Frederick Pfarr Stamp Jr. | |
Office: | Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia |
Term Start: | November 1, 2006 |
Office1: | Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia |
Term Start1: | 1994 |
Term End1: | 2001 |
Predecessor1: | Robert Earl Maxwell |
Successor1: | Irene Patricia Murphy Keeley |
Office2: | Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia |
Term Start2: | July 12, 1990 |
Term End2: | November 1, 2006 |
Appointer2: | George H. W. Bush |
Predecessor2: | William Matthew Kidd |
Successor2: | John P. Bailey |
Birth Date: | 24 July 1934 |
Birth Place: | Wheeling, West Virginia, U.S. |
Education: | Washington and Lee University (BA) University of Virginia School of Law University of Richmond School of Law (LLB) |
Frederick Pfarr Stamp Jr. (born July 24, 1934) is an inactive Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.
Stamp was born in Wheeling, West Virginia. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Washington and Lee University in 1956, and attended the University of Virginia School of Law before receiving a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Richmond School of Law in 1959. He was a private in the United States Army from 1959 to 1960, and a First Lieutenant in the United States Army Reserves from 1960 to 1967. He was in private practice in Wheeling from 1960 to 1990.
On May 11, 1990, Stamp was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia vacated by William M. Kidd. Stamp was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 28, 1990, and received his commission on July 12, 1990. He served as Chief Judge from 1994 to 2001. He assumed senior status on November 1, 2006.