What key details about john t. watkins can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: john thomas watkins -lrb- january 15 , 1854 -- april 25 , 1925 -rrb- was a democratic u.s. representative from northwestern louisiana who served from 1905-1921 . a lawyer in his hometown of minden , the seat of webster parish , watkins was a state district court judge prior to his election to congress . watkins attended the public schools of minden and graduated from the minden male academy , a forerunner of minden high school . he then studied for three years at cumberland university in lebanon , tennessee . as was then customary , watkins studied law privately , was admitted to the bar in 1878 , and opened his practice in minden . he was elected judge in 1900 and served in that capacity until 1904 . he briefly resumed his law practice prior to his election to congress . he defeated incumbent democrat phanor breazeale of natchitoches for renomination in 1904 and was seated with the incoming 59th congress on march 4 , 1905 , during the administration of theodore roosevelt . in his fourth term , he became the chairman of the house committee on revision of the laws . watkins rarely faced serious opposition in his reelection bids until he was defeated for a ninth term in 1920 by john n. sandlin , another state district court judge from minden . in 1908 , for instance , watkins defeated two opponents in the general election by a lopsided margin . he polled 88.2 percent of the ballots compared to 5.5 percent for republican john f. slattery . the socialist party of america candidate , w. s. emmons , outpolled slattery , having finished with 6.3 percent of the vote . after watkins surrendered his congressional seat to sandlin , he practiced law in washington , d.c. , until his death . like watkins , sandlin would also hold the fourth district house seat for eight terms . like sandlin , watkins is interred in the original section of minden cemetery alongside his wife , the former elizabeth murrell -lrb- january 23 , 1858 -- february 26 , 1921 -rrb- . also interred at minden cemetery are his parents , john d. watkins...
- preceded is phanor breazeale richard cleveland drew- resting place is minden cemetery- party is democratic- death date is 25 april 1925- spouse is elizabeth murrell watkins -lrb- died 1921 -rrb-- office is u.s. of louisiana 's 2nd judicial district court -lrb- since 26th representative district -rrb- for louisiana 's 4th congressional district judge- term end is march 3 , 1921 december 8 , 1904- succeeded is john n. sandlin richard cleveland drew- term start is march 4 , 1905 june 2 , 1900- birth date is 15 january 1854- name is john thomas watkins- children is flora lizzie watkins -lrb- 1881-1889 -rrb-- parents is john d. watkins- birth place is minden , webster parish louisiana , usa- religion is methodist- alma mater is minden male academy- occupation is lawyer