William T. "Bill" Hanna
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A former automobile dealer, William Thomas "Bill" Hanna (born 1930), served a single term as the Democratic mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana from 1978 -- 1982. Thereafter, he was elected as the Caddo Parish administrator, a position often called "county judge" in other states.
Hanna defeated outgoing Public Works Commissoner Donald E. Hathaway, a fellow Democrat, to win the position of mayor in the November 1978 general election, often termed the "runoff" in Louisiana. The Republican candidate, outgoing Public Utilities Commissioner Billy James Guin, Sr., had been eliminated in the jungle primary held on September 16.
Hanna was well-known for his popular sales slogan "You Canna Ford a Hanna Ford." The company no longer exists.
He was the first Shreveport mayor under the mayor-council home-rule charter, which replaced the former commission form of city government.
Former Mayor James Creswell Gardner, I (born 1924) was a city council member in the Hanna administration and helped to chart the new form of government to fruition. Hanna did not seek reelection as mayor.
| Preceded by Littleberry Calhoun Allen, Jr. (D) |
Mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana
William Thomas "Bill" Hanna (D) |
Succeeded by John Brennan Hussey |
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