Tom Stagg
| Tom Stagg | |
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Judge Stagg (undated Shreveport Times archival photo)
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | |
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In office February 29, 1992 – June 23, 2015 |
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| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | |
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In office 1984–1991 |
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| Preceded by | Nauman Scott |
| Succeeded by | John Malach Shaw |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | |
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In office March 8, 1974 – February 29, 1992 |
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| Appointed by | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Benjamin C. Dawkins, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Tucker L. Melancon |
| Personal details | |
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Thomas Eaton Stagg, Jr. January 19, 1923 Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Died | June 23, 2015 (aged 92) Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican nominee for attorney general of Louisiana in 1972 against William J. Guste |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Margaret O'Brien Stagg (m. 1946–2015) |
| Children | Two |
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| Occupation | Attorney; Businessman |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Army |
| Rank | Captain |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
Thomas Eaton Stagg, Jr., known as Tom Stagg (January 19, 1923 – June 23, 2015), was an attorney, businessman, politician and jurist who served as a judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana from his appointment by President Richard M. Nixon in the spring of 1974 until his death. For the last twenty-three years on the bench, he held the title of "senior status". The court is based in his hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana.
Stagg's father, Thomas Stagg, Sr. (1892–1960), was a native of Richmond, Virginia, descended from colonial American ancestors. He relocated to Shreveport in 1919 and entered into the real estate business. At the age of sixteen, Stagg found his mother, the former Beulah Meyer (1891-1939), dead of suicide by strangulation in the family home. She had shot herself in a failed suicide attempt earlier on March 9, 1938, and previously had a nervous breakdown. At the time of his mother's death, Stagg was about to graduate at the age of sixteen from C.E. Byrd High School in Shreveport. Stagg had a sister, Betty Jane Stagg (1921–1990).
Stagg attended Marion Military Institute in Marion, Alabama, and Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, from which he completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1943. During World War II, Stagg was elevated from 1943 to 1946 from second lieutenant to captain in the United States Army. He was awarded the Combat Infantryman Badge, Bronze Star for Valor, a second Bronze Star for meritorious service and the Purple Heart with Oak leaf cluster for wounds received in battle. In the war, Stagg escaped death when a German bullet struck a Bible that he carried in a pocket. Over the years, he often showed colleagues and friends the bullet scars in his Bible.
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