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==Political life==

==Political life==

From 1932 to 1934, Caldwell served on the Caddo Parish Commission, then known as the police jury, the parish governing body akin to county commissions in other states.<ref name=polgr/> He was elected to four-year terms as mayor in 1934, 1938, and 1942. In this capacity, he worked to merge the municipal and parish boards of health into one entity and oversaw the stocking of Cross Lake, the city's water supply.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-c/|title=Caldwell, Samuel S.|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association: ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' (lahistory.com)|accessdate=January 10, 2020}}</ref><ref>Lilla McLure and J. Ed Howe, ''History of Shreveport and Shreveport Builders'' (1937).</ref>​

From 1932 to 1934, Caldwell served on the Caddo Parish Commission, then known as the police jury, the parish governing body akin to county commissions in other states.<ref name=polgr/> He was elected to four-year terms as mayor in 1934, 1938, and 1942. In his last campaign for mayor in 1942, he defeated by 211 votes fellow Democrat [[Dolph Frantz]], a top official in the since defunct [[newspaper]], the ''[[Shreveport Journal]].'' <ref>{{cite web|url=https://mooringsportmemories.blogspot.com/p/notable-people.html|title=Sam Caldwell|publisher=Mooringsportmemories.blogspot.com|accessdate=September 28, 2020}}</ref>

 

Mayor Caldwell worked to merge the municipal and parish boards of health into one entity and oversaw the stocking of Cross Lake, the city's water supply.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-c/|title=Caldwell, Samuel S.|publisher=Louisiana Historical Association: ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'' (lahistory.com)|accessdate=January 10, 2020}}</ref><ref>Lilla McLure and J. Ed Howe, ''History of Shreveport and Shreveport Builders'' (1937).</ref>​

In the Caldwell administration, the city obtained the former United Service Organization center in Princess Park, which later housed the Shreveport Regional Arts Council until it was destroyed by [[arson]]. Caldwell set the eight-hour day for city fire and police personnel and lobbied for frequent pay increases for these employees. He worked to obtain $2 million in funding for the city's first low-income housing and established public dental, prenatal, and maternity clinics without increasing taxes to do so. Caldwell was responsible for the municipal acquisition of Querbes Park, named for former mayor [[Andrew Querbes]], and the establishment of Ford Park, named for former mayor and commissioner [[John McWilliams Ford]].<ref name=caldwelladm/>​

In the Caldwell administration, the city obtained the former United Service Organization center in Princess Park, which later housed the Shreveport Regional Arts Council until it was destroyed by [[arson]]. Caldwell set the eight-hour day for city fire and police personnel and lobbied for frequent pay increases for these employees. He worked to obtain $2 million in funding for the city's first low-income housing and established public dental, prenatal, and maternity clinics without increasing taxes to do so. Caldwell was responsible for the municipal acquisition of Querbes Park, named for former mayor [[Andrew Querbes]], and the establishment of Ford Park, named for former mayor and commissioner [[John McWilliams Ford]].<ref name=caldwelladm/>​