Background
Gantt, Nicholas Jourdan was born on July 13, 1879 in Magnolia, Arkansas, United States. Son of Nicholas John and Laura (Browning) Gantt.
Gantt, Nicholas Jourdan was born on July 13, 1879 in Magnolia, Arkansas, United States. Son of Nicholas John and Laura (Browning) Gantt.
Bachelor of Arts, Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas, 1898. Master of Arts, Vanderbilt University, 1901, Bachelor of Laws (now Juris Doctor), 1903.
Admitted to Arkansas bar, 1903, since practiced in Pine Bluff. Member firm Coleman, Gantt, Ramsay & Cox and predecessor firms, after 1904. President, director National Credit Corporation, Reliable Abstract & Title Company, Coca-Cola Bottling Company of South.W. Arkansas.
Vice-president, director First Federal Savings & Loan Association.
Secretary, director Arkansas Oak Flooring Company, South. Arkansas Livestock Corporation, Arkansas-Georgia Company.
Member Jefferson County Board Health, after 1925. Member Arkansas Bar Association (president 1940, chairman past presidents), Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Mason (Shriner, 33, Knight of the Order of the Thistle).
Married Clara McRae, April.