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Jesse S. Cave
Treasurer of Louisiana
In office
1932–1936
GovernorOscar K. Allen
Succeeded byA. P. Tugwell
Commissioner of Public Finance of New Orleans
In office
1936–1946
52nd Mayor (acting mayor) of New Orleans, Louisiana
In office
July 15th, 1936 – August 17th, 1936
Preceded byFred A. Earhart (Acting Mayor)
Succeeded byRobert Maestri
Personal details
Born1872
Van Alstyne, Texas, US
Died1948

Jesse S. Cave (1872–1948) was born in Van Alstyne, Texas. He was briefly acting mayor of New Orleans from July 15 to August 17, 1936. Cave arrived in New Orleans in 1904 as a manager of an iron cistern company, and was elected president of the New Orleans Board of Trade in 1930. In 1932 he was elected Louisiana State Treasurer. Along with A. Miles Pratt and Fred A. Earhart, Cave was one of three acting mayors who served in the summer of 1936 between the resignation of Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley and the accession of Robert Maestri. After his brief tenure as acting mayor, Cave was elected Commissioner of Public Finance under the commission council government of the Maestri administration where he served from 1936 to 1946.

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Sources

  • Choctaw Club of New Orleans. Truth Achievements of the Mayor Robert S. Maestri Administration. Franklin Printing Co., 1943.
Preceded byFred A. Earhartas acting mayor Mayor of New Orleans
1936
Succeeded byRobert Maestri
Party political offices
Preceded by Treasurer of Louisiana
1932 - 1936
Succeeded byA. P. Tugwell
Mayors of New Orleans, Louisiana
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