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|name=Dolph Griffin Frantz<br>

|name=Dolph Griffin Frantz<br>

(''The Shreveport Journal''<br>1908-1953)

(Editor of ''The Shreveport Journal''<br>1908-1953)

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|birth_date=September 6, 1886

|birth_date=September 6, 1886

In 1942, Frantz came within 211 votes in a Democratic runoff with Mayor [[Sam Caldwell]], who won his third term in the office.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mooringsportmemories.blogspot.com/p/notable-people.html|title=Sam Caldwell|publisher=Mooringsportmemories.blogspot.com|accessdate=September 28, 2020}}</ref>

In 1942, Frantz came within 211 votes in a Democratic runoff with Mayor [[Sam Caldwell]], who won his third term in the office.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mooringsportmemories.blogspot.com/p/notable-people.html|title=Sam Caldwell|publisher=Mooringsportmemories.blogspot.com|accessdate=September 28, 2020}}</ref>

 

In 1910, Frantz married the former Elda Verne Weaver (1884-1934);<ref name=eldaf>{{cite web|url=https://www.myheritage.com/names/elda_frantz|title=Elda Frantz|publisher=Myheritage.com|accessdate=September 27, 2017}}</ref> after her death, he wed in 1935 her sister, Dell Weaver Lawhorn.<ref name=dict/> Frantz also taught at Centenary College in Shreveport and was affiliated with the First [[Presbyterian]] Church, Rotary International, the [[Boy Scouts of America]], Masonic lodge, the Shriners, Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks, and the [[American Red Cross]]. He was a member of the Caddo Parish [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Executive Committee<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site23.php|title="Frantz, Dolph G." in ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|publisher=The Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref> and a delegate to the 1940 Democratic National Convention, which met in [[Chicago]] to nominate [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] for a third term as president.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/franko-franzke.html|title=Franklyn to Frase|publisher=The Political Graveyard|accessdate=October 9, 2017}}</ref>  

In 1910, Frantz married the former Elda Verne Weaver (1884-1934);<ref name=eldaf>{{cite web|url=https://www.myheritage.com/names/elda_frantz|title=Elda Frantz|publisher=Myheritage.com|accessdate=September 27, 2017}}</ref> after her death, he wed in 1935 her sister, Dell Weaver Lawhorn.<ref name=dict/> Frantz also taught at Centenary College in Shreveport and was affiliated with the First [[Presbyterian]] Church, Rotary International, the [[Boy Scouts of America]], Masonic lodge, the Shriners, Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks, and the [[American Red Cross]]. He was a member of the Caddo Parish [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Executive Committee<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site23.php|title="Frantz, Dolph G." in ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|publisher=The Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref> and a delegate to the 1940 Democratic National Convention, which met in [[Chicago]] to nominate [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] for a third term as president.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/franko-franzke.html|title=Franklyn to Frase|publisher=''The Political Graveyard''|accessdate=October 9, 2017}}</ref> He lost a bid for mayor of Shreveport by 211 votes to incumbent [[Sam Caldwell]] in either 1938 or 1942.

Information is unavailable on the circumstances of Frantz's death, two months before his 67th birthday. Like his first wife Elda, his uncle, Andrew Jackson Frantz, Jr., Frantz is interred at the historic Greenwood Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref name=eldaf/> Frantz had a namesake nephew, Dolph Griffin Frantz (1920-1991) of Iberia Parish, Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=86686095|title=Dolph Griffin Frantz|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 28, 2020}}</ref> Frantz was sufficiently prominent that ''[[The New York Times]]'' filed an article on his death.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1953/07/08/archives/dolph-g-frantz-66-shreveport-editor.html|title=Dolph G. Frantz, 66, Shreveport Editor|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=July 8, 1953|accessdate=September 27, 2017}}</ref>

Information is unavailable on the circumstances of Frantz's death, two months before his 67th birthday. Like his first wife Elda, his uncle, Andrew Jackson Frantz, Jr., Frantz is interred at the historic Greenwood Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref name=eldaf/> Frantz had a namesake nephew, Dolph Griffin Frantz (1920-1991) of Iberia Parish, Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=86686095|title=Dolph Griffin Frantz|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 28, 2020}}</ref> Frantz was sufficiently prominent that ''[[The New York Times]]'' filed an article on his death.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1953/07/08/archives/dolph-g-frantz-66-shreveport-editor.html|title=Dolph G. Frantz, 66, Shreveport Editor|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=July 8, 1953|accessdate=September 27, 2017}}</ref>