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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=James R. "Jim" Sutterfield, Sr.
|nationality=[[United States|American]]
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br>for District 26 (Orleans Parish)]]
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|term_begin=1970
|term_end=1972
|preceded=Nat G. Kiefer
|succeeded=Charles Borello<br> (district renumbered)
|birth_date=August 6, 1942
|birth_place=[[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]]
|death_date=
|death_place=
|death_cause=
|resting_place=
|alma_mater=[[University of Texas]]<br>
[Loyola University New Orleans College of Law<br>
[[Tulane University]] Law School
|occupation=[[Attorney]]
|residence=[[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], USA
|religion=[[Protestant]]
|spouse=Dates unavailable:<br>
(1) Sara Jackson Sutterfield<br>
(2) Teresa Ann Case "Teri" Sutterfield
|children= James R. Sutterfield, Jr.<br>
Dana Christen Sutterfield<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
James Dayton and Alba Spraker Sutterfield}}
'''James R. Sutterfield, Sr.''', also known as '''Jim Sutterfield''' (born August 6, 1942), is 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>
==Career==
Sutterfield 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=August 21, 2014}}</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 era in the United States|Reconstruction]].<ref>Preceding Sutterfield as Republicans in the Louisiana House of Representatives were [[Morley Hudson]] and [[Taylor W. O'Hearn]] of [[Shreveport]] (1964-1968), [[Roderick Miller]] of [[Lafayette]] (1966-1968), and [[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
Since January, 1997, he has served as Honorary Consul General of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, for the states of Louisiana, Texas, [[Arkansas]], [[Mississippi]], [[Alabama]], [[Kentucky]] and [[Tennessee]] upon appointment of that island nation. In 2015, he became the Dean (presiding officer) of the Louisiana Consular Corps.
==References==
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|name=James R. "Jim" Sutterfield, Sr.
|nationality=[[United States|American]]
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br>for District 26 (Orleans Parish)]]
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|term_begin=1970
|term_end=1972
|preceded=Nat G. Kiefer
|succeeded=Charles Borello<br> (district renumbered)
|birth_date=August 6, 1942
|birth_place=[[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]]
|death_date=
|death_place=
|death_cause=
|resting_place=
|alma_mater=[[University of Texas]]<br>
[Loyola University New Orleans College of Law<br>
[[Tulane University]] Law School
|occupation=[[Attorney]]
|residence=[[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], USA
|religion=[[Protestant]]
|spouse=Dates unavailable:<br>
(1) Sara Jackson Sutterfield<br>
(2) Teresa Ann Case "Teri" Sutterfield
|children= James R. Sutterfield, Jr.<br>
Dana Christen Sutterfield<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
James Dayton and Alba Spraker Sutterfield}}
'''James R. Sutterfield, Sr.''', also known as '''Jim Sutterfield''' (born August 6, 1942), is 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>
==Career==
Sutterfield 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=August 21, 2014}}</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 era in the United States|Reconstruction]].<ref>Preceding Sutterfield as Republicans in the Louisiana House of Representatives were [[Morley Hudson]] and [[Taylor W. O'Hearn]] of [[Shreveport]] (1964-1968), [[Roderick Miller]] of [[Lafayette]] (1966-1968), and [[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
Since January, 1997, he has served as Honorary Consul General of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, for the states of Louisiana, Texas, [[Arkansas]], [[Mississippi]], [[Alabama]], [[Kentucky]] and [[Tennessee]] upon appointment of that island nation. In 2015, he became the Dean (presiding officer) of the Louisiana Consular Corps.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sutterfield, James}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Texas]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Christians]]