Louis Blaylock (October 21, 1849, in Sevier County, Arkansas – December 4, 1932) was a publisher, civil leader of Dallas, Texas, and its mayor from 1923 to 1927.

Three years after his birth, the family relocated, by covered wagon down the old Preston trail to a one-room cabin outside Fort Hamilton.

In 1866, at age 14, Blaylock was taken under the tutorship of Sam Houston and was put in charge of the 100-mile path between Burnett and Austin with the Pony Express.

He was essentially broad-minded and was widely regarded for his Christian charity and civic minded principals.

As Finance Commissioner, Blaylock continually stated in his speeches, that "We are trying to conduct a decent campaign with out mud slinging.

On April 4, the headlines read: "Entire Democratic Ticket Headed by Blaylock is swept into Office"(3).

Prior to and during his mayorship, he supported and nurtured the first Dallas city plan developed by George Kessler in 1910.

Blaylock left the newspaper company in 1922 after working for and managing it for fifty-six years of his life.

While in office, he was noted for greeting every gorgeous movie star, festival queen, or other prominent female who visited Dallas, with a kiss as an official welcome to the city.

He was a time-honored Mason with the distinction of having received the maximum degree (33°) of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite.

6, Knights Templar: he was a member of the Ancient Arabic, Nights of Constantine, and the Order of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.

At a meeting in March, 1903, a group of members of the Lodge of Perfection and the Chapter of Rose Croix met in their hall on Commerce Street and organized "The Dallas Scottish Rite Cathedral Association".

At that time he was named a founding board member and worked to build the nationally recognized Scottish Rite Cathedral, located at 500 S. Harwood in Dallas, Texas.

He created water sources for recreation (White Rock Lake) and drinking (the Garza Dam).

He installed drinking fountains for animals and citizens and restorative health measures including a public bath house.

He created the means and building funds for the auditorium at Fair Park without city bonds to do so and invested in business for the growth of Dallas.

As one story goes, after enduring one such assembly, a peeved businessman turned to his colleague and remarked, "I have heard that speech so many times I could recite it."

In an effort to debunk the eager-beaver business mentality, they decided to start a lunch club that had no purpose at all.