A. Miles Pratt Explained

A. Miles Pratt
Order:Acting Mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana
Term Start:June 30, 1936
Term End:July 15, 1936
Predecessor:T. Semmes Walmsley
Successor:Fred A. Earhart (acting)
Birth Date:4 January 1885
Death Place:New Orleans, Louisiana

Albert Miles Pratt (January 4, 1885 – June 11, 1969) was briefly acting mayor of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, from June 30 to July 15, 1936. He was New Orleans's Commissioner of Public Finance for two terms in the 1920s and 1930s. In 1936 he was appointed collector of customs for the Port of New Orleans. Along with Fred A. Earhart and Jesse S. Cave, Pratt 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. He died in 1969.[1]

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  1. Web site: Virginia. 1969.