caption succeeded children religion birth_place party office preceded footnotes birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name occupation
don w. williamson billy p. keith james h. `` jimmy '' wilson sherry williamson paschall -lrb- born 1948 -rrb- baptist vivian , caddo parish usa democratic ; switched to republican , 1990s louisiana -rrb- louisiana state representative from caddo parish caddo parish school state board senator from district 39 -lrb- caddo parish at-large delegation : at-large members : -lrb- of the old long political faction in louisiana , williamson 1 said that he sought to exercise independent judgment without regard -rrb- to overriding partisan considerations . though his father had been part 5 october 1927 1972 1968 1958 -lrb- , her death -rrb- 1 -rrb- norma herring williamson -lrb- married 1945-2002 don w. williamson
 1980 1972 1968 donald wayne `` don '' williamson businessman
don w. williamson

donald wayne williamson , usually known as don williamson -lrb- born october 5 , 1927 -rrb- , is a semiretired american businessman in shreveport , the seat of caddo parish and the largest city in north louisiana , who served in both houses of the louisiana state legislature between 1968 and 1980 .
a democrat , he served in the louisiana house of representatives from 1968 to 1972 and then in the louisiana state senate from 1972 to 1980 .
earlier , from 1958 -- 1968 , he was a member and later president of the caddo parish school board .
williamson ran a strong but unsuccessful race for state insurance commissioner in 1979 and failed twice in bids for mayor of shreveport in 1982 and 1986 .
after his political retirement , he shifted his registration in the early 1990s to the republican party to voice his opposition to the administration of then u.s. president bill clinton .
