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==Background==
==Background==
Caldwell was born in Dardanelle in Yell County in west central [[Arkansas]] to Reece E. Caldwell (1912-1971) and the former Oval Ermice Greene (1914-2000). He attended the first eleven years of school there but finished his senior year at Central High School in Tulsa. In 1958, he obtained a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in general studies from the Church of Christ-affiliated [[Harding College]] in Searcy, Arkansas. He received a [[Master of Science]] from [[Southern Methodist University]] in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], and pursued doctoral studies at the private [[University of Tulsa]] but did not complete the terminal degree. He was called to the ministry in 1956 . As a state senator, he was the minister at the Southside Church of Christ in Rogers in Benton County in northwestern Arkansas. By happenstance, he began after-dinner speaking before various church and civic groups. For eight years before his return to Arkansas from Oklahoma, Caldwell served on stand-by in the Oklahoma Air National Guard. He and his wife, the former Laferne Muller, have four daughters.<ref name=statement>Statement of James Ray Caldwell, [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]], April 2010</ref>
Caldwell was born in Dardanelle in Yell County in west central [[Arkansas]] to Reece E. Caldwell (1912-1971) and the former Oval Ermice Greene (1914-2000). He attended the first eleven years of school there but finished his senior year at Central High School in Tulsa. In 1958, he obtained a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in general studies from the Church of Christ-affiliated Harding College in Searcy, Arkansas. He received a [[Master of Science]] from [[Southern Methodist University]] in [[Dallas]], [[Texas]], and pursued doctoral studies at the private University of Tulsa but did not complete the terminal degree. He was called to the ministry in 1956 . As a state senator, he was the minister at the Southside Church of Christ in Rogers in Benton County in northwestern Arkansas. By happenstance, he began after-dinner speaking before various church and civic groups. For eight years before his return to Arkansas from Oklahoma, Caldwell served on stand-by in the Oklahoma Air National Guard. He and his wife, the former Laferne Muller, have four daughters.<ref name=statement>Statement of James Ray Caldwell, [[Tulsa, Oklahoma]], April 2010</ref>
==Arkansas legislative politics==
==Arkansas legislative politics==