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| residence=Tulsa, Oklahoma
| residence=Tulsa, Oklahoma
| death_date=November 12, 2017 (aged 81)
| death_date=November 12, 2017 (aged 81)
| death_place=[[Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]]
| death_place=[[Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]]<br>
'''Death cause''':<br>
[[Parkinson's disease]]
| resting_place=Bentonville (Arkansas) Cemetery
| resting_place=Bentonville (Arkansas) Cemetery
| office=Arkansas State Senator for District 9 (then Benton and Carroll counties)
| office=Arkansas State Senator for District 9 (then Benton and Carroll counties)
'''James Ray Caldwell''', known as '''Jim R. Caldwell''' (October 29, 1936 – November 12, 2017), was a [[Church of Christ]] minister in [[Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]], who was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Arkansas State Senate from 1969 to 1978, the first member of his party to sit in the legislative upper chamber in the 20th century. His first two years as a senator corresponded with the second two-year term of [[Winthrop Rockefeller]], the first Republican [[governor]] of [[Arkansas]] since [[Reconstruction]]. Caldwell acted as a point man for Rockefeller in the state Senate.
'''James Ray Caldwell''', known as '''Jim R. Caldwell''' (October 29, 1936 – November 12, 2017), was a [[Church of Christ]] minister in [[Tulsa]], [[Oklahoma]], who was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Arkansas State Senate from 1969 to 1978, the first member of his party to sit in the legislative upper chamber in the 20th century. His first two years as a senator corresponded with the second two-year term of [[Winthrop Rockefeller]], the first Republican [[governor]] of [[Arkansas]] since [[Reconstruction]]. Caldwell acted as a point man for Rockefeller in the state Senate.
==Background==
==Background==