James Sutterfield, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

James Sutterfield

American lawyer and former state legislator

Date of Birth: 06-Aug-1942

Place of Birth: Houston, Texas, United States

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

James R.
Sutterfield, Sr., also known as Jim Sutterfield (born August 6, 1942), is an attorney from New Orleans, Louisiana, who served a half-term as a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1970 to 1972.
Sutterfield won a special election to succeed Democratic Representative Nat G.
Kiefer, who was instead elected to the Louisiana State Senate to fill a vacancy created by a member's death.
He was the first Republican to be elected to public office from New Orleans since Reconstruction.
He represented District 26, which was broken up by re-districting into single member districts and renamed.
The area of his residence became District 100, with the general election held on February 1, 1972.