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| residence=West Monroe, Louisiana
| residence=West Monroe, Louisiana
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| spouse=Mary Ann Henderson Hatten (1933-2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=mary-ann-hatten&pid=187683738&fhid=12527|title=Mary Ann Hatten|publisher=''the Monroe News-Star''|date=December 31, 2017|accessdate=February 6, 2018}}</ref>
| spouse=Mary Ann Henderson Hatten (1933-2017)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=mary-ann-hatten&pid=187683738&fhid=12527|title=Mary Ann Hatten|publisher=''the Monroe News-Star''|date=December 31, 2017|accessdate=February 6, 2018}}</ref>
| children=Beth Hatten Hinton<br>
| children=Beth Hatten Hinton<br>
Catherine Olivia Hatten<br>
Catherine Olivia Hatten<br>
On June 14, 1966, Hatten was handily elected mayor of West Monroe to succeed fellow Democrat J. Allen Norris, who served from 1952 to 1966. He defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate, William Green "Billy" Haynes, Jr. (1912-1984),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18914032|title=William Green Haynes, Jr.|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=May 22, 2014}}</ref> also a West Monroe insurance agent, 2,490 votes (68 percent) to 1,171 (32 percent).<ref>On February 1, 1972, W. G. "Billy" Haynes, Jr., a pioneer of the Louisiana [[Republican Party]], ran for state insurance commissioner but was overwhelmed by the Democrat Sherman A. Bernard (1925-2012) of Jefferson Parish.</ref> Five Democrats were elected with Hatten to serve on the city council. One of those aldermen, Charles Anding, a trade union official, was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1987 from District 15, which encompasses West Monroe. Another alderman, Truett Thorn,<ref>''Lake Charles American Press'', June 15, 1966, p. 10.</ref> was a coach at West Monroe High School<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/West_Monroe_High_School_Rebelaire_Yearbook/1983/Page_40.html
On June 14, 1966, Hatten was handily elected mayor of West Monroe to succeed fellow Democrat J. Allen Norris, who served from 1952 to 1966. He defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate, William Green "Billy" Haynes, Jr. (1912-1984),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18914032|title=William Green Haynes, Jr.|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=May 22, 2014}}</ref> also a West Monroe insurance agent, 2,490 votes (68 percent) to 1,171 (32 percent).<ref>On February 1, 1972, W. G. "Billy" Haynes, Jr., a pioneer of the Louisiana [[Republican Party]], ran for state insurance commissioner but was overwhelmed by the Democrat Sherman A. Bernard (1925-2012) of Jefferson Parish.</ref> Five Democrats were elected with Hatten to serve on the city council. One of those aldermen, Charles Anding, a trade union official, was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1987 from District 15, which encompasses West Monroe. Another alderman, Truett Thorn,<ref>''Lake Charles American Press'', June 15, 1966, p. 10.</ref> was a coach at West Monroe High School<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/West_Monroe_High_School_Rebelaire_Yearbook/1983/Page_40.html
|title=West Monroe High School (Class of 1983)|publisher=e-yearbook.com|accessdate=May 17, 2014}}</ref>
|title=West Monroe High School (Class of 1983)|publisher=e-yearbook.com|accessdate=May 17, 2014}}</ref>
and the older brother of the Louisiana journalist Jesse Dale Thorn (1942-2014), another alumnus of the Monroe newspapers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/clarionledger/obituary.aspx?n=jesse-dale-thorn&pid=170968700#sthash.g1JbouVI.dpuf|title=Jesse Dale Thorn|publisher='' The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|accessdate=May 17, 2014}}</ref> Altogether, Hatten served with twelve city council members, all men.<ref name=ouacit>{{cite web|url=http://www.hannapub.com/ouachitacitizen/opinion/columns/article_78056c7c-bff9-11e3-bea2-001a4bcf6878.html|title=Bert Hatten: Neighborly relations remembered, 1998|publisher=''The Ouachita Citizen''|accessdate=May 22, 2014}}</ref>
and the older brother of the Louisiana journalist Jesse Dale Thorn (1942-2014), another alumnus of the Monroe newspapers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/clarionledger/obituary.aspx?n=jesse-dale-thorn&pid=170968700#sthash.g1JbouVI.dpuf|title=Jesse Dale Thorn|publisher='' The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|accessdate=May 17, 2014}}</ref> Altogether, Hatten served with twelve city council members, all men.<ref name=ouacit>{{cite web|url=http://www.hannapub.com/ouachitacitizen/opinion/columns/article_78056c7c-bff9-11e3-bea2-001a4bcf6878.html|title=Bert Hatten: Neighborly relations remembered, 1998|publisher=''The Ouachita Citizen''|accessdate=May 22, 2014}}</ref>
Hatten often joked that his only experience in municipal government prior to his election as mayor had been in covering city council meetings for the Monroe newspapers. He hence relied on advice from seasoned mayors, William Lorenzo "Jack" Howard (1921-2004) of his sister city of Monroe and Clyde Fant of [[Shreveport]]. Hatten noted that Monroe and West Monroe, separated by the Ouachita River, never developed the animosity sometimes associated with other twin cities but instead took pride in the strength of each other.<ref name=ouacit/>
Hatten often joked that his only experience in municipal government prior to his election as mayor had been in covering city council meetings for the Monroe newspapers. He hence relied on advice from seasoned mayors, William Lorenzo "Jack" Howard (1921-2004) of his sister city of Monroe and Clyde Fant of [[Shreveport]]. Hatten noted that Monroe and West Monroe, separated by the Ouachita River, never developed the animosity sometimes associated with other twin cities but instead took pride in the strength of each other.<ref name=ouacit/>