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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Walter Bertram "Bert" Hatten
| name=Walter Bertram "Bert" Hatten
| image =
| image =
| office=[[Mayor]] of West Monroe, [[Louisiana]], USA
| office=[[Mayor]] of West Monroe, [[Louisiana]], USA
| term_start=July 1, 1966
| term_start=July 1, 1966
| preceded=J. Allen Norris
| preceded=J. Allen Norris
| succeeded=[[Dave Norris]] (not related to J. Allen Norris)
| succeeded=[[Dave Norris]] (not related to J. Allen Norris)
| birth_date =March 9, 1927
| birth_date=March 9, 1927
| birth_place=Sikes, Winn Parish, Louisiana
| birth_place=Sikes, Winn Parish, Louisiana
| death_date=May 22, 2023 (aged 96)
| death_date=May 22, 2023 (aged 96)
| footnotes=
| footnotes=
}}
}}
'''Walter Bertram Hatten''', known as '''Bert Hatten''' (born March 9, 1927 – May 22, 2023),<ref name=voterportal>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=3850794|title=Click Walter Hatten, 71291,, March 1927|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=February 6, 2018}}</ref> was a [[newspaper]]man who served for three terms as the [[mayor]] of West Monroe in Ouachita Parish in north [[Louisiana]], a position which he filled as a [[Democratic Party]] from 1966 to 1978. He is perhaps best known for his editorial column, "Inside Straight," in ''The Ouachita Citizen,'' a weekly in West Monroe.
'''Walter Bertram Hatten''', known as '''Bert Hatten''' (born March 9, 1927 – May 22, 2023),<ref>{{cite web|url=
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/former-west-monroe-mayor-bert-hatten-dies/ar-AA1bxbl9|title=Former West Monroe Mayor Bert Hatten dies|author=Ian Robinson|publisher=''[[Monroe News Star]]''|date=May 22, 2023|accessdate=May 23, 2023}}</ref> was a [[newspaper]]man who served for three terms as the [[mayor]] of West Monroe in Ouachita Parish in north [[Louisiana]], a position which he filled as a [[Democratic Party]] from 1966 to 1978. He is perhaps best known for his editorial column, "Inside Straight," in ''The Ouachita Citizen,'' a weekly in West Monroe.
==Background==
==Background==