James R. Eubank

{{Short description|American politician (1914–1952)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name=James Rowland Eubank

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|nationality=American

|office=Louisiana State Representative for Rapides Parish

|party=Democrat

|term_start=May 1952

|term_end=November 9, 1952

|preceded=Lawrence T. Fuglaar

W. George Bowdon, Jr.

T. C. Brister

|succeeded=Lloyd George Teekell

|birth_date={{birth date|1914|12|8}}

|death_date=November 9, 1952 (aged 37)

|death_place=Alexandria, Louisiana, US

|resting_place=Greenwood Memorial Park in Pineville, Louisiana

|alma_mater=Louisiana State University Law Center

|occupation=Lawyer

|residence=Alexandria, Louisiana

|spouse=Katherine Bringhurst Eubank

|children=2

|relations=Swords Lee (maternal grandfather)

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|branch=United States Army

|battles=World War II

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James Rowland Eubank (December 8, 1914 – November 9, 1952) was a lawyer from Alexandria, Louisiana, who served for six months during 1952 in the Louisiana House of Representatives for Rapides Parish.{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf |title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2012 |publisher=house.louisiana.gov |accessdate=December 28, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006105414/http://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf |archivedate=October 6, 2014 }} He died in office at the age of thirty-seven from a heart attack.{{cite news|title=James Rowland Eubank|newspaper=Baton Rouge Advocate|date=November 10, 1952}}

Eubank was a floor leader for Governor Robert F. Kennon.{{cite web|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/winn/obits/l/leesr229.txt|title=Col. Stephen R. Lee of Alexandria Dies at His Home Feb. 13: Industrial and Political Leader, Descendant of Famous Lees|date=February 22, 1929|newspaper=Winnfield News-American|location=Winnfield, Louisiana|accessdate=May 23, 2015}}

Eubank served in the United States Army during World War II. He is interred alongside his parents at Greenwood Memorial Park in Pineville, Louisiana.

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