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|death_date=November 9, 2018 (aged 76)
|death_date=November 9, 2018 (aged 76)
|death_place=Touro Infirmary in [[New Orleans]]
|death_place=Touro Infirmary in [[New Orleans]]
|alma_mater=[[University of Texas]]<br>
|alma_mater=[[University of Texas]]<br>
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law<br>
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law<br>
'''James R. Sutterfield, Sr.''', also known as '''Jim Sutterfield''' (August 6, 1942) – November 9, 2018),<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?pid=190752049#:~:text=James R. "Jim" Sutterfield Sr.|title=James Sutterfield obituary|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=November 16, 2018|accesdate=February 18, 2021}}</ref>
'''James R. Sutterfield, Sr.''', also known as '''Jim Sutterfield''' (August 6, 1942) – November 9, 2018),<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://obits.nola.com/obituaries/nola/obituary.aspx?pid=190752049#:~:text=James R. "Jim" Sutterfield Sr.|title=James Sutterfield obituary|publisher=''The New Orleans Times-Picayune''|date=November 16, 2018|accesdate=February 18, 2021}}</ref>
was an [[attorney]] from [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], who served a half-term as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative from 1970 to 1972. Sutterfield won a [[special election]] to succeed [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Representative Nat G. Kiefer, who was instead elected to the Louisiana State Senate to fill a vacancy created by a member's death. He was the first Republican to be elected to public office from New Orleans since [[Reconstruction]]. He represented District 26, which was broken up by re-districting into single member districts and renamed. The area of his residence became District 100, with the [[general election]] held on February 1, 1972.<ref name=house>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=February 18, 2021}}</ref>
was an [[attorney]] from [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], who served a half-term as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative from 1970 to 1972.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/james-sutterfield/e803290966656|title=James Sutterfield|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=February 18, 2021}}</ref>
==Career==
==Career==
Sutterfield won a [[special election]] to succeed [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Representative Nat G. Kiefer, who was instead elected to the Louisiana State Senate to fill a vacancy created by a member's death. He was the first Republican to be elected to public office from New Orleans since [[Reconstruction]]. He represented District 26, which was broken up by re-districting into single member districts and renamed. The area of his residence became District 100, with the [[general election]] held on February 1, 1972.<ref name=house>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=February 18, 2021}}</ref>
The son of James Dayton and Alba Spraker Sutterfield, he enrolled as a freshman at [[Tulane University]] in New Orleans, which he attended until transferring to the [[University of Texas at Austin]] in 1962. After completing his undergraduate studies, he enrolled at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law and in 1967, graduated with a Bachelor of Laws. In 1981, he obtained a Master of Laws, with distinction, from the [[Tulane University]] Law School, also in New Orleans. He was admitted to the practice of law in Louisiana in 1967 and the [[District of Columbia]] and the [[United States Supreme Court]] in 1977. His practice through his Sutterfield & Webb firm at 650 Poydras Street concentrates on maritime and insurance law. In 1993, Sutterfield obtained licensing to practice in [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasbar.com/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Find_A_Lawyer&template=/Customsource/MemberDirectory/MemberDirectoryDetail.cfm&ContactID=149752|title=James R. "Jim" Sutterfield|publisher=texasbar.com|accessdate=February 18, 2021; some of the material may not be accessible on-line}}</ref><ref name=obit/>
The son of James Dayton and Alba Spraker Sutterfield, he enrolled as a freshman at [[Tulane University]] in New Orleans, which he attended until transferring to the [[University of Texas at Austin]] in 1962. After completing his undergraduate studies, he enrolled at Loyola University New Orleans College of Law and in 1967, graduated with a Bachelor of Laws. In 1981, he obtained a Master of Laws, with distinction, from the [[Tulane University]] Law School, also in New Orleans. He was admitted to the practice of law in Louisiana in 1967 and the [[District of Columbia]] and the [[United States Supreme Court]] in 1977. His practice through his Sutterfield & Webb firm at 650 Poydras Street concentrates on maritime and insurance law. In 1993, Sutterfield obtained licensing to practice in [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texasbar.com/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Find_A_Lawyer&template=/Customsource/MemberDirectory/MemberDirectoryDetail.cfm&ContactID=149752|title=James R. "Jim" Sutterfield|publisher=texasbar.com|accessdate=February 18, 2021; some of the material may not be accessible on-line}}</ref><ref name=obit/>