James E. Bolin
Louisiana State Representative for Webster Parish
In office 1940–1944
Preceded by	Drayton R. Boucher
Succeeded by	C.W. Thompson
District Attorney, 26th Judicial District of Louisiana
In office December 14, 1948 – October 1, 1952
Preceded by	Arthur M. Wallace
Succeeded by	Louis H. Padgett, Jr.
Judge, 26th Judicial District Court of Louisiana
In office October 1, 1952 – 1960
Preceded by	J. Frank McInnis
Succeeded by	Two judgeships: O. E. Price Enos C. McClendon, Jr.
Judge, Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal
In office 1960–1978
Preceded by	New position
Chief Judge, Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal
In office April 25, 1975 – December 31, 1978
Preceded by	H. Welborn Ayres
Personal details
Born	(1914-08-26)August 26, 1914 Doyline, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA
Died	March 25, 2002(2002-03-25) (aged 87) Shreveport, Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Mary Eloise Martin Bolin (1913-2007; married 1937-his death)
Children	James Bolin, Jr. Bruce M. Bolin Beth Bolin Falk Becky Bolin Maupin
Residence(s)	Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana
Alma mater	Minden High School Louisiana State University Louisiana State University Law Center
Occupation	Attorney

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 member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Minden, the seat of government of Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana.

Legislator and soldier

Bolin was elected state representative when the one-term incumbent, Drayton Boucher of Springhill, ran successfully for the Louisiana State Senate. In the legislative runoff election, Bolin defeated former representative and Minden mayor J. Frank Colbert, 3,161 (57.3 percent) to 2,358 (42.7 percent).^[1]

Judicial career

In 1956, Bolin defeated State Representative E. D. Gleason of Webster Parish, 2,503 to 912, for a seat at the proposed state constitutional convention. Because voters statewide rejected the calling of the convention, the election was moot.^[2]

Honors

Bolin died in 2002 at the age of eighty-seven in an assisted living facility in Shreveport. He is honored through the naming of Bolin Hall at the Louisiana Army National Guard installation at Camp Minden, formerly part of the Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant.^[3]

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