James E. Bolin

James Edwin Bolin Sr. was an American jurist and politician who served as a judge of the Louisiana [Circuit Courts of Appeal|Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal]. He was a Democratic member of the Louisiana [House of Representatives] from Minden, the seat of government of Webster Parish in northwestern Louisiana.

Legislator and soldier

Bolin was elected state representative when the one-term incumbent, Drayton Boucher of Springhill, ran successfully for the Louisiana State Senate. In the legislative runoff election, Bolin defeated former representative and Minden mayor J. Frank Colbert, 3,161 to 2,358.

Judicial career

In 1956, Bolin defeated State Representative E. D. Gleason of Webster Parish, 2,503 to 912, for a seat at the proposed state constitutional convention. Because voters statewide rejected the calling of the convention, the election was moot.

Honors

Bolin died in 2002 at the age of eighty-seven in an assisted living facility in Shreveport. He is honored through the naming of Bolin Hall at the Louisiana Army National Guard installation at Camp Minden, formerly part of the Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant.