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​'''Charles Emmett McConnell''', also known as '''Jack McConnell''' (February 5, 1923 &ndash; December 29, 2000), was an [[United States|American]] [[attorney]] and [[Democratic Party]] [[politician]], who was elected in 1954 as the [[mayor]] of Springhill in northern Webster Parish, [[Louisiana]],​

'''Charles Emmett McConnell''', also known as '''Jack McConnell''' (February 5, 1923 &ndash; December 29, 2000), was an [[United States|American]] [[attorney]] and [[Democratic Party]] [[politician]], who was elected in 1954 as the [[mayor]] of Springhill in northern Webster Parish, [[Louisiana]],​

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==Background==​

==Background==​

McConnell and his wife, the former Mary Virginia Hathorn (1921-2009), had two daughters, Malinda M. Gore and Lenae M. Scott, both of the [[Shreveport]]-[[Bossier City]] metropolitan area.<ref name=mcconnell>"McConnell Announces Candidacy for One of Two Representative Positions," ''Minden Press-Herald'', July 26, 1967, p. 1.</ref> Mrs. McConnell, the daughter of Ernest Eldorado Hathorn and the former Claudia Waller, graduated in 1937 from Haynesville High School in Haynesville in Claiborne Parish and in 1941 from [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]]. Mary McConnell was for many years a business education teacher at several locations, including Springhill High School]]. She was [[Southern Baptist]].<ref name=mvhm>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=mary-mcconnell&pid=127847623|title=Obituary of Mary Virginia Hathorn McConnell|publisher=''The Shreveport Times'', May 31, 2009|accessdate=June 7, 2012}}</ref>​

McConnell and his wife, the former Mary Virginia Hathorn (1921-2009), had two daughters, Malinda M. Gore and Lenae M. Scott, both of the [[Shreveport]]-[[Bossier City]] metropolitan area.<ref name=mcconnell>"McConnell Announces Candidacy for One of Two Representative Positions," ''Minden Press-Herald'', July 26, 1967, p. 1.</ref> Mrs. McConnell, the daughter of Ernest Eldorado Hathorn and the former Claudia Waller, graduated in 1937 from Haynesville High School in Haynesville in Claiborne Parish and in 1941 from [[Northwestern State University]] in [[Natchitoches, Louisiana|Natchitoches]]. Mary McConnell was for many years a business education teacher at several locations, including Springhill High School]]. She was [[Southern Baptist]].<ref name=mvhm>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=mary-mcconnell&pid=127847623|title=Obituary of Mary Virginia Hathorn McConnell|publisher=''The Shreveport Times'', May 31, 2009|accessdate=June 7, 2012}}</ref>​

==Political career==​

==Political career==

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In the April 1954 municipal primary, McConnell garnered 53 percent of the vote over two primary rivals, Jesse C. Anderson and Robert J. Hughes.<ref>"Springhill Elects New Mayor and Two Aldermen", ''Minden Press'', April 8, 1954, p. 1.</ref> He was succeeded after a single term by the businessman [[Jesse L. Boucher]]. From 1960 to 1969, McConnell was an elected member of the Webster Parish School Board.<ref name=mcconnell/> He resigned from the board two years into his second term<ref>"Charles E. McConnell Ward 2 School Board Member to Resign", ''Minden Press-Herald'', April 27, 1969, p. 1.</ref> because in his words he had "too many irons in the fire to continue work on the board". A second board member, Alfred E. Day of Minden, a former schoolteacher, soon followed McConnell in resignation.<ref>"Webster Board Member A. E. Day Resigns Post", ''Minden Press-Herald'', May 6, 1969, p. 1.</ref>​

In the April 1954 municipal primary, McConnell garnered 53 percent of the vote over two primary rivals, Jesse C. Anderson and Robert J. Hughes.<ref>"Springhill Elects New Mayor and Two Aldermen", ''Minden Press'', April 8, 1954, p. 1.</ref> He was succeeded after a single term by the businessman [[Jesse L. Boucher]]. From 1960 to 1969, McConnell was an elected member of the Webster Parish School Board.<ref name=mcconnell/> He resigned from the board two years into his second term<ref>"Charles E. McConnell Ward 2 School Board Member to Resign", ''Minden Press-Herald'', April 27, 1969, p. 1.</ref> because in his words he had "too many irons in the fire to continue work on the board". A second board member, Alfred E. Day of Minden, a former schoolteacher, soon followed McConnell in resignation.<ref>"Webster Board Member A. E. Day Resigns Post", ''Minden Press-Herald'', May 6, 1969, p. 1.</ref>​

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McConnell died in 2000 at the age of seventy-seven, three days before the arrival of 2001. His wife lived another nine years. The couple is  interred at Springhill Cemetery.<ref name=mvhm/>​

McConnell died in 2000 at the age of seventy-seven, three days before the arrival of 2001. His wife lived another nine years. The couple is  interred at Springhill Cemetery.<ref name=mvhm/>​

 

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