}}</ref>
Thereafter, Cameron was a member of the elected Bossier Parish School Board. He was a [[deacon]] and [[Sunday school]] teacher at the First Baptist Church of Bossier City, pastored for three decades by [[Fred Lowery]].<ref name=bio/> He was a trustee of his alma mater, Louisiana College, having served alongside Claude Kirkpatrick and [[J. D. Grey]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1429062/|title=State Baptists Open Convention|publisher=''Lake Charles American-Press''|date=January 18, 1962|page=39|accessdate=January 17, 2015}}</ref>
Cameron and his wife had no children. They are interred at Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref name=bio/><ref name=mrscameron/>
Cameron and his wife had no children. They are interred at Forest Park East Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref name=bio/><ref name=mrscameron/>
==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Louisiana People]]