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 |
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In office 1979 – August 29, 1997 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | March 26, 1929 |
| Died | August 29, 1997 (aged 68) Houma, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, USA |
| Cause of death | Cancer |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Shirley Theresa Watkins (married 1951–1997, his death) |
| Children |
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| Occupation | Judge; Attorney |
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Joseph Louis Watkins Jr. (March 26, 1929 – August 29, 1997), was from 1979 until his death a judge of the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal, based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He resided in Houma in Terrebonne Parish in south Louisiana.
In 1972, Watkins, then a practicing attorney, was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district seat vacated after two terms by Patrick T. Caffery. Watkins won his party's nomination in a runoff election with State Senator Carl W. Bauer, then of Franklin in St. Mary Parish. Bauer had led Watkins by 262 votes in an eight-candidate field in the first primary, but their fortunes were reversed in the second round of balloting on September 29. Watkins was defeated in the general election held on November 7 by Republican David C. Treen, then of Jefferson Parish. In a hard-fought campaign, the fourth that Treen had waged for a congressional seat over a decade, Treen prevailed with 71,090 votes (54 percent) to Watkins' 60,521 (46 percent). Treen polled narrow margins in the swing parishes of Iberia and St. Charles. Watkins won handily in St. Martin and Lafourche parishes and took 50.1 percent in Bauer's St. Mary Parish. While Watkins received 72.8 percent in his own parish of Terrebonne, Treen received practically the same margin in his home parish of Jefferson.
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