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[[Louisiana State University]]}}
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'''William Putnam Sevier, Jr.''', sometimes known as '''Buck Sevier''' (October 13, 1899 – 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 until 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 – 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 until 1974. Madison Parish is located in the [[Mississippi River]] delta country in the northeastern potion of his state.
==Background==
==Background==