Please answer the following question: Facts:   - residence: new orleans , louisiana , usa    - preceded: nat g. kiefer    - party: republican    - spouse: dates unavailable :    - office: louisiana -rrb- state representative from district 26 -lrb- orleans parish    - occupation: lawyer      - term end: 1972    - succeeded: charles borello -lrb- district renamed -rrb-    - birth date: 6 august 1942    - children: -lsb- christen sutterfield -rsb- james r. sutterfield , jr. -rsb- -lsb- dana    - name: james r. `` jim '' sutterfield    - nationality: american    - term begin: 1970    - birth place: houston , tx    - religion: protestant    - alma mater: -lsb- orleans college of law -rsb- -rsb- university of texas -rsb- -lsb- loyola university new   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of james sutterfield .
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james r. sutterfield , also known as jim sutterfield -lrb- born august 6 , 1942 -rrb- , is an attorney from new orleans , louisiana , who served a half-term as a republican member of the louisiana house of representatives from 1970 to 1972 .sutterfield won a special election to succeed democrat representative nat g. kiefer , who was instead elected to the louisiana state senate to fill a vacancy created by a member 's death .he was the first republican to be elected to public office from new orleans since reconstruction .he represented district 26 , which was broken up by re-districting into single member districts and renamed .the area of his residence became district 100 , with the general election held on february 1 , 1972 .