Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. William George Bowdon, Jr., (October 18, 1921 - November 17, 2005) was the Democratic mayor of Alexandria, the largest city in central Louisiana, from 1953-1969. At thirty-one, he was (and remains) the youngest mayor in his city''s history and the first to serve a four-year, instead of a two-year, term. Prior to his mayoralty, Bowdon had served a single term in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1948-1952. One of his immediate House successors was Cecil R. Blair, who later would serve for fourteen years in the Louisiana State Senate from Rapides Parish.