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|branch=[[United States Army]]
|branch=[[United States Army]]
|battles=[[World War II]]<br>
|serviceyears=1942 to 1946
|awards=[[Bronze Star]]<br>
|awards=[[Bronze Star]]<br>
[[Purple Heart]]<br>
[[Purple Heart]]<br>
European Theater of Operations Ribbon<br>
European Theater of Operations Ribbon<br>
with four battle stars
with four battle stars
|footnotes=(1) Bolin and his son, [[Bruce Bolin|Bruce M. Bolin]], held the positions of state representative]] and [[judge]] of the 26th Judicial Court – thirty-eight years apart.<br/>
|footnotes=(1) Bolin and his son, [[Bruce Bolin|Bruce M. Bolin]], held the positions of state representative and judge of the 26th Judicial Court – thirty-eight years apart.<br/>
(2) Bolin was among several Louisiana state legislators who left their posts for military duty during [[World War II]].
(2) Bolin was among several Louisiana state legislators who left their posts for military duty during [[World War II]].
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'''James Edwin Bolin, Sr.''' (August 26, 1914 – March 25, 2002), was an American jurist and [[politician]] who served as a judge of the [[Louisiana]] Second Circuit Court of Appeal. He was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana.
'''James Edwin Bolin, Sr.''' (August 26, 1914 – March 25, 2002), was an American jurist and [[politician]] who served as a judge of the [[Louisiana]] Second Circuit Court of Appeal. He was a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] member from 1940 to 1944 of the Louisiana House of Representatives from [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana.
==Background==
==Background==
==Honors==
==Honors==
In 1975, [[U.S. Representative]] [[Joe Waggonner]] of Bossier Parish, urged then [[U.S. President]] [[Gerald Ford|Gerald R. Ford, Jr.]], to nominate Judge Bolin to the [[United States Supreme Court]]. Waggonner said that his fellow Louisianan exhibited the "highest degree of judicial excellence." Ford, however, tapped [[liberal]] [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]] jurist [[John Paul Stevens]] for the seat vacated by [[William O. Douglas]].<ref>''Minden Press-Herald,'' November 18, 1975, p. 1.</ref>
In 1975, [[U.S. Representative]] [[Joe Waggonner]] of Bossier Parish, urged then [[U.S. President]] [[Gerald Ford|Gerald R. Ford, Jr.]], to nominate Judge Bolin to the [[United States Supreme Court]]. Waggonner said that his fellow Louisianan exhibited the "highest degree of judicial excellence." Ford, however, tapped the consistently [[liberal]] [[Chicago, Illinois|Chicago]] jurist [[John Paul Stevens]] for the seat vacated by [[William O. Douglas]], a protege of [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]].<ref>''Minden Press-Herald,'' November 18, 1975, p. 1.</ref>
In 1986, Bolin was honored by the Louisiana House for his service more than four decades earlier. One of his House colleagues, [[Bill Dodd]], a former lieutenant governor and state superintendent of education, praised the judge, accordingly:
In 1986, Bolin was honored by the Louisiana House for his service more than four decades earlier. One of his House colleagues, [[Bill Dodd]], a former lieutenant governor and state superintendent of education, praised the judge, accordingly: