Henry L. Bridges

Mary Elise Hilzim Helen B. Gallien Henry L. Bridges, Jr. Lewell Bridges Forrest Lee Bridges

Bridges was born in nearby rural Athens in Claiborne Parish but moved to Minden in 1907, where he operated a clothing store. He was first elected mayor in the Democratic primary in the spring of 1928, when Robert F. Kennon, then twentysix and later the governor of Louisiana from 1952 to 1956, declined to seek a second twoyear term. The position became four years in 1954 and is now filled in the fall of nonpresidential years.

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