J. Louis Watkins Jr.
Joseph Louis Watkins Jr. | |
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Judge of the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal | |
Succeeded by | John Michael Guidry[1] |
In office 1979 – August 29, 1997 | |
Personal details | |
Born | March 26, 1929 |
Died | August 29, 1997 Houma, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, USA | (aged 68)
Cause of death | Cancer |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Shirley Theresa Watkins (married 1951–1997, his death) |
Children | Including: Joseph Louis Watkins III |
Occupation | Judge; Attorney |
Joseph Louis Watkins Jr. (March 26, 1929 – August 29, 1997), was a judge of the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal, based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, from 1979 until his death in 1997. He resided in Houma in Terrebonne Parish in south Louisiana.[2]
Career
1972 congressional race
In 1972, Watkins, then a practicing attorney, was the unsuccessful
Watkins was defeated in the
Treen had lost races for the then
Treen and a Republican "search committee" had offered to support Bauer for the House seat in 1972 if the Democrat would switch parties, but Bauer remained Democrat and instead expected to face Treen in the general election.[6] Bauer's father, Ralph Norman Bauer, and Cecil Morgan of Shreveport had in 1929 as freshman state representatives led the impeachment for abuses of power against Governor Huey Pierce Long Jr.[7]
Later years
After his defeat in the congressional campaign, Watkins became a member and served as the president of the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. He was elected circuit judge in 1978 and remained in the post for nearly two decades; his service ended with his death of cancer in Houma at the age of sixty-eight.[2]
Watkins' father, J. Louis Watkins Sr. (1899–1978), was a judge in Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes.[8] Watkins and his wife, Shirley Theresa Watkins (1928–2013), had a son, J. Louis Watkins III, who practices criminal, domestic, and personal-injury cases in Houma.[8][9] The younger Watkins, known as "Bubba", was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for Terrebonne Parish clerk of court in the primary held on October 22, 2011. He polled nearly a third of the vote against fellow Republican Theresa A. Robichaux.[10]
References
- ^ "Louisiana election returns, October 18, 1997". staticresults.sos.la.gov. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
- ^ a b "Watkins to Watrous". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
- ^ Louisiana Almanac, 2006
- ^ Louisiana Secretary of State, General election returns, November 7, 1972
- Baton Rouge": Moran Publishing Company, 1979), p. 59
- ^ Grover Rees, p. 49
- ISBN 9780313302121. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
- ^ a b "Eric Heisig, "Attorney to run for clerk of court"". houmatoday.com. Retrieved June 15, 2013.
- ^ "J. Louis Watkins III, Law Office". Retrieved June 15, 2013.
- ^ "Louisiana primary election returns, October 22, 2011". staticresults.sos.la.gov. Retrieved June 15, 2013.