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'''William Putnam Sevier, Jr.''', sometimes known as '''Buck Sevier'''  (October 13, 1899 &ndash; September 4, 1985)<ref name=cemetery>{{cite web|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lamadiso/cemeteries/smsasl.htm|title=Tallulah Cemeteries|publisher=rootsweb.ancestry|accessdate=July 24, 2013}}</ref> was the longest-serving [[mayor]] of a community in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Louisiana]]. A banker in Tallulah, Louisiana, the seat of Madison Parish, Sevier was first elected to tree terms as alderman.  In 1946 he was elected as mayor of the city, and served, with repeated re-elections, from 1947 to 1974. Madison Parish is located in the [[Mississippi River]] delta country in the northeastern potion of his state.

'''William Putnam Sevier, Jr.''', sometimes known as '''Buck Sevier'''  (October 13, 1899 &ndash; September 4, 1985)<ref name=cemetery>{{cite web|url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~lamadiso/cemeteries/smsasl.htm|title=Tallulah Cemeteries|publisher=rootsweb.ancestry|accessdate=July 24, 2013}}</ref> was the longest-serving [[mayor]] of a community in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Louisiana]]. A banker in Tallulah, Louisiana, the seat of Madison Parish, Sevier was first elected to tree terms as alderman.  In 1946 he was elected as mayor of the city, and served, with repeated re-elections, from 1947 to 1974. Madison Parish is located in the [[Mississippi River]] delta country in the northeastern potion of his state.

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He is a great-great-grandson of [[John Sevier]], a [[Tennessee]] pioneer and first [[governor]] of that state. He was a cousin of state Senator Andrew L. Sevier and state Representative]] Henry Clay Sevier, both also from Tallulah.<ref name=roots/>​

He is a great-great-grandson of John Sevier, a [[Tennessee]] pioneer and first [[governor]] of that state. He was a cousin of state Senator Andrew L. Sevier and state Representative]] Henry Clay Sevier, both also from Tallulah.<ref name=roots/>​

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