Harvey Goodwyn Fields Sr. | |
Office: | Louisiana State Senator for Union and Red River parishes |
Term Start: | 1916 |
Term End: | 1920 |
Preceded: | J. G. Taylor |
Succeeded: | W. T. Barham |
Office2: | United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana |
Term Start2: | 1937 |
Term End2: | 1941 |
Succeeded2: | Malcolm Lafargue |
Birth Date: | 31 May 1882 |
Birth Place: | Marksville, Louisiana, US |
Death Place: | Union Parish, Louisiana, US |
Residence: | Farmerville, Louisiana |
Spouse: | Evelyn Sanders Fields (married 1908; died 1961) |
Children: | 3, including T. T. Fields |
Party: | Democrat |
Alma Mater: | Louisiana Tech University Tulane University Law School |
Harvey Goodwyn Fields Sr. (May 31, 1882 - May 5, 1961) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician from Farmerville, Louisiana, who was affiliated with the Long political faction, and served in the Louisiana State Senate from 1916 - 1920.[1]
He had a son, T. T. Fields, served in the Louisiana House of Representatives.[2] A grandson, Thomas T. Fields, penned a 2009 biography of Fields, I Called Him Grand Dad.[3] Fields died in 1961.[4]