Jesse L. Webb Jr.

Jesse Lynn Webb Jr. (December 8, 1923 – April 28, 1956) was Mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

His father, Jesse L Webb Sr., served as assessor for East Baton Rouge Parish.

Webb was elected Mayor of Baton Rouge in 1952 and served from 1953 until his death on April 28, 1956, at Lansing, Michigan.

Webb was to attend a meeting in Lansing, Michigan when the aircraft he was flying in, owned by the East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff's office, crashed while carrying him to a meeting in the Michigan capital.

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