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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
|name= William Scott Wilkinson
|name=William Scott Wilkinson
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br>for Caddo Parish (at-large)]]
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br>for Caddo Parish (at-large)
|term_start=1920
|term_start=1920
|term_end=1924
|term_end=1924
'''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>
'''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==
==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/>
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/>