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| birth_place=[[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]
| birth_place=[[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]
| death_place=[[Frankfort]], [[Kentucky]]<br>
| death_place=[[Frankfort]], [[Kentucky]]<br>
Place of interment nor revealed
Place of interment not revealed in either of the obituaries of Tom and Jane Colten
| occupation=[[Newspaper]] [[publisher]]; [[Business]]man
| occupation=[[Newspaper]] [[publisher]]; [[Business]]man
| spouse=Jane Kimmel Colten (married 1947-2004, his death)
| spouse=Jane Kimmel Colten (married 1947-2004, his death)
In 1964, Colten was named president of the Minden Chamber of Commerce.<ref>''Minden Press,'' March 16, 1964, p. 1.</ref> That same year, he was president of the Louisiana Press Association. In 1967, as the newly elected mayor, he was named "Minden Man of the Year."<ref>''Minden Press-Herald,'' October 2, 1970, p. 1.</ref>
In 1964, Colten was named president of the Minden Chamber of Commerce.<ref>''Minden Press,'' March 16, 1964, p. 1.</ref> That same year, he was president of the Louisiana Press Association. In 1967, as the newly elected mayor, he was named "Minden Man of the Year."<ref>''Minden Press-Herald,'' October 2, 1970, p. 1.</ref>
==Small-town politics==
==Small-town politics==
Colten was an elected delegate to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1973. He was a former chairman of the Northwest Louisiana Clearinghouse Review Board. He was chairman of the board of directors of the Friends of Louisiana Public Broadcasting. He was a member of the Governor's Property Tax Study Committee, the Joint House-Senate Study Committee on Industrial Inducement, the East Baton Rouge Industrial Development Board, the State Deferred Compensation Commission,<ref>''Minden Press-Herald,'' June 24, 1982, p. 1.</ref> the Louisiana Tourism Commission, and the Southern Rapid Rail Transit Commission.
Colten was an elected delegate to the Louisiana Constitutional Convention of 1973. He was a former chairman of the Northwest Louisiana Clearinghouse Review Board. He was chairman of the board of directors of the Friends of Louisiana Public Broadcasting. He was a member of the Governor's Property Tax Study Committee, the Joint House-Senate Study Committee on Industrial Inducement, the East Baton Rouge Industrial Development Board, the State Deferred Compensation Commission,<ref>''Minden Press-Herald,'' June 24, 1982, p. 1.</ref> the Louisiana Tourism Commission, and the Southern Rapid Rail Transit Commission.
==Retirement in Kentucky==
==Retirement in Kentucky==
In 2018, [[Terry Gardner]], a Democrat-turned-Republican, became the fourth member of the GOP to hold the Minden mayoral office.
In 2018, [[Terry Gardner]], a Democrat-turned-Republican, became the fourth member of the GOP to hold the Minden mayoral office.
==References==
==References==
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