Judge David T. Caldwell, Bienville, Jackson, E. Baton Rouge, Claiborne
Parishes, Louisiana
First Judicial District
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From "Biographies of Louisiana Judges" edited by J.
Cleveland Fruge'
for the Louisiana District Judges Association, publishers.
1971.
Reproduction permitted without written permission provided credit
line is retained. Copyright, 1971, J. Cleveland Fruge'.
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David T. Caldwell was appointed by Governor John J. McKeithen
on January 31, 1970, to serve as District Judge of the Second Judicial
District, composed of the Parishes of Bienville, Claiborne and Jack-
son. He was elected to this office on November 3, 1970, and succeeded
Judge P.E. Brown who recently reached the manadatory retirement age.
Judge Caldwell and his family maintain their residence near Jones-
boro in Jackson Parish.
He was born in Saline, Louisiana, on May 6, 1925, the son of D.B.
Caldwell and Bertha Kolb Caldwell.
Judge Caldwell is married to Betty Sims Caldwell of Natchez, Miss-
issippi, and he is the father of four sons, David, Steve, Randy and
Jimmy.
After graduating from Saline High School in 1942, Judge Caldwell
served in the Army Air Corp, as it was then known, during World War II
for approximately three years. He was discharged from the Armed Forces
in 1945 and began his collegiate career at Bradley University in Peoria,
Illinois, where he studied Civil Engineering.
In 1948, he returned to his native state and entered the School of
Law, Louisiana State University, from which he graduated in 1951. He
then began the private practice of law which he has maintained in Jones-
boro, except for a short period of time he lived in Baton Rouge. At the
time of his appointment, Judge Caldwell was a partner in the law firm of
Caldwell and Whitten in Jonesboro.
Judge Caldwell has formerly served the Second Judicial District as
an
Assistant District Attorney, is a member of Jonesboro Lodge No. 280, F.&
A.M.,
Shreveport Consistory of Scottish Rite Masons, the American, Louisiana
and Jackson Parish Bar Associations, Jonesboro United Methodist Church,
where he teaches the Rundell Men's Bible Class, and other civic and
fraternal organizations.
As Judge of the Second Judicial District, Judge Caldwell will main-
tain his office in the Courthouse of Jackson Parish in Jonesboro.
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