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==Legal career==
==Legal career==
Like his father, Downs is a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] and a graduate of the [[Louisiana State University]] Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]]. Before his election as DA, Jam Downs had been an assistant district attorney. He is known for his interest in conservation, hunting, and enforcement of game laws. He was born in [[rural]] Cheneyville in south Rapides Parish but resides with his wife, the former Maureen Stewart, in a restored farmhouse nea Lecompte, also in Rapides Parish.<ref name=jamdowns>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222062258/http://www.lwaa.org/pdf/LGW_spring_2005%204.pdf|author=Rick Markway|title="The Prosecutor: District Attorney James Crawford 'Jam' Downs" |publisher=Lwaa.org |accessdate=June 27, 2013}}</ref>
Like his father, Downs is a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] and a graduate of [[Louisiana State University]] and the LSU Law Center in [[Baton Rouge]]. He was the clerk to Judge [[J. Cleveland Fruge]] of the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeal in [[Lake Charles]]. Prior to his election as DA, Downs had been an assistant district attorney and the city attorney for Boyce in northern Rapides Parish. He is known for his interest in conservation, hunting, and enforcement of game laws. He was born in Alexandria but reared in [[rural]] Cheneyville in south Rapides Parish. He was married to the former Maureen Stewart.<ref name=jamdowns>{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222062258/http://www.lwaa.org/pdf/LGW_spring_2005%204.pdf|author=Rick Markway|title="The Prosecutor: District Attorney James Crawford 'Jam' Downs" |publisher=Lwaa.org |accessdate=June 27, 2013}}</ref>
"Jam" Downs is unrelated to the late John Harden Barnett Downs, known as Johnny Downs, a five-term member of the Alexandria City Council and the namesake of the Johnny Downs Sports Complex at 271 Vandenburg Drive in Alexandria.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://otbelgard.com/pignut/pages/genealogy/f983.html|title=John Harden Barnett Downs|publisher=otbelgard.com|accessdate=July 5, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://plus.google.com/106880624859852578694/about?gl=us&hl=en|title=Johnny Downs Sports Complex|publisher=plus.google.com|accessdate=July 5, 2013; no longer on-line.}}</ref>
"Jam" Downs is unrelated to the late John Harden Barnett Downs, known as Johnny Downs, a five-term member of the Alexandria City Council and the namesake of the Johnny Downs Sports Complex at 271 Vandenburg Drive in Alexandria.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://otbelgard.com/pignut/pages/genealogy/f983.html|title=John Harden Barnett Downs|publisher=otbelgard.com|accessdate=July 5, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://plus.google.com/106880624859852578694/about?gl=us&hl=en|title=Johnny Downs Sports Complex|publisher=plus.google.com|accessdate=July 5, 2013; no longer on-line.}}</ref>