Jimmy Wilson
Politician
1931 – 1986
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Who was Jimmy Wilson?
James H. Wilson, known as Jimmy Wilson was a pro-business Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1972 to 1976, who is most remembered in politics for having switched affiliation to the Republican Party in 1978 and then coming within 266 disputed votes of winning a historically Democratic seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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- Born
- Jan 31, 1931
Carlsbad - Also known as
- Mayor James H. "Jimmy" Wilson
- Religion
- United Methodist Church
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Louisiana Tech University
- Lived in
- Shreveport
- Died
- Nov 19, 1986
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on July 23, 2013
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