- Fred A. Earhart
Infobox Mayor
name = Frederick "Fred" Adam Earhart
caption =
order = 51st Mayor (acting) ofNew Orleans, Louisiana
term_start =July 15 ,1936
term_end =July 15 ,1936
predecessor =A. Miles Pratt (acting)
successor =Jesse S. Cave (acting)
birth_date =
birth_place =
death_date =
death_place = New Orleans, LA (tomb in Metarie Cemetery)
constituency =
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spouse = Ida Hailes
children = Frederick "Ted", Valentine "Valley", Sarah Lydia, Ida, Lillian "Lily", Robert Hailes, James "Jimmy"
profession = Politician, Pharmacist
religion = Episcopalian
footnotes =Fred A. Earhart was briefly acting mayor of New Orleans for one day on July 15, 1936.
A pharmacist, Earhart was the Twelfth Ward leader of the
Regular Democratic Organization political machine. He was an Old Regular state senator for the Twelfth Ward from 1912 into the 1920s. He was elected to New Orleans' commission council in 1930, where he served as Commissioner of Public Utilities.Along withA. Miles Pratt andJesse S. Cave , Earhart was one of three acting mayors who served in the summer of 1936 between the resignation of MayorT. Semmes Walmsley and the accession ofRobert Maestri .After his brief tenure as acting mayor, Earhart continued to serve as Commissioner of Public Utilities in the Maestri administration.Earhart owned and founded the first
drugstore chain inNew Orleans .Son, Robert, is his last living child.
The
Earhart Expressway inJefferson Parish andEarhart Boulevard inNew Orleans are named after him.Sources
* Choctaw Club of New Orleans. "Truth Achievements of the Mayor Robert S. Maestri Administration." Franklin Printing Co., 1943.
* Gill, Donald A. "Stories Behind New Orleans Street Names". Bonus Books, 1992.
* Interview with son, Robert Earhart Sr. July 10, 2007.
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