Judge James R. Alexander, Caddo and Vermillion 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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James R. Alexander, District Judge, Division "E", First Judicial
District Court, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, was elected in November, 1966,
for a term ending December, 1972.
Born in Abbeville, Louisiana, on December 17, 1919, Judge Alexander
is the son of Robert W. Alexander and Roberta Holmes Alexander.
He was graduated from Abbeville High School, then attended
Louisiana
State University, where he received his B.A. degree in 1952, and his
LL.B.
degree in 1948.
Judge Alexander married the former Betty Lou Whitmeyer on September
3,
1947, and are the parents of Roberta, Elizabeth, and James Alexander,
Jr.
Judge Alexander was admitted to the bar in 1948 and has practiced
in
Shreveport, Louisiana, for the past 18 years.
He is a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
He served in the United States Marine Corps from 1942 to 1946.
Judge Alexander lists his hobbies as fishing and hunting.
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