Tom Stagg | |
Office: | Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana |
Term Start: | February 29, 1992 |
Term End: | June 23, 2015 |
Office1: | Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana |
Term Start1: | 1984 |
Term End1: | 1991 |
Predecessor1: | Nauman Scott |
Successor1: | John Malach Shaw |
Office2: | Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana |
Term Start2: | March 8, 1974 |
Term End2: | February 29, 1992 |
Appointer2: | Richard Nixon |
Predecessor2: | Benjamin C. Dawkins Jr. |
Successor2: | Tucker L. Melancon |
Birth Name: | Thomas E. Stagg Jr. |
Birth Date: | 19 January 1923 |
Birth Place: | Shreveport, Louisiana |
Death Place: | Shreveport, Louisiana |
Education: | Louisiana State University (B.A.) |
Thomas E. Stagg Jr. (January 19, 1923 – June 23, 2015) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.
Born on January 19, 1923, in Shreveport, Louisiana,[1] Stagg received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1943 from Louisiana State University and a Bachelor of Laws in 1949 from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University.[1] He was a United States Army infantry Captain from 1943 to 1946.[1] He entered private practice in Shreveport from 1949 to 1974.[1] He was Vice-President of King Hardware Company in Louisiana from 1955 to 1974.[1] He was President of the Abe Meyer Corporation in Shreveport from 1960 to 1974.[1] He was managing partner of the Pierremont Mall Shopping Center from 1963 to 1974.[1] He was President of Stagg Investments, Inc. from 1964 to 1974.[1] He was managing partner of the Camellia Trading Company starting in 1974.[1]
Stagg was nominated by President Richard Nixon on February 18, 1974, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana vacated by Judge Benjamin C. Dawkins Jr.[1] He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 7, 1974, and received his commission on March 8, 1974.[1] He served as Chief Judge from 1984 to 1991.[1] He assumed senior status on February 29, 1992.[1] His service terminated on June 23, 2015, due to his death in Shreveport.[1]
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