Bio: Judge David T. Caldwell, Bienville, Jackson, E. Baton Rouge, Claiborne
Parishes, Louisiana First Judicial District

File prepared by D.N.P.

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>From "Biographies of Louisiana Judges" edited by J. Cleveland Fruge'
for the Louisiana District Judges Association, publishers.  1971.
Reproduction permitted without written permission provided credit
line is retained.  Copyright, 1971, J. Cleveland Fruge'.

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     David T. Caldwell was appointed by Governor John J. McKeithen on January
31, 1970, to serve as District Judge of the Second Judicial District, composed
of the Parishes of Bienville, Claiborne and Jackson.  He was elected to this
office on November 3, 1970, and succeeded Judge P.E. Brown who recently
reached the manadatory retirement age. 

     Judge Caldwell and his family maintain their residence near Jonesboro in
Jackson Parish.

     He was born in Saline, Louisiana, on May 6, 1925, the son of D.B.
Caldwell and Bertha Kolb Caldwell.

     Judge Caldwell is married to Betty Sims Caldwell of Natchez, Mississippi,
and he is the father of four sons, David, Steve, Randy and Jimmy.

     After graduating from Saline High School in 1942, Judge Caldwell served
in the Army Air Corp, as it was then known, during World War II for
approximately three years.  He was discharged from the Armed Forces in 1945
and began his collegiate career at Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois,
where he studied Civil Engineering.

     In 1948, he returned to his native state and entered the School of Law,
Louisiana State University, from which he graduated in 1951.  He then began
the private practice of law which he has maintained in Jonesboro, except for a
short period of time he lived in Baton Rouge.  At the time of his appointment,
Judge Caldwell was a partner in the law firm of Caldwell and Whitten in
Jonesboro.

     Judge Caldwell has formerly served the Second Judicial District as
an Assistant District Attorney, is a member of Jonesboro Lodge No. 280, F.&
A.M., Shreveport Consistory of Scottish Rite Masons, the American, Louisiana
and Jackson Parish Bar Associations, Jonesboro United Methodist Church, where
he teaches the Rundell Men's Bible Class, and other civic and fraternal
organizations.

     As Judge of the Second Judicial District, Judge Caldwell will maintain
his office in the Courthouse of Jackson Parish in Jonesboro.

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