Frank Woodrow Wilson (November 29, 1923 – July 8, 2013) was an American businessman, lawyer, and politician. From

Bastrop, Louisiana Bastrop is a city in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana. It is the parish seat of Morehouse Parish. The population was 11,365 at the 2010 census, a decrease of 1,623 from the 12,988 tabulation of 2000. The population of Bastrop is 73 percent African A ...

, Wilson served in the

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during

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. He then went to the University of Louisiana at Monroe. Wilson graduated from

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and practiced law. He also worked in real estate development. Wilson served in the

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1954-1962 as a

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. He was elected city judge of Bastrop, Louisiana 1960–1984.Louisiana House of Representatives-1812-2016, David R. Poynter, Legislative Research Library-Louisiana House of Representatives, 2013, Morehouse Parish, pg. 153

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