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|occupation=[[Business]]man
|occupation=[[Business]]man
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned [[Republican Party|Republican]] (1978)
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned [[Republican Party|Republican]] (1978)
|footnotes='''Notes'''
(1) A native of [[New Mexico]], Wilson moved to northern Caddo Parish, [[Louisiana]], with his family and embarked on a successful business career.<br>
(2) After a term in the Louisiana House of Representatives, Wilson lost out to [[Don Williamson]] in a race for the state Senate in 1975.<br>
(3) Wilson was among hundreds of Louisiana [[Democratic Party|Democrats]] who switched to [[Republican Party|Republican]] affiliation as he waged his first race for the [[United States House of Representatives]] in 1978. He lost out to Anthony Claude Leach, Jr., himself a businessman and a former state legislator.<br>
(4) Wilson found that a close and disputed vote in 1978 would not translate into electoral success two years later, when he waged his second congressional campaign in 1980. Victory went to a future [[governor]], [[Buddy Roemer]].
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'''James H. Wilson,''' known as '''Jimmy Wilson''' (January 31, 1931 – November 19, 1986), was a pro-[[business]] [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative from Vivian in Caddo Parish in the far northwestern portion of [[Louisiana]]. His single term extended from 1972 to 1976. He is most remembered in politics for having switched affiliation to the [[Republican Party]] in 1978 and then coming within 266 disputed votes of winning a historically Democratic seat in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]]. The congressional seat turned Republican in 1988 and is currently represented by [[Mike Johnson]], a [[conservative]] from Bossier Parish.
'''James H. Wilson,''' known as '''Jimmy Wilson''' (January 31, 1931 – November 19, 1986), was a pro-[[business]] [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative from Vivian in Caddo Parish in the far northwestern portion of [[Louisiana]]. His single term extended from 1972 to 1976. He is most remembered in politics for having switched affiliation to the [[Republican Party]] in 1978 and then coming within 266 disputed votes of winning a historically Democratic seat in the [[U.S. House of Representatives]]. The congressional seat turned Republican in 1988 and is currently represented by [[Mike Johnson]], a [[conservative]] from Bossier Parish.
Wilson was born in Carlsbad in Eddy County near the famous Carlsbad Caverns National Park in southeastern [[New Mexico]], to Hamilton Paul and Lola C. Wilson, both natives of Louisiana. He was reared in Vivian and graduated in 1949 from Vivian High School, now North Caddo High School. Thereafter, he entered the [[U.S. Army]], attained the rank of sergeant, and served during the [[Korean War]]. After military service, he obtained a bachelor's degree in 1954 from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], at which he was a member of Kappa Sigma.
Wilson was born in Carlsbad in Eddy County near the famous Carlsbad Caverns National Park in southeastern [[New Mexico]], to Hamilton Paul and Lola C. Wilson, both natives of Louisiana. He was reared in Vivian and graduated in 1949 from Vivian High School, now North Caddo High School. Thereafter, he entered the [[U.S. Army]], attained the rank of sergeant, and served during the [[Korean War]]. After military service, he obtained a bachelor's degree in 1954 from [[Louisiana Tech University]] in [[Ruston, Louisiana|Ruston]], at which he was a member of Kappa Sigma.