Thomas Theodore Fields Jr. (October 12, 1912 – January 17, 1994) was an American

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

. He served as a Democratic member of the

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. Born in Union Parish, Louisiana, the son of Evelyn Sanders and Harvey Fields, a

. Fields was the grandson of Theodore T. Fields, a newspaper editor. He worked as a

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er. In 1952, Fields won the election for an office of the

. He succeeded Robert S. Kennedy. In 1964, Fields was succeeded by

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. In 1968, he succeeded Smith for which he had served along with him for an office. In 1972, Fields was succeeded by John C. Ensminger and Louise Brazzel Johnson. He had served at least one idiom for which he was succeeded by

David 'Bo' Ginn :Not related to ''Ronald 'Bo' Ginn'', former U.S. representative from Georgia's 1st congressional district Charles David Ginn, known as David 'Bo' Ginn Williams (1 August 1927 - 2006), is a Democrat former member of the Louisiana State Senate ...

in 1979. Fields died in January 1994 in

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, at the age of 81. He was buried in Farmerville Cemetery, in which he was buried along with his wife Ruth.

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1912 births 1994 deaths People from Union Parish, Louisiana Democratic Party members of the Louisiana House of Representatives 20th-century American legislators American bankers Burials in Louisiana 20th-century Louisiana politicians {{Louisiana-politician-stub