William George Bowdon Jr. (18 October 1921 – 17 November 2005) was an American politician who served in the Louisiana House of Representatives and as the youngest ever mayor of Alexandria from 1953 to 1969.

For the remainder of World War II, Captain Bowdon was stationed in the Northern Mariana Islands.

Bowdon won the Democratic primary for lieutenant governor on 5 December 1959, but as he only received 28.92% of the vote, a runoff had to be held between him and former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives Taddy Aycock in January 1960.

William George Bowdon Jr. remained active in his real estate business following his 16-year tenure as mayor, but he was indicted in 1969 on theft charges for allegedly using city employees to work on personal property.

Bowdon suffered a heart attack in October 2005, and was thus hospitalised at Christus St. Frances Cabrini Hospital until he was allowed to return home on November 16.