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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=James Edward "Jim" Paxton
| image=
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| office= District Attorney for the [[Louisiana]] 6th Judicial District (East Carroll, Madison, and Tensas parishes)
| term_start = January 2008
| term_end =
| preceded =[[Buddy Caldwell]]
| succeeded =Incumbent
| birth_date =December 19, 1963
| death_date =
| death_place=
| death_cause=
| resting_place=
| birth_place =Madison Parish, Louisiana, USA
| alma_mater=[[Mississippi State University]]<br />
[[Louisiana State University]] Law Center
| occupation=[[Attorney]]
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| spouse =Chris Caffey Paxton
| children =Annabelle Parker Paxton<br />
Samuel Henry Paxton<br />
Kathleen Carlyle Paxton<br>
Parents:<br>
Albert Henry, Sr., and Valeria Logue Paxton
| religion = [[Southern Baptist]]
}}
'''James Edward Paxton''', known as '''Jim Paxton''' (born December 19, 1963), is the district attorney of the [[Louisiana]] 6th Judicial District, which encompasses East Carroll, Madison, and Tensas parishes, located in the [[Mississippi River]] delta country in the northeastern corner of the state.
==Background==
Paxton was born and reared in Madison Parish, one of four sons and two daughters of Albert Henry Paxton, Sr. (1922-2015), and the former Valeria Logue, who predeceased her husband. The senior Paxton, a native of Warren County, [[Mississippi]], served in the [[United States Army]] during [[World War II]]. He owned and operated Paxton Quarter Horses and LaClede Plantation in Tallulah in Madison Parish. He was a nationally known breeder of quarter horses, having served as the first president of the Mississippi Quarter Horse Association. A lifetime member of the American Quarter Horse Association, he was inducted in 2002 into the National Cutting Horse Hall of Fame.<ref name=father>{{cite news|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=albert-henry-paxton&pid=175044481&fhid=20713#sthash.kcnVprru.dpuf|title=Albert Henry Paxton, Sr.|newspaper=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=June 10, 2015}}</ref>
Like his father, Paxton graduated from [[Mississippi State University]] in Starkville, Mississippi. While the senior Paxton studied [[engineering]],<ref name=father/> Jim Paxton received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1985. In 1988, he obtained his law degree from [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref name=sixthda/>
Paxton and his wife, the former Chris Caffey, reside in St. Joseph in Tensas Parish, with their three children:<ref name=sixthda/> Annabelle Parker Paxton (born 2001), Samuel Henry Paxton (born 2003), and Kathleen Carlyle Paxton (born 2005).<ref name=father/>
He is a deacon and [[Sunday school]] teacher at the St. Joseph [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church.<ref name=sixthda/>
==Career==
After passing the bar, Paxton joined the firm of Christovich & Kearney in [[New Orleans]], where he practiced until 1993. He entered politics and, from 1993 to 2002, he was the assistant district attorney in the 6th District; from 2002 to 2008, the first assistant district attorney.
In November 2007, District Attorney [[Buddy Caldwell]] of Tallulah, then a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], defeated [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Royal Alexander]] in the race for state attorney general. Upon taking office in January 2008, Caldwell named fellow Democrat Paxton, to succeed Caldwell as district attorney.<ref name=sixthda>{{cite web|url=http://sixthda.com/meettheda.html|title=James E. Paxton|publisher=sixthda.com|accessdate=October 4, 2013}}</ref> Thereafter, Paxton was elected as DA in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 4, 2008. He received 5,767 votes (72 percent) to 2,242 (28 percent) for his lone opponent, Joy Rachelle Jackson (born 1968), another Democrat from Tallulah.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10042008/10042008_MultiParish.html|title=Primary election returns, October 4, 2008|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=October 4, 2013}}</ref>
<ref>Attorney General Caldwell switched to Republican affiliation and was reelected to a second term in 2011.</ref> In 2015, however, in the same election that Democrat [[John Bel Edwards]] defeated Republican [[U.S. Senator]] [[David Vitter]] in the race for governor, Caldwell was unseated by another Republican, [[Jeff Landry]]. In 2019, Caldwell returned to the Democratic Party to contest the office of [[sheriff]] of Madison Parish.
Paxton is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association and the Louisiana District Attorneys Association. He describes his goals as DA as making "sure that we seek justice swiftly, but fairly ... that we honor our primary obligation to protect the public, but do so in a manner that is just, ethical, and proper."<ref name=sixthda/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Paxton, James E.}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Southern Baptists]]
| name=James Edward "Jim" Paxton
| image=
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| office= District Attorney for the [[Louisiana]] 6th Judicial District (East Carroll, Madison, and Tensas parishes)
| term_start = January 2008
| term_end =
| preceded =[[Buddy Caldwell]]
| succeeded =Incumbent
| birth_date =December 19, 1963
| death_date =
| death_place=
| death_cause=
| resting_place=
| birth_place =Madison Parish, Louisiana, USA
| alma_mater=[[Mississippi State University]]<br />
[[Louisiana State University]] Law Center
| occupation=[[Attorney]]
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| spouse =Chris Caffey Paxton
| children =Annabelle Parker Paxton<br />
Samuel Henry Paxton<br />
Kathleen Carlyle Paxton<br>
Parents:<br>
Albert Henry, Sr., and Valeria Logue Paxton
| religion = [[Southern Baptist]]
}}
'''James Edward Paxton''', known as '''Jim Paxton''' (born December 19, 1963), is the district attorney of the [[Louisiana]] 6th Judicial District, which encompasses East Carroll, Madison, and Tensas parishes, located in the [[Mississippi River]] delta country in the northeastern corner of the state.
==Background==
Paxton was born and reared in Madison Parish, one of four sons and two daughters of Albert Henry Paxton, Sr. (1922-2015), and the former Valeria Logue, who predeceased her husband. The senior Paxton, a native of Warren County, [[Mississippi]], served in the [[United States Army]] during [[World War II]]. He owned and operated Paxton Quarter Horses and LaClede Plantation in Tallulah in Madison Parish. He was a nationally known breeder of quarter horses, having served as the first president of the Mississippi Quarter Horse Association. A lifetime member of the American Quarter Horse Association, he was inducted in 2002 into the National Cutting Horse Hall of Fame.<ref name=father>{{cite news|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thenewsstar/obituary.aspx?n=albert-henry-paxton&pid=175044481&fhid=20713#sthash.kcnVprru.dpuf|title=Albert Henry Paxton, Sr.|newspaper=''The Monroe News-Star''|accessdate=June 10, 2015}}</ref>
Like his father, Paxton graduated from [[Mississippi State University]] in Starkville, Mississippi. While the senior Paxton studied [[engineering]],<ref name=father/> Jim Paxton received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1985. In 1988, he obtained his law degree from [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]].<ref name=sixthda/>
Paxton and his wife, the former Chris Caffey, reside in St. Joseph in Tensas Parish, with their three children:<ref name=sixthda/> Annabelle Parker Paxton (born 2001), Samuel Henry Paxton (born 2003), and Kathleen Carlyle Paxton (born 2005).<ref name=father/>
He is a deacon and [[Sunday school]] teacher at the St. Joseph [[Southern Baptist|Baptist]] Church.<ref name=sixthda/>
==Career==
After passing the bar, Paxton joined the firm of Christovich & Kearney in [[New Orleans]], where he practiced until 1993. He entered politics and, from 1993 to 2002, he was the assistant district attorney in the 6th District; from 2002 to 2008, the first assistant district attorney.
In November 2007, District Attorney [[Buddy Caldwell]] of Tallulah, then a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], defeated [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Royal Alexander]] in the race for state attorney general. Upon taking office in January 2008, Caldwell named fellow Democrat Paxton, to succeed Caldwell as district attorney.<ref name=sixthda>{{cite web|url=http://sixthda.com/meettheda.html|title=James E. Paxton|publisher=sixthda.com|accessdate=October 4, 2013}}</ref> Thereafter, Paxton was elected as DA in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 4, 2008. He received 5,767 votes (72 percent) to 2,242 (28 percent) for his lone opponent, Joy Rachelle Jackson (born 1968), another Democrat from Tallulah.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10042008/10042008_MultiParish.html|title=Primary election returns, October 4, 2008|publisher=staticresults.sos.la.gov|accessdate=October 4, 2013}}</ref>
<ref>Attorney General Caldwell switched to Republican affiliation and was reelected to a second term in 2011.</ref> In 2015, however, in the same election that Democrat [[John Bel Edwards]] defeated Republican [[U.S. Senator]] [[David Vitter]] in the race for governor, Caldwell was unseated by another Republican, [[Jeff Landry]]. In 2019, Caldwell returned to the Democratic Party to contest the office of [[sheriff]] of Madison Parish.
Paxton is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association and the Louisiana District Attorneys Association. He describes his goals as DA as making "sure that we seek justice swiftly, but fairly ... that we honor our primary obligation to protect the public, but do so in a manner that is just, ethical, and proper."<ref name=sixthda/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Paxton, James E.}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Southern Baptists]]