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Line 28: − + + + − − 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/>
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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>
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==
==Biography==
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/>
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>
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>
Elected at the age of twenty-seven, Sutterfield was the only Republican in the state House during his abbreviated term.<ref name=house/> Sutterfield was only the fifth Republican to have served in the Louisiana House since [[Reconstruction]].<ref> Preceding Sutterfield as Republicans in the Louisiana House of Representatives were [[Morley Hudson]] and Taylor Walters O'Hearn (1907-1997) of [[Shreveport]] (1964-1968 legislative session), [[Roderick Miller]] of [[Lafayette]] (1966-1968), and [[E. Clark Gaudin]] of [[Baton Rouge]] (1967-1968). Gaudin subsequently returned to serve from 1972 to 1992 as well.</ref> In the state Senate, A. C. "Ace" Clemons, Jr. (1921-1992) of Jennings in Jefferson Davis Parish, served as a Republican, but he had been last elected in 1968 as a Democrat, with the second administration of [[Governor]] [[John J. McKeithen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/Documents/SenateMembership1880ForwardRevisedMar2011.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana State Senate Since 1880|publisher=senate.la.gov|accessdate=February 18, 2021}}</ref>
Elected at the age of twenty-seven, Sutterfield was the only Republican in the state House during his abbreviated term.<ref name=house/> Sutterfield was only the fifth Republican to have served in the Louisiana House since [[Reconstruction]].<ref> Preceding Sutterfield as Republicans in the Louisiana House of Representatives were [[Morley Hudson]] and Taylor Walters O'Hearn (1907-1997) of [[Shreveport]] (1964-1968 legislative session), [[Roderick Miller]] of [[Lafayette]] (1966-1968), and [[E. Clark Gaudin]] of [[Baton Rouge]] (1967-1968). Gaudin subsequently returned to serve from 1972 to 1992 as well.</ref> In the state Senate, A. C. "Ace" Clemons, Jr. (1921-1992) of Jennings in Jefferson Davis Parish, served as a Republican, but he had been last elected in 1968 as a Democrat, with the second administration of [[Governor]] [[John J. McKeithen]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/Documents/SenateMembership1880ForwardRevisedMar2011.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana State Senate Since 1880|publisher=senate.la.gov|accessdate=February 18, 2021}}</ref>