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{{Infobox officeholder
|name= William Scott Wilkinson
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br>for Caddo Parish (at-large)]]
|term_start=1920
|term_end=1924
|preceded=Four-member delegation:
George Dimick<br>
James Stuart Douglas<br>
E. Wayles Browne<br>
Perry Keith
|succeeded=Four-member delegation:
James Stuart Douglas<br>
Perry Keith<br>
Marion K. Smith<br>
John M. Wynn
|birth_date=February 5, 1895
|birth_place=Coushatta, Red River Parish<br>[[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]
|death_date=June 19, 1985 (aged) 90)
|death_place=[[Shreveport]], Louisiana
|spouse=Margaret West Wilkinson (married 1919–1985, his death)
|children=[[Susybelle Lyons|Susybelle Wilkinson Lyons]]<br>
Margaret Wilkinson Butler Wilson
|parents=John Dallas Wilkinson<br>
Alice Mai Scott Wilkinson
|relations=[[Charlton Lyons]] (son-in-law's father)
|occupation=[[Attorney]]; [[Business]]man<br>
[[United States Army]] in [[World War I]] and [[World War II]]
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|alma_mater=Culver Military Academy<br>
[[Louisiana State University]]<br>
LSU Law Center}}
'''William Scott Wilkinson''', known as '''W. Scott Wilkinson''' (February 5, 1895 – June 19, 1985), was an [[attorney]] in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], who served a single term as a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for Caddo Parish from 1920 to 1924 during the administration of [[Governor]] John Milliken Parker, Sr. (1863-1939.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812–2020 (Caddo Parish)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=January 6, 2020}}</ref>
==Background==
Wilkinson was born in Coushatta in Red River Parish, south of Shreveport, to John Dallas Wilkinson (1867-1929) and the former Alice Mai Scott (died 1956), the daughter of a judge, Nelson Jackson Scott. His younger sister, Alice Mai Wilkinson, died in 1907 at the age of eleven. He had an older brother, John Pugh Wilkinson. The senior Wilkinson was also an attorney, first in Coushatta and later in Shreveport, and a member of the Louisiana Constitutional Convention in 1921.<ref name=aboutwilkinson/>
In 1912, Wilkinson graduated from Culver Military Academy in Culver, [[Indiana]]. In 1915, he received a Bachelor of Arts from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], where he was president of his senior class. He obtained his law degree in 1917 from the LSU Law Center.<ref name=lahist/>
==Military, legal, and political career==
Wilkinson served in the [[United States Army]] in [[World War I]] and again in [[World War II]], during which he reached the rank of [[colonel]].<ref name="lyonsfamily"/>
While engaged in his legal practice, he was also president of the Shreveport [[YMCA]] and the [[Chamber of Commerce]] as well as chairman of the board of Dodd College, a private junior college for women founded in Shreveport by the pastor Monroe Elmon Dodd, Sr. (1878-1952).<ref name=aboutwilkinson>{{cite web|url=http://lyonsfamilytree.com/2007/11/20/the-wilkinson-family/|title=The Wilkinson Family|publisher=WordPress|accessdate=August 25, 2014}}</ref> Before he entered politics, former Governor [[Jimmie Davis]] taught at Dodd College. Wilkinson was a member of Rotary International and the LSU Foundation.<ref name=lahist/>
Wilkinson was affiliated with the state, national, and international bar associations. In 1962, he was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers. He was a senior partner in the firm, Wilkinson, Carmody and Gilliam. He was a director and chairman of the board of Lee National Life Insurance Company and the vice president of the Hunter Company. In the late 1950s, he allied with the [[states rights]] movement and took a leading role in the court battles regarding tidelands, [[petroleum]] revenues, and opposition to [[Segregation|school segregation]].<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site40.php|title=Wilkinson, W. Scott|publisher=lahistory.org|accessdate=January 6, 2020}}</ref>
==Personal life==
On April 9, 1919, Wilkinson married the former Margaret West (1898–1995), the daughter of Charles Stuart West and the former Susan Hardy, then of Corsicana in Navarro County, south of [[Dallas]], [[Texas]]. She attended St. Mary's College in Dallas, Hollins College in Roanoke, [[Virginia]], and received a Bachelor of Arts years later in 1937 from Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport. Margaret Wilkinson was a director of the Shreveport YWCA and the Shreveport Opera]and the president of the Twentieth Century Club and the Louisiana Federation of Women's Clubs for the Fourth District.<ref name=aboutwilkinson/>
The Wilkinsons had two daughters, [[Susybelle Lyons|Susybelle Wilkinson Lyons]] and Margaret Wilkinson Wilson, formerly Margaret Butler.<ref name=lahist/> Wilkinson died at the age of ninety in 1985 in Shreveport.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilkinson, W. Scott}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:United States Army]]
[[Category:World War I]]
[[Category:World War II]]
|name= William Scott Wilkinson
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br>for Caddo Parish (at-large)]]
|term_start=1920
|term_end=1924
|preceded=Four-member delegation:
George Dimick<br>
James Stuart Douglas<br>
E. Wayles Browne<br>
Perry Keith
|succeeded=Four-member delegation:
James Stuart Douglas<br>
Perry Keith<br>
Marion K. Smith<br>
John M. Wynn
|birth_date=February 5, 1895
|birth_place=Coushatta, Red River Parish<br>[[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]
|death_date=June 19, 1985 (aged) 90)
|death_place=[[Shreveport]], Louisiana
|spouse=Margaret West Wilkinson (married 1919–1985, his death)
|children=[[Susybelle Lyons|Susybelle Wilkinson Lyons]]<br>
Margaret Wilkinson Butler Wilson
|parents=John Dallas Wilkinson<br>
Alice Mai Scott Wilkinson
|relations=[[Charlton Lyons]] (son-in-law's father)
|occupation=[[Attorney]]; [[Business]]man<br>
[[United States Army]] in [[World War I]] and [[World War II]]
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|alma_mater=Culver Military Academy<br>
[[Louisiana State University]]<br>
LSU Law Center}}
'''William Scott Wilkinson''', known as '''W. Scott Wilkinson''' (February 5, 1895 – June 19, 1985), was an [[attorney]] in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], who served a single term as a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] state representative for Caddo Parish from 1920 to 1924 during the administration of [[Governor]] John Milliken Parker, Sr. (1863-1939.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812–2020 (Caddo Parish)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=January 6, 2020}}</ref>
==Background==
Wilkinson was born in Coushatta in Red River Parish, south of Shreveport, to John Dallas Wilkinson (1867-1929) and the former Alice Mai Scott (died 1956), the daughter of a judge, Nelson Jackson Scott. His younger sister, Alice Mai Wilkinson, died in 1907 at the age of eleven. He had an older brother, John Pugh Wilkinson. The senior Wilkinson was also an attorney, first in Coushatta and later in Shreveport, and a member of the Louisiana Constitutional Convention in 1921.<ref name=aboutwilkinson/>
In 1912, Wilkinson graduated from Culver Military Academy in Culver, [[Indiana]]. In 1915, he received a Bachelor of Arts from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]], where he was president of his senior class. He obtained his law degree in 1917 from the LSU Law Center.<ref name=lahist/>
==Military, legal, and political career==
Wilkinson served in the [[United States Army]] in [[World War I]] and again in [[World War II]], during which he reached the rank of [[colonel]].<ref name="lyonsfamily"/>
While engaged in his legal practice, he was also president of the Shreveport [[YMCA]] and the [[Chamber of Commerce]] as well as chairman of the board of Dodd College, a private junior college for women founded in Shreveport by the pastor Monroe Elmon Dodd, Sr. (1878-1952).<ref name=aboutwilkinson>{{cite web|url=http://lyonsfamilytree.com/2007/11/20/the-wilkinson-family/|title=The Wilkinson Family|publisher=WordPress|accessdate=August 25, 2014}}</ref> Before he entered politics, former Governor [[Jimmie Davis]] taught at Dodd College. Wilkinson was a member of Rotary International and the LSU Foundation.<ref name=lahist/>
Wilkinson was affiliated with the state, national, and international bar associations. In 1962, he was inducted into the American College of Trial Lawyers. He was a senior partner in the firm, Wilkinson, Carmody and Gilliam. He was a director and chairman of the board of Lee National Life Insurance Company and the vice president of the Hunter Company. In the late 1950s, he allied with the [[states rights]] movement and took a leading role in the court battles regarding tidelands, [[petroleum]] revenues, and opposition to [[Segregation|school segregation]].<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site40.php|title=Wilkinson, W. Scott|publisher=lahistory.org|accessdate=January 6, 2020}}</ref>
==Personal life==
On April 9, 1919, Wilkinson married the former Margaret West (1898–1995), the daughter of Charles Stuart West and the former Susan Hardy, then of Corsicana in Navarro County, south of [[Dallas]], [[Texas]]. She attended St. Mary's College in Dallas, Hollins College in Roanoke, [[Virginia]], and received a Bachelor of Arts years later in 1937 from Centenary College of Louisiana in Shreveport. Margaret Wilkinson was a director of the Shreveport YWCA and the Shreveport Opera]and the president of the Twentieth Century Club and the Louisiana Federation of Women's Clubs for the Fourth District.<ref name=aboutwilkinson/>
The Wilkinsons had two daughters, [[Susybelle Lyons|Susybelle Wilkinson Lyons]] and Margaret Wilkinson Wilson, formerly Margaret Butler.<ref name=lahist/> Wilkinson died at the age of ninety in 1985 in Shreveport.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilkinson, W. Scott}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Conservatives]]
[[Category:United States Army]]
[[Category:World War I]]
[[Category:World War II]]