For the Republican former U.S. representative and lieutenant governor of North Carolina see James Carson Gardner.James Creswell Gardner I known as Jim Gardner (July 17 1924–August 27 2010) was a power company executive best known as the mayor of Shreveport Louisiana who served a single term from 1954 to 1958.Sometimes called Shreveport’s First Citizen Jim Gardner was twenty-nine when elected mayor and thirty when he assumed the office.
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active years start date
1954-11-09
battle
European Theater of Operations United States Army
birth date
1924-06-17
birth name
James Creswell Gardner
birth place
Louisiana, Shreveport Louisiana, Caddo Parish Louisiana, United States
death date
2010-08-27
death place
Louisiana, Shreveport Louisiana
military branch
United States Army
military rank
Second lieutenant
office
Shreveport City Council member, State Representative from Caddo Parish (at-large)
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